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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 268702" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>Back when I was in the middle of my teaching career, I found myself with a new student. He was a transfer from Ithaca College. Now, my school was and is pretty good, but Ithaca is a better school on every measurable and the kid had done well there. I asked about that and the following dialog ensued:</p><p></p><p>Me: Why'd you decide to transfer?</p><p></p><p>Him: I hated Ithaca.</p><p></p><p>Me: But it's a nice school (it is; I had been there before), well regarded, and you were doing well there. Why didn't you like it?</p><p></p><p>Him: I liked the college. I hated Ithaca.</p><p></p><p>Me: You left a good school where you were doing well because <em>you hated the</em> <em>town it was in?</em></p><p></p><p>Him: Uh-huh.</p><p></p><p>Me: <Astounded look> Well, ok. Let's get you registered.</p><p></p><p>I shared this story with our recruiters and was gratified to hear later that they were referring to the "Ithaca Effect" when a student they had worked hard to recruit and retain left us for no good reason that anyone - including the kid - could come up with.</p><p></p><p>You can see this in every field of human endeavor, without exception.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 268702, member: 265"] Back when I was in the middle of my teaching career, I found myself with a new student. He was a transfer from Ithaca College. Now, my school was and is pretty good, but Ithaca is a better school on every measurable and the kid had done well there. I asked about that and the following dialog ensued: Me: Why'd you decide to transfer? Him: I hated Ithaca. Me: But it's a nice school (it is; I had been there before), well regarded, and you were doing well there. Why didn't you like it? Him: I liked the college. I hated Ithaca. Me: You left a good school where you were doing well because [I]you hated the[/I] [I]town it was in?[/I] Him: Uh-huh. Me: <Astounded look> Well, ok. Let's get you registered. I shared this story with our recruiters and was gratified to hear later that they were referring to the "Ithaca Effect" when a student they had worked hard to recruit and retain left us for no good reason that anyone - including the kid - could come up with. You can see this in every field of human endeavor, without exception. [/QUOTE]
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