This.Canada2017 said:
Intimidation works .
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The email sent by McNichols to her students reads: "First, the remaining homework chapters are being put into review mode. Everyone will receive full points. Second, I have decided to drop everyone's lowest exam score. This means that you may opt-out of taking Exam 3 if you just don't feel up to it, (or if you [are] happy with your scores from exam 1 and 2)."
It also means that you are not expected to read or demonstrate knowledge of whatever material was covered in Exam 3Doc Holliday said:Quote:
The email sent by McNichols to her students reads: "First, the remaining homework chapters are being put into review mode. Everyone will receive full points. Second, I have decided to drop everyone's lowest exam score. This means that you may opt-out of taking Exam 3 if you just don't feel up to it, (or if you [are] happy with your scores from exam 1 and 2)."
SIC EM 94 said:
Just give them a diploma, a can of black spray paint, a pat on their head, and send them on their way!
Would you hire a UW graduate who is Black and graduated in the next few years?Jack and DP said:
https://freewestmedia.com/2020/06/05/university-agrees-that-black-students-should-graded-differently/
Or a team gets 3 & 1/2 points for each white basketball player it starts or 7 points in football if half the starters are white?Thee University said:
How about letting white athletes get 1/2 of each NCAA football or basketball game playing time?
No. Just like soccer participation trophies................all lilly white mama's boys get to play 1/2 a game.Osodecentx said:Or a team gets 3 & 1/2 points for each white basketball player it starts or 7 points in football is half the starters are white?Thee University said:
How about letting white athletes get 1/2 of each NCAA football or basketball game playing time?
A seemingly agreeable statement, yet quite ambiguous. What do you mean, as it relates to this story?Booray said:
This country needs to get a grip.
BusyTarpDuster2017 said:A seemingly agreeable statement, yet quite ambiguous. What do you mean, as it relates to this story?Booray said:
This country needs to get a grip.
Ok, well said.Booray said:BusyTarpDuster2017 said:A seemingly agreeable statement, yet quite ambiguous. What do you mean, as it relates to this story?Booray said:
This country needs to get a grip.
It means that the request for preferential treatment is a blizzard of snowflakes.
Well saidbear2be2 said:
Why is it so difficult in this country to strike a balance between compassion/empathy and personal accountability/common sense? The American political right is woefully short on the former and the left on the latter. It makes this nation an insanely frustrating place to live.
Start with demanding the media report news, not their opinionjupiter said:
mainly, the reason why we don't have accountability is because we haven't figured out how to solve the who watches the watchers problem, i.e. how do we hold the people holding people accountable accountable?
And we wont have empathy until the accountability problem is solved
Gold Tron said:
I'm not sure why empathy is relevant to this topic. If you have a job and don't go to work, you get fired. I have told my kids ad nauseum that school is their job. If you don't go or don't study and perform, you don't get a good grade. It really is that simple. Lots of kids have it hard in college. Some work 2-3 jobs while others parents are able to pay. Should those kids get an academic boost too?
Whenever I hear college students talk about stress I am reminded that at the exact moment they are crying about sorority life, getting into grad school or in this case the horror of reading about a society that is imperfect, I am also reminded that there is someone exactly their age trying to make sure he and his buddies are not blown to oblivion by an IED. And not asking for favors or handouts.Gold Tron said:
I'm not sure why empathy is relevant to this topic. If you have a job and don't go to work, you get fired. I have told my kids ad nauseum that school is their job. If you don't go or don't study and perform, you don't get a good grade. It really is that simple. Lots of kids have it hard in college. Some work 2-3 jobs while others parents are able to pay. Should those kids get an academic boost too?
No, I think the right does feel sorry for the left being so stupid and irresponsible. The left just doesn't recognize it, because they never feel sorry when someone on the right is stupid or irresponsible (even centuries ago), they just cancel them.bear2be2 said:
Why is it so difficult in this country to strike a balance between compassion/empathy and personal accountability/common sense? The American political right is woefully short on the former and the left on the latter. It makes this nation an insanely frustrating place to live.
bear2be2 said:Gold Tron said:
I'm not sure why empathy is relevant to this topic. If you have a job and don't go to work, you get fired. I have told my kids ad nauseum that school is their job. If you don't go or don't study and perform, you don't get a good grade. It really is that simple. Lots of kids have it hard in college. Some work 2-3 jobs while others parents are able to pay. Should those kids get an academic boost too?
Empathy is relevant to every topic, and your apparent inability to grasp that kind of proves my point.
Gold Tron said:bear2be2 said:Gold Tron said:
I'm not sure why empathy is relevant to this topic. If you have a job and don't go to work, you get fired. I have told my kids ad nauseum that school is their job. If you don't go or don't study and perform, you don't get a good grade. It really is that simple. Lots of kids have it hard in college. Some work 2-3 jobs while others parents are able to pay. Should those kids get an academic boost too?
Empathy is relevant to every topic, and your apparent inability to grasp that kind of proves my point.
Maybe I chose my words poorly. You are correct, empathy is important but it doesn't absolve others of their responsibilities. A college education is a privilege not a right. The ability to pursue a college education is a right. I support equal opportunity with every fiber of my being but the notion of equal outcomes is just absurd.
Malbec said:No, I think the right does feel sorry for the left being so stupid and irresponsible. The left just doesn't recognize it, because they never feel sorry when someone on the right is stupid or irresponsible (even centuries ago), they just cancel them.bear2be2 said:
Why is it so difficult in this country to strike a balance between compassion/empathy and personal accountability/common sense? The American political right is woefully short on the former and the left on the latter. It makes this nation an insanely frustrating place to live.
Once again you have slipped the bonds of irony.bear2be2 said:Malbec said:No, I think the right does feel sorry for the left being so stupid and irresponsible. The left just doesn't recognize it, because they never feel sorry when someone on the right is stupid or irresponsible (even centuries ago), they just cancel them.bear2be2 said:
Why is it so difficult in this country to strike a balance between compassion/empathy and personal accountability/common sense? The American political right is woefully short on the former and the left on the latter. It makes this nation an insanely frustrating place to live.
In addition to missing the point entirely (and inadvertently proving it), you've mistaken empathy with sympathy, which requires less work and is far less helpful in addressing and solving complex problems.