Those are the student demands at Ohio’s Oberlin College
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Students at Oberlin College are asking the school to put academics on the back burner so they can put more time and energy into political activism.
No kidding …
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According to The Week, channeling a New Yorker article:
“More than 1,300 students at the Midwestern liberal arts college signed a petition asking that the college get rid of any grade below a C … and some students are requesting alternatives to the standard written examinations, such as a conversation with a professor in lieu of an essay.”
The students say that between their activism work and their heavy course load, “A lot of us are suffering academically … finding success within the usual grading parameters is increasingly difficult.”
So, just forget about Ds and Fs and Incompletes … just go with As, Bs and Cs.
Might work …
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“You know, we’re paying for a service. We’re paying for our attendance here. We need to be able to get what we need in a way that we can actually consume it.”
“Because I’m dealing with other stuff, I can’t produce the work that they want me to do. But I understand the material, and I can give it to you in different ways.”
Like, one-on-one “conversations” with professors in lieu of written exams.
Really?
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Sounds pretty preposterous, right?
But, students point out that there are historical precedents.
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