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REPORT: University lecturers told not to use all caps or risk scaring students
cbsaustin ^ | Nov. 20, 2018 | Gerald Tracy

Posted on 11/21/2018 12:13:38 PM PST by bgill

A British newspaper is reporting lecturers at a university have been told not to use capital letters in assignments because it might frighten students into failure. The Express detailed a memo it obtained that was sent out to Leeds Trinity's School of Journalism staff. The staff was told to "write in a helpful, warm tone, avoiding officious language and negative instructions," according to The Express. The Express says course leaders told them capitalizing specific letters could emphasize the difficulty or importance of an assignment. In a memo the newspaper obtained, it says, "Despite our best attempts to explain assessment tasks, any lack of clarity can generate anxiety and even discourage students from attempting the assessment at all."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education
KEYWORDS: capitalletters; college; scary; snowflakes
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I can definitely say my college profs would have said fine, don't do the assignment and put a big fat F on my transcript.

Wussy little snowflakes. Can't wait until they get out into the real world.

1 posted on 11/21/2018 12:13:38 PM PST by bgill
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OMG, just what Journalism needs: More Snowflakes polishing their Participation Trophies.


2 posted on 11/21/2018 12:16:02 PM PST by econjack
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“Despite our best attempts to explain assessment tasks, any lack of clarity can generate anxiety and even discourage students from attempting the assessment at all.”

As someone who is prone to just winging it, I find this LOL-worthy.


3 posted on 11/21/2018 12:19:04 PM PST by BBQToadRibs
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Journalism is already degraded. Note that ALL CAPS is given in the headline, while the article and its source say only ‘capital letters.’


4 posted on 11/21/2018 12:20:07 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: bgill

BOO!


5 posted on 11/21/2018 12:21:50 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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Capital letters and Donald Trump......frightening.

Unfettered Islamic immigration.....wonderful and noble.

That’s Western Europe in a nutcaseshell.


6 posted on 11/21/2018 12:26:55 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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This is okay. Instead of handing out F's, just hand out f's instead. Or, even better, hand out f's
7 posted on 11/21/2018 12:27:48 PM PST by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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Imagine what would happen if they saw the letters “MAGA”?

All Caps. Bold font. 36 Font size

They’d lose their minds.


8 posted on 11/21/2018 12:28:01 PM PST by PGR88
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I KNEW FEW here like or respect Sylvester Stallone, and you may have valid reasons, but the following speech from one of his movies IS AS CONSERVATIVE A STATEMENT AS ONE GETS:

Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!

Maybe THAT should be taught in college classes.


9 posted on 11/21/2018 12:28:21 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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Every sensible person should write a letter of objection to the University, IN ALL CAPS!


10 posted on 11/21/2018 12:29:20 PM PST by FrankR (Make America Great Again, and Keep It That Way.)
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lol


11 posted on 11/21/2018 12:29:24 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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Can you imagine this bunch during The Blitz???

Or Dunkirk?

Or... any physical conflict?


12 posted on 11/21/2018 12:30:31 PM PST by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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They would probably be in their safe space petting their puppies.


13 posted on 11/21/2018 12:35:01 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: bgill

These people have obviously not sat a class taught by a visiting prof from the Technion :-)


14 posted on 11/21/2018 12:36:46 PM PST by rdcbn
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When all-caps are acceptable:


15 posted on 11/21/2018 12:37:36 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Or... any physical conflict?

Like...the coming Civil War?


16 posted on 11/21/2018 12:43:10 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned about who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire)
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To: bgill

BOOKMARK!!


17 posted on 11/21/2018 12:43:29 PM PST by aquila48
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Aren’t grades recorded in Caps?

How about a grade of BOO!


18 posted on 11/21/2018 12:44:44 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (You know that I am full of /S)
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Some kids I grew up with only wrote in capital letters.

Then I guess the Internet came along and people told them they were "screaming" all the time.

Nowadays, kids may not hand write anything at all.

19 posted on 11/21/2018 12:45:39 PM PST by x
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God forbid the “perfessers” scare “the children” with caps. I guess we could blame the Sesame Street puppets for initially
scaring the crap out of them with caps when they were young.


20 posted on 11/21/2018 12:48:01 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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