Thursday, February 19, 2009

Just More Rain...

Many students come in with the conviction that they’ve worked hard and deserve a higher mark,” Professor Grossman said.

“I tell my classes that if they just do what they are supposed to do and meet the standard requirements, that they will earn a C,” he said. “That is the default grade. They see the default grade as an A.”

A recent study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found that a third of students surveyed said that they expected B’s just for attending lectures, and 40 percent said they deserved a B for completing the required reading.

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In a society of race quotas, affirmative actions and wymens studies, how is the above out of place or beyond the pale?

This is, after all, a nation that just elected the most unqualified person in American history to the office of President simply because he was black.

The American people have demonstrated time and again their preference for fiction over reality.

When it rains, it will pour....

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