B.C. university introduces grade worse than F

CTV ^ | August 12, 2009 | Darcy Wintonyk

[Loyalist]

It used to be that the worst grade you could receive in school was an F, and that was bad enough.

But B.C.'s Simon Fraser University is taking punishment to a whole new level, introducing a grade of FD -- meaning failure with dishonesty -- the worst possible grade a student can receive.

Dr. Rob Gordon, director of criminology at SFU and acting chair of the senate committee on academic integrity, says the new grading is intended to curtail cheating using the internet.

"What used to be a lot of cheating in libraries has changed quite significantly," he told ctvbc.ca.

"We now have to be concerned about cheating during exams with high-tech devices and the inappropriate use of internet sources and downloading, including online companies offering services to students that promote academic dishonesty."

University department chairs can impose the FD grade if they feel the incident warrants a severe penalty, or if the student has landed themselves in academic hot water in the past.

[Loyalist]

Failure with dishonesty: the Obama grade!

[pray4liberty]

But B.C.'s Simon Fraser University is taking punishment to a whole new level, introducing a grade of FD -- meaning failure with dishonesty -- the worst possible grade a student can receive.

Congress qualifies also.

[pray4liberty]

But B.C.'s Simon Fraser University is taking punishment to a whole new level, introducing a grade of FD -- meaning failure with dishonesty -- the worst possible grade a student can receive.

Congress qualifies also.

[the invisib1e hand]

well, that's what 40 years of ivory tower dictated education results in.

It's like an auger to hell...

[tet68]

Worse than double super secret probation??

[doc1019]

a grade of FD -- meaning failure with dishonesty

Lawsuits in the making? ;-)

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I thought they were going to start giving out O’s?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Why not a grade of Z.

[BradyLS]

I think Peppermint Patty (a "Peanuts" character) got an F- on a test once.

I should think the only grade worse than an F- would be an F+!

[max americana]

As an ex-canuck, 2 of my family members graduated from SFU. Simon Fraser is a big thing in Vancouver. Even has a bridge named after him and a river.

The irony is that he was killed by the Colonials in the American revolutionary war.

[seowulf]

FD - not only a cheat, but stupid enough to get caught too.

That’ll really look good on a resume (especially if you want a job in the Obama administration).

[Clintonfatigued]

Interesting development.

[CapnJack]

Fat, dumb, and stupid is no way to go through life ...

[BIGLOOK]

Sounds like a resurrection of the old 'Broken Crane' watermark on work evaluations by the RRs during the late 19th and early 20th century.

Whoever gets the dreaded FD won't be accepted at any university or college with the exceptions of Harvard, Columbia, Occidental and the Patrice Lumumba U. in Moscow.

[Charles Martel]

I was gonna post the pic of Belushi with the pencils stuck in his nose, but that’s close enough. :-)

[RochesterFan]

I believe it is “fat, drunk, and stupid...”

[Gritty-Kitty]

NOOoooooo!!!

[enduserindy]

Yet another creative way to lower the bar.

[Anti-Bubba182]

It is stupid to cheat using the internet. A google search can expose it quick. Plagiarism is an expelling offense in some Colleges.

[vetvetdoug]

If a certain Boston College were to enact this grading retroactively, Martin Luther King would lose his degree posthumously.