Surprise: University padding grades
Posted:
Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:41 pmby Water Pony
Short, but excellent article from Chicago Tribune about how the football players at U. of Michigan benefit from select courses and professors:
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com ... 020.column
Posted:
Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:26 pmby EastStang
That's as old as college sports. I know that I followed the football players around at registration, just to get in the same sections of required humanities courses. That semester my GPA went from 3.0 to 3.8. go figure.
Posted:
Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:07 pmby abezontar
Am I the only person who ever took classes because they looked interesting or tough?
Posted:
Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:16 pmby Peruna 2K5
smu diamond m wrote:abezontar wrote:Am I the only person who ever took classes because they looked interesting or tough?
Interesting? No.
Tough? Yes.
Strike that, reverse it. Tough, no. Interesting, yes.
Posted:
Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:31 pmby smu diamond m
Peruna 2K5 wrote:smu diamond m wrote:abezontar wrote:Am I the only person who ever took classes because they looked interesting or tough?
Interesting? No.
Tough? Yes.
Strike that, reverse it. Tough, no. Interesting, yes.
You took classes because they were hard? That don't make sense.
Posted:
Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:07 amby The XtC
You again, Griswold? Tell you what, why dont you just give me half your money, we'll go outside, I'll kick you in the nuts, then we'll call it a day?