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I just don't understand what everyone is complaining about when it comes to the grades policy. Where's the logic in passing everyone in all their classes? That would lead....
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I just don't understand what everyone is complaining about when it comes to the grades policy. Where's the logic in passing everyone in all their classes? That would lead....
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Dear Blueno
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March 31, 2020
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I just don't understand what everyone is complaining about when it comes to the grades policy. Where's the logic in passing everyone in all their classes? That would lead to lower motivation across the entire student body and just decrease the net productivity or learning of the entire school, (is nobody familiar with the history of the Soviet Union?) I have read numerous arguments claiming that marginalized groups are/may be unable to work from home for various reasons, mostly citing that they may not have a reliable source of wifi. But applications to Brown are online, so literally every student had wifi before coming to the school. What changed?
Dean Zia is being as liberal and considerate as is reasonably possible by providing financial aid to students who present the need and extending the S/NC option if you really feel this shift to online learning will hinder your performance (although if anything, tests and homework have been made easier). In any case, its not as if classes got so much harder that our work up to this point in the semester should automatically pass us all. If we all got into Brown on our own merit then we should all be set to work for grades or S/NC and achieve a desirable outcome in each class.
The reason I felt compelled to write this post is because of the disgraceful way students are treating the faculty, who, believe it or not, are under a lot of pressure, too. The university does so much for some students, like offering the most generous financial aid packages, and I think asking for a universal pass is over-the-top, obnoxiously petty and unwarranted. I read someone say that people who agree with what the university is doing should not be going to this school, but if you think about it, it is the other way around."
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I just don't understand what everyone is complaining about when it comes to the grades policy. Where's the logic in passing everyone in all their classes? That would lead to lower motivation across the entire student body and just decrease the net productivity or learning of the entire school, (is nobody familiar with the history of the Soviet Union?) I have read numerous arguments claiming that marginalized groups are/may be unable to work from home for various reasons, mostly citing that they may not have a reliable source of wifi. But applications to Brown are online, so literally every student had wifi before coming to the school. What changed?
Dean Zia is being as liberal and considerate as is reasonably possible by providing financial aid to students who present the need and extending the S/NC option if you really feel this shift to online learning will hinder your performance (although if anything, tests and homework have been made easier). In any case, its not as if classes got so much harder that our work up to this point in the semester should automatically pass us all. If we all got into Brown on our own merit then we should all be set to work for grades or S/NC and achieve a desirable outcome in each class.
The reason I felt compelled to write this post is because of the disgraceful way students are treating the faculty, who, believe it or not, are under a lot of pressure, too. The university does so much for some students, like offering the most generous financial aid packages, and I think asking for a universal pass is over-the-top, obnoxiously petty and unwarranted. I read someone say that people who agree with what the university is doing should not be going to this school, but if you think about it, it is the other way around."
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