Posted on 12/17/2022 4:46:42 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Students at an elite, private university in New York City are occupying a campus building with the demand that all be given A grades.
The original reason for The New School occupation, which began on December 8, was to support striking faculty members who were lobbying for higher wages and better health care.
Though the faculty strike has since been resolved, a letter of demands now calls for A grades for all students. It says in part: "We demand that every student receives a final course grade of A as well as the removal of I/Z grades for the Fall 2022 semester." The letter insisted, "Attendance shall have no bearing on course grade." (According to the New School’s website, an "I" grade is a "temporary incomplete" and a "z" grade is an "unofficial withdrawal.")
The letter also states that occupying students demand a refund "for the loss of instructional time due to the strike" and that "this tuition refund will be proportional to the duration of the semester during which the strike is in effect."
Students are also calling for the resignations of the school’s president, provost, vice president and the disbandment of the Board of Trustees. Other demands include a tuition freeze from 2023 to 2028. As reported by The Daily Caller, students are also demanding for the university president’s house "be treated as a communal property."
There are approximately 10,000 students at New School. Tuition is $26,854 a semester or $51,900 for a full year.
According to The New School’s "about" page, the university is committed to "developing students who will have an impact on the world and address the most pressing social issues of our time."
It adds that "this effort is bolstered by the university’s Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice…”
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Riff raff free school.
This is delicious, talk about eating your own.
I took three courses at this place when I first arrived in New York. No thank you.
Even when the teachers were qualified, the student body was abysmal, because there was no admission process, you just pay your money.
The day a guy raised his hand to contribute to the discussion in my Kant course and started talking about a dream he had the night before and nobody stopped him? That’s when I left and never went back.
$200,000 to say you’ve been through their college and you don’t even have to show up!
SUNY CCC Nursing student goes to Twitter after roughly 20 classmates fail the program
The last sentence of the article...
...After the adjustments were made roughly four or five students failed the program this year.
Guess who I wouldn't want nursing my loved ones..
Demanding an A seems like a very boujee thing to do. These “protesters” are all mini AOC fakers
See my reply #25.
That took place in one of the mostly red bits of Upstate NY.
You no longer really own squat, because you didn't build that business. Haven't you learned that by now?
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Toss western civilization in the dumpster, then.
It's over.
Protests by spoiled, snotty nosed elite dorks should not be taken seriously. But they will get a grant from GnuYakSitty or State to cover their “demands…”
This is just their first demand. After negotiations they may settle for C+.
One would think that there is a blacklist (no pun) going around to employers of schools of higher learning where not to hire from as all students are potentially given a false grade.
In a true free market this school would not survive scrutiny, but instead woke companies might say they hire only “Straight A” people and get away with it. Meanwhile hiring demand on the school will go up as well as the tuition.
Not to worry. They are rich kids with trust funds and will be working at Daddy’s firm - between month long European ski vacations in winter and exploring the Greek isles in the summer.
What then is the difference between this school and some fly-by-night diploma mill where you plunk down a wad of cash and get a “degree”?
The dumbing down of the next generation is complete.
This is delicious.. they are reaping what they sowed.
My Brother, first year Engineering
Mid term test.
My Brother said he got a 5
I asked, 5 out of 10
No, 5 out of 100
Top Mark > 72 out of 100
Class Average > 3.5 out of 100
My Brother thought he did okay
“I’ll never hire any of these students in my company.”
My Brother thought he did okay
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