University of Georgia Lets Students Pick Own Grades If Their Bad Grade Causes Them Stress

overpassforamerica ^ | 8/8/17 | Founder

[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.

[Ray76]

The article stated “STEM”, which includes engineering. Hiring a purported engineer whose degree is built on student selected grades rather than demonstrated proficiency does incur liability. Claiming otherwise is ridiculous. The article does not state that the policy was retracted. I hope it was.

[TexasGator]

“The article stated “STEM”, which includes engineering. Hiring a purported engineer whose degree is built on student selected grades rather than demonstrated proficiency does incur liability. Claiming otherwise is ridiculous. “

It also says Georgia College. Believe the click-bait article or go do some research.

“The article does not state that the policy was retracted. I hope it was.”

The poster should have done his due diligence and posted an up to date article.

If you were so concerned, you would have googled the story like I did instead of relying on an old click-bait story.

[jjotto]

I think the blogger garbled the story, as is typical.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450298/university-georgia-professor-lets-students-pick-their-own-grades

...computing instructor Rick Watson allows his students at the school’s Terry College of Business pick their grades...

[TexasGator]

“One would think that people would have some basic knowledge of current events on here. “

At least know the subject before posting ...

[pabianice]

One can’t help but note that serious professions, like airline pilot, don’t recruit half-asses to fly for them. That the military has lowered standards for its officers is shameful and dangerous.