This was at school, not at work, however I feel it matches the spirit of the query.
I used to be enrolled in 1-year Masters program in 2020-2021 with a cohort of others (mainly we have been all in the identical lessons on the identical time). One among our lessons was enterprise legislation. That 12 months, this system had a brand new trainer, a lawyer whose retirement job was giving lectures on the college. He wasn’t new to educating on the college, simply new to this program, and his prior lessons has been primarily freshmen and sophomores taking Intro to Enterprise Regulation. It’s additionally noteworthy that this was a well-liked program for individuals coming again to school after working for some time, so I’d put the typical age someplace round 24 or 25.
Within the explicit program we have been at, there was a giant emphasis on synthesis and understanding over memorization. Most of our assignments have been group papers, shows, or initiatives – design X marketing strategy, analyze Y monetary statements, and many others. Class checks have been typically open word and alongside the traces of “contemplating X rubric, analyze this example”. So you possibly can think about our shock and gentle dismay when the professor introduced that he could be having pop quizzes, closed word exams, and would require very invasive monitoring software program on our computer systems. His reasoning? “I care extra about you memorizing the essential ideas” and “I’ve discovered prior to now individuals will steal my checks and add them to the fraternity/sorority take a look at banks, so I wish to ensure you can’t steal them”.
This didn’t go over nicely. Nonetheless a gaggle of us figured we should always try to push again, so we stayed on the decision after class that first day to speak to him about it. We made the purpose {that a}) one of many said targets of this system we have been in was to maneuver previous memorize-and-regurgitate and b) the software program he needed us to put in was far more invasive that he was suggesting, and none of us have been placing that on our private computer systems, thanks.
To his credit score, he was very receptive to our considerations and admitted that he was largely acquainted with educating a lot youthful teams. After that decision he moved to the identical open word, much less memorization and extra evaluation examination type, and didn’t require invasive software program. He was additionally a incredible trainer in all different respects, and I nonetheless respect him for being keen to say “OK, I feel I’m within the incorrect right here. I’ve by no means executed it this fashion however I’m keen to provide it a shot”.