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Professors with arbitrary limits on grades.
January 27, 2023By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer Ever leave a negative review for a professor on Rate My Professors? There are only a handful of legitimate gripes on the site, but near the top of the list would be the professor who’ll come out and tell you they don’t believe in awarding students anything higher than a B+. Is it because they’re a jerk? Or is it because they suck as a teacher? It’s hard to tell but usually, it’s both. During those cursed semesters with those profs-of-the-damned, you’ll be sitting at your desk, your mind screaming and your eyes hurting after…
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SFU heroically lowers their own bar even further with P/CR/NR grading for electives
February 2, 2021By: Nancy La, SFU Student After almost a full year of online classes, SFU finally wakes up from its slumber and decides that yes, students do deserve some help with their grades during a pandemic, but not too much help. …
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Current grading systems don’t reflect student’s abilities
January 18, 2021by Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate It’s believed that rewarding students’ hard work with letter grades can promote more effective learning. However, rather than prioritizing learning, this system induces pressure on students to focus solely on grades. The SFU Senate recently…
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The SFSS calls on SFU to re-implement pass/fail grading
January 10, 2021Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is calling for SFU to implement pass/fail grading for the upcoming Spring 2021 semester and “retroactively for the Fall 2020 semester.” They are proposing that “students be allowed…
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