Mmm. Sorry. I have to side with MIT on this one. As a person who flunked college his first time around due to not being able to hack it, I fully admit it was my responsibility and not UGA's. I was not mentally ready and should not have gone. Period.
The only way MIT can rectify the issue towards students who do not react well to high-intensity schooling pressure is to depressurize and dumb down the curriculum. If they did this, what makes them any different from Joe Blow Community College? Nope. Don't think so.
Also, considering that my second round of university is geared towards teaching college-level history, I have to agree with the non-coddling concept. A student who blows their first exam due to mental breakdown will a) get whatever grade their exam is due and b) have to hope they do better the rest of the semester.
Though most people think it's cliched, "No pain, no gain." pretty much sums up my view. I would treat a complaint of the nature stated somewhere along with complaints that a subject is being graded on the curve. "And your point is...?"
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Date: 2004-08-20 01:37 pm (UTC)As a person who flunked college his first time around due to not being able to hack it, I fully admit it was my responsibility and not UGA's. I was not mentally ready and should not have gone. Period.
The only way MIT can rectify the issue towards students who do not react well to high-intensity schooling pressure is to depressurize and dumb down the curriculum. If they did this, what makes them any different from Joe Blow Community College? Nope. Don't think so.
Also, considering that my second round of university is geared towards teaching college-level history, I have to agree with the non-coddling concept. A student who blows their first exam due to mental breakdown will a) get whatever grade their exam is due and b) have to hope they do better the rest of the semester.
Though most people think it's cliched, "No pain, no gain." pretty much sums up my view. I would treat a complaint of the nature stated somewhere along with complaints that a subject is being graded on the curve. "And your point is...?"
Welcome to college, your first experience at a zero-sum game.