Georgia Professor Lets Students Choose Their Own Grades For "Stress Reduction"
That's realistic preparation for employment, and the rest of the world. No wonder colleges are churning out unemployable snowflakes - what else could we expect with all the safe spaces and play-doh and coloring books that were needed when their crazy corrupt candidate didn't win last November... Authored by Anthony Gockowski via CampusReform.org, (I found it on Zerohedge.com) "A University of Georgia professor has adopted a “stress reduction policy” that will allow students to select their own grades if they “feel unduly stressed” by the ones they earned. As such, if students feel “unduly stressed by a grade for any assessable material or the overall course,” they can “email the instructor indicating what grade [they] think is appropriate, and it will be so changed” with “no explanation” being required.
“If in a group meeting, you feel stressed by your group’s dynamics, you should leave the meeting immediately and need offer no explanation to the group members,” the policy adds, saying such students can “discontinue all further group work” with their remaining grade being “based totally on non-group work.”
Similarly, when it comes to “tests and exams” for Watson’s “Data Management” and “Energy Informatics” courses, all will be “open book and open notes” and “designed to assess low level mastery of the course material" (the "Stress Reduction" section has been removed from both syllabi, but an archived version of the "Data Management" syllabus has been provided here). Finally, for in-class presentations, Watson will allow “only positive comments” to be made, while “comments designed to improve future presentations will be communicated by email.” Watson, notably, does concede that “while this policy might hinder the development of group skills and mastery of the class material,” those outcomes are ultimately a student’s “responsibility,”
Bye bye, integrity and meaningfulness of a college degree!
Tell me this isn't an intentional dumbing down of our society... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL6u9zbxrNQ&w=1280&h=720]