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1337biz
3059 days ago
What a hero. In my opinion academics often take their role quite a bit too seriously. They are not aware that their role outside of the actually practice related subjects is mostly to be a brain teaser.
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astura
3059 days ago
It's heroic to give someone a passing grade in a college level class when they can't keep up with a college level workload?
I think that its just fraud.
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1337biz
3059 days ago
A hero for realizing being just another minor data point for most of his students lifes.
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lev99
3059 days ago
It is sacrificing his academic creditably for the good of his student's gpa.
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alexbeloi
3059 days ago
In a perfect world, neither group would care about either of those things.
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lev99
3059 days ago
I can see how GPA imperfectly measures a student's knowledge/intelligence. However credibility and honesty should be valued in a perfect world.
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heavenlyblue
3059 days ago
It's not a perfect world.
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I think that its just fraud.