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University of Georgia Lets Students Pick Own Grades If Their Bad Grade Causes Them Stress
overpassforamerica ^ | 8/8/17 | Founder

Posted on 08/10/2017 10:53:54 AM PDT by pabianice

Georgia College STEM course lets entitled students choose grades, opt-out of homework, and leave student groups with new stress policy.

University of Georgia campus descends further into emotionally-immature amateur hour with participation trophy policy to reduce college students’ stress, reducing a STEM course to little more than an “adulting” version of Kindergarten Nap-Time

In a stunning but not-to-surprising example of the deteriorating quality of education and discipline in America’s universities, A UoG STEM college course in data management has adopted what they call a “Stress Reduction Policy”.

This stress policy, in all its extravagant methods of stroking students’ over-inflated egos, essentially give entitled students the right to request the grades they want, opt-out of group assignments, and leave student groups without giving an explanation. All of this, says class instructor Rick Watson, can be done on the grounds of feeling stressed about inferior grades and inadequate performance.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: highereducation; searchworks; snowflakes; stem; uga
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To: pabianice

Georgia College or a Georgia college?


21 posted on 08/10/2017 11:36:12 AM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com)
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To: GraceG

I will volunteer to take all fiat money from its victims.

Surely it is a heavy burden, but I’ll take a bullet for the common good.


22 posted on 08/10/2017 11:39:23 AM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com)
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To: arrogantsob

Apparently this will not happen, a spasm of rationality hit the administration.


23 posted on 08/10/2017 11:40:56 AM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com)
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To: pabianice

Their degrees are now worthless.

Any entity that hires an engineer from UG incurs liability for knowingly hiring an unqualified person.


24 posted on 08/10/2017 11:43:25 AM PDT by Ray76 (The Republican party must die.)
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To: pabianice
Why not let them pick the amount of tuition they'd like to pay, instead?

</sarcasm>

25 posted on 08/10/2017 11:55:01 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Booth)
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To: BBQToadRibs

You went to what school????


26 posted on 08/10/2017 11:58:38 AM PDT by Patrick Henry Dichotomy
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To: Patrick Henry Dichotomy

Fake grades with a fake school. A double whammy indeed


27 posted on 08/10/2017 12:02:20 PM PDT by Patrick Henry Dichotomy
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To: TexasGator

One would think that people would have some basic knowledge of current events on here. Alas, that’s apparently not the case. I guess everyone’s not as “newsy” as I am.


28 posted on 08/10/2017 12:10:32 PM PDT by Lakewood
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To: pabianice

This has already been posted numerous times. Moreover the professor has retracted his offer so it is more than moot


29 posted on 08/10/2017 12:12:36 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Lakewood

“One would think that people would have some basic knowledge of current events on here. Alas, that’s apparently not the case. I guess everyone’s not as “newsy” as I am.”

One would think that googling would be appropriate when you see a three day old article ...


30 posted on 08/10/2017 12:14:36 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Ray76

“Their degrees are now worthless. Any entity that hires an engineer from UG incurs liability for knowingly hiring an unqualified person.”

You are guilty of libel. This was not the college of engineering and the policy was retracted before being put in place.


31 posted on 08/10/2017 12:17:31 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: pabianice

Bookmark under more insanity


32 posted on 08/10/2017 12:17:41 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: BBQToadRibs

And they’re going to be crushed by meat eaters. Wells’ “Time Machine” ring any bells?


33 posted on 08/10/2017 12:29:44 PM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: TexasGator
Gee - everyone knows to get a degree (any degree) from UGA you just have to drive through Athens.

This was changed recently, due to STEM rules, from the part where you had to stop at all stop signs in Athens.

GO GATORS!!!

34 posted on 08/10/2017 12:33:04 PM PDT by jamaksin
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To: pabianice

And graduates ask: “You want fries with you order?”


35 posted on 08/10/2017 12:48:15 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: pabianice

Close the university.
Game over.


36 posted on 08/10/2017 12:50:55 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian

“Close the university”

Why?


37 posted on 08/10/2017 1:00:19 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: pabianice

IF they issue a diploma with this kind of nonsense, & employers use that information to hire these cheats-—Then I say the U of Georgia is open massive FRAUD lawsuits.

IF I were an employer, I would sue in a heartbeat.

Receiving a diploma & then NOT being able to stand up to the rigors of the job I offered to that person would make me furious.


38 posted on 08/10/2017 1:01:09 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: pabianice

I wonder if this could be done retroactively? I have asome less than impressive grades from my college years I would like changed.


39 posted on 08/10/2017 1:07:08 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: pabianice

Stress Free Curriculum

Live Your Dream

Let your imagination run free

Transgender Rocket Scientist?

You Got it!

pending full tuition payment.


40 posted on 08/10/2017 1:09:24 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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