Posted on 11/25/2016 8:01:58 AM PST by Cheerio
Anti-Trump millennial snowflakes who skipped class to go protest the outcome of the presidential election just got some really bad news. Patriots across America, we now have proof common sense is still alive on at least one college campus!
Oberlin College in Ohio is not excusing students who skipped classes and exams to go protest against President-Elect Donald Trump. Failing grades due to missed work during the semester due to protesting, will not be suspended, Cleveland.com reports.
Anti-Trump students at Oberlin College circulated a petition to urge the college to institute a “no-fail mercy period.” The petition reportedly garnered 1,300 signatures.
If the Ohio college had agreed to the demands of their snowflakes, all failing grades would be removed from their record.
The lowest possible grade a student could receive, no matter how poorly they did or how much work they missed, was a “C.”
Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov responded to the students’ petition via email on Sunday. He bluntly informed them that the college’s deans have decided not to give them any mercy period after giving the matter its due consideration.
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Sadly, this should have been a given.
The “Trump Effect” is taking hold.
Trump will be appointing the officials who will be providing research grants and student loans.
Good news. At least some schools know right from wrong when it comes to their responsibility to properly educate students.
Teachable moment: Actions have consequences.
That does not describe Oberlin. Something else is at play.
The only due consideration such inanity deserves, is immediately being filed in the garbage can.
The lowest possible grade a student could receive, no matter how poorly they did or how much work they missed, was a “C.”
What kind of a joke is this? So a vegetable can be enrolled for four years and graduate?
They need to learn about failing because that’s what they’re going to be doing living in their parent’s basement well into their 30s.
Oberlin, of all places.
Now, that’s a shift in the wind.
Welcome to the real world, snowflakes
Sounds like you haven't hired or even dealt with recent college grads for a few decades.
It’s a new kind of snowflake. No two of them are not alike.
2016 - Where doing the right thing is “HORRIFIC NEWS”.
Reminds me of the story a few months back about the unpaid interns who complained about the company dress code and were summarily fired.
Good!!!
Yes, this should have been a given, yet we can take praise Oberlin for doing the right thing. Oberlin is a crunchy school, so it is somewhat surprising the administration didn’t capitulate to the snowflakes’ demands.
Way back in the 70s I had a college class which, on a particular day, almost all of the class skipped. I forget what the occasion was, but the absence of so many students was predictable.
The professor showed up with a special lecture. He began it, something like this: “I have a new topic. It’s not in your books. It won’t be mentioned in any other class. And it WILL be on your final. I will teach you today how to answer this question. People here today now stand an excellent chance of getting an A in the class. People who are not here stand almost no chance of getting an A. And let me remind you that I grade on a curve, so if you were to help someone who did not attend today, you will likely be hurting yourself. Be smart: Don’t share your notes. Now, let’s begin ...”
An even more severe example should be set for these students and others who are protesting the attempts to turn this nation around. We have suffered long enough with THEIR philosophy in place. This has got to be completely finished no matter what it takes.
Sounds like you haven’t hired or even dealt with recent college grads for a few decades.
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Honestly, I haven’t. Used to all the time but now, fortunately, I don’t have to.
$51,324 per year for tuition, BTW.
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