Surprise: University padding grades

by **Water Pony** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:41 pm

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

by **EastStang** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:26 pm

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.

by **abezontar** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:07 pm

Am I the only person who ever took classes because they looked interesting or tough?

by **smu diamond m** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:14 pm

abezontar wrote:Am I the only person who ever took classes because they looked interesting or tough?

Interesting? No.

Tough? Yes.

by **Peruna 2K5** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:16 pm

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.

by **smu diamond m** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:31 pm

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.

by **The XtC** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:07 am

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?

Surprise: University padding grades

Surprise: University padding grades

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