SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE UPDATE

These morons are too funny. Idiocracy in all its glory. It ain’t a movie anymore. It’s the real thing on college campuses across the U.S.

Via The Week

Oberlin students want to abolish midterms and any grades below C

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Students at Oberlin College are asking the school to put academics on the back burner so they can better turn their attention to activism. More than 1,300 students at the Midwestern liberal arts college have now signed a petition asking that the college get rid of any grade below a C for the semester, and some students are requesting alternatives to the standard written midterm examination, such as a conversation with a professor in lieu of an essay.

The students say that between their activism work and their heavy course load, finding success within the usual grading parameters is increasingly difficult. “A lot of us worked alongside community members in Cleveland who were protesting,” Megan Bautista, a co-liaison in Oberlin’s student government, said, referring to the protests surrounding the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by a police officer in 2014. “But we needed to organize on campus as well — it wasn’t sustainable to keep driving 40 minutes away. A lot of us started suffering academically.”

The student activists’ request doesn’t come without precedence: In the 1970s, Oberlin adjusted its grading to accommodate student activists protesting the Vietnam War and the Kent State shootings, The New Yorker reports. But current students contend that same luxury was not granted to them even though the recent Rice protests were over a police shooting that took place just 30 miles east of campus.

“You know, we’re paying for a service. We’re paying for our attendance here. We need to be able to get what we need in a way that we can actually consume it,” student Zakiya Acey told The New Yorker. “Because I’m dealing with having been arrested on campus, or having to deal with the things that my family are going through because of larger systems — having to deal with all of that, I can’t produce the work that they want me to do. But I understand the material, and I can give it to you in different ways.”

Read the full story on the ongoing battle at Oberlin over at The New Yorker.


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DDearborn
DDearborn

Hmmm

And Bernie Sanders believes taxpayer should be paying for all of this? An educational system that is churning out trillions in debt and ignorant, semi-literate “graduates” who believe American’s future lies with a dismantling of the Bill of Rights, and hence the Republic, if it means they can get a quick fix to their immediate financial woes. Not to mention the fact that these rocket scientists believe that Hillary Clinton’s wide open borders and total global assimilation (by multi-national corporate interests) or Bernie’s idea of a socialist transformation is going to help them get there isn’t just irrational wishful thinking, it borders on insanity!

This cluster F*ck is supposed to be America’s future? In a pigs eye. If this generation needs to pay of their debt and they want government money (my money) then they can jolly well work for it. Either join the military, (as I did) or work off their debt doing some form of public service through the government. But here is a news flash, I would rather burn every penny I earned and saved for the last 40 years then give a dime to this rabble. The article does offer a sterling example of why Donald Trump is going to be the next President. It is now clear that the country won’t survive 4 more years of this kind of warped reality reality. Some chance with Mr. Trump is far better than no chance at all with more of the same from Hillary, or completely off the deep end with Bernie……..

Stucky

********************** Stucky’s Urgent Memorandum *************************

To: — All CEO’s, Business Owners, and Human Resource Managers across America

RE: — Resumes from morans who graduated — or, even attended — Oberlin College

1. DO NOT EVER HIRE THEM!!

2. AUTOMATICALLY SHRED AND DISCARD THEIR RESUMES.

You’ll thank me later.

Wip
Wip

How can we (The Burning Platform) become a resource for businesses by keeping a record of this crazy ass shit and promote and sell the list to businesses across the country?

I’m serious.

rhs jr

Liberals always want everything their way and a pass on their own responsibilities. if the Useful Idiots are not smart enough to do their studies and their protests (& sex, drugs & Spring Break), and are not smart enough to drop one or the other. then they deserve to fail and need that dose of Reality. A girl from my old college called on behalf of financially challenged students wanting me to give money so I asked if she was subject to the Draft and War now. She respond that students need help and since I am a successful Alumni I should want to help. I said I am sorry for what I hear and see and I don’t want to further any of it, have a blessed day.

Suzanna
Suzanna

class dismissed, for good

TPC
TPC

Its amazing how much education parallels manufacture.

If you want to sell to the lowest common denominator, then you need to drop your standards. Its that simple. McDonald’s and Wal-mart get it. I don’t know why Socialists don’t.

JIMSKI
JIMSKI

Welp that’s it. I am done.

No moar internets n moar TBP no moar.

I am out of duct tape to wrap my head in. It is too much.

LET IT BURN

harry p.

the solution is simple:

it’s also the only way to be sure…

Fred Hayek
Fred Hayek

I love that these nitwits apparently can’t manage the effort to consider what the effects of this will be. Who will want to hire Oberlin graduates after everyone sees Oberlin degrees as utterly debased by the prohibition against grades below C?

card802
card802

The main reason I have a FB account is my mom asked me, the other reason is I love mixing it up with liberal idiots.

In a conversation about raising the minimum wage, this was a comment by a liberal tard:

“I know plenty of people who would prefer a simple job they can do and then leave on time–to go home to their families, pursue hobbies, relax and get enough sleep, etc. But sadly, most jobs like that pay slave wages.

When Obama took office, the bugaboo was people who “refused” to work (because the job market sucked and they couldn’t find work) and wanted to live off the government (because SNAP and WIC lead to such opulent lifestyles). But when people realized that over 70% of welfare recipients come from households where people DO work–suddenly the poor were all supposed to magically find better jobs. A full-time job should get people well above the poverty line. Period. Any company that doesn’t pay enough for that to happen does not deserve to stand.”

Or:

“Many minimum wage jobs require skills. If a person works at McDonalds or Taco Bell…is that any less skilled than working in another restaurant? They have to follow procedures, cook, work computerized equipment, handle money and a cash register. Those are all skills. And fast food jobs were not created so kids could have some extra gas money. They are jobs that were once filled by adults who raised families. A job is a job, no matter what that job is. And, if a person is willing to work, they deserve a living wage.”

One gave me great hope:

“I don’t just put my life on the line, I save lives. I help the sick and I can’t make a single mistake while doing it. NOT ONE!!! Everyday I work without a doctor telling me what move to make next, I have to decide, and if it’s wrong, people can get hurt if not die.
I have skills that most dont, not even nurses. I have ptsd from seeing two coworkers dead on the side of the road. I’ve missed countless holidays with my son and the whole first 5 months of my son’s life, so I could finish my paramedic education.
So I’m sorry Tracey, I have to disagree to a point. Those entry level job “skills” do not require $15.00

Entry level positions do not NEED a 200% raise. An increase?, yes absolutely.
I have no issues telling anyone I disagree.

Instead of fighting for a pay increase, as a single mother mind you, I’m furthering my education and I see nothing wrong with student loans, in fact…while making less than $15 an hour as a single mother with no child support for the last 10 years I have been able to purchase a house, a car, pay my bills, and pay for my education OUT OF POCKET.

That’s with LESS than $15 per hour. I don’t think $15 an hour is necessary for an entry level position, we all have to start some where, and I’m a strong advocate for self improvement and growth, but that’s just my personal opinion, and fortunately we can agree to disagree.”

bb

Card ,mixing it up with liberals. Could this be the reason you have been acting so strange lately ???

card802
card802

bb,

I’ve been mixing it up with libtards for a long time, I’m learning that wresting with pigs I get dirty, but I still like it, that’s probably my real problem.

IndenturedServant

If snowflakes like this had any real brains they’d just get one of those fake mail order degrees and get to work. What they are requesting from a real college will have just as much value as the fake one and the fake one is cheaper and only takes a couple of weeks to obtain.

Where the fuck are the parents? Wait, parents are 50% or more of the reason the special snowflakes exist.

Some forms of entertainment are sad and this is sad but I am entertained.

IndenturedServant

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Anonymous
Anonymous

Maybe Alice Cooper was a prophet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVlXQej5ZRc

KaD
KaD

How about if you don’t want to do the work to get good grades just stay the fuck out of college.

overthecliff

Their worthless degrees will become more valuable. NOT

Hershel Pasternak
Hershel Pasternak

Not even funny, just sickening. Qualifications become meaningless. And Card fast food work skills were designed to be mastered in 5 minutes, but I afmire your patience mixing it up with the lobotomized liberals. I have to resist at times or would lose friends, but if they open their mouth talking directly to me I cant resist. An otherwise intelligent friend said Trump should not be president because he is ‘vulgar’. I said , so go join the protest screaming ‘Fuck Trump’ outside his building where his family is and kids are pasding by.

Hershel Pasternak
Hershel Pasternak

Its going to get so that instead of indians and chinese coming to the west for recognised qualifications, serious students will have to go from here to thete. U want me to use a pilot or doctor who couldn’t possibly fail?

Peter Harris
Peter Harris

I’m not sure the author read the whole New Yorker piece.
It appears he (I say he, because I can’t imagine a woman working on this website) cherry picked a few discussion points.
The last time Oberlin College allowed grades to be modified for protesting, was back in the days of the Vietnam war. I hardly think this is a dangerous trend.

And I see some of the contributors here like to refer to the Liberals as “Libtards, and dirty pigs.” Hardly an argument.

And to refer to the students as “morons,” doesn’t put the author of the story in a good light either.

I recall recently a contributor to this website, by he’s own admission, did not understand the difference between communism and socialism.
So, if you’re going around calling people morons, you better make sure that you place yourself above the pejorative, or you are going to look like a bigger moron yourself.

Stucky

Peter Harris

You sound like a very special snowflake yourself. Please post less often.

Hershel Pasternak
Hershel Pasternak

We know exactly what a pinko is Pooter, too illiterate after an education in commie agitation to check an authors name being Becca short for Rebecca and so desperate to get out of the friendzone you profess pussy envy.

WTF
WTF

peter , how fast was the truck going when you fell off the back and bumped your head?

I mean seriously , there is a learning curve in being able to do critical thinking , after all the indoctrination that has been spoon fed to everyone for like the last 100 years or well much longer actually .

Challenge yourself to find out the best possible truth you can .

The truth will set you free , but it is gonna piss you off like you have never known .

Don’t go for the conformational bias that will confirm your bias.
Go after Everything .

Look at all opposing views , and Research .
Might do well to look up all the shit that has been indoctrinated to you as stated truth first .
It aint true.
Then ponder WHY.
This would constitute the beginning of knowledge .

I am being polite ,which is a rarity, given my um several names I post under .
Just a cook
Whatever lol

Peter Harris
Peter Harris

“I am being polite”
After you accused me of having brain damage?

Okay then, I’ll reply seeing as though are you being so polite, unlike the other wankers here.
Me, using confrontational bias?
So I am assuming then, you’ve given this advice to everyone else here.

When you say look up “shit,” which constitutes the “beginning of knowledge,” I don’t need to.
While you and your fellow troglodytes have been standing around, with one hand on your cock, and the other on your gun, I’ve been out in the world exploring and experiencing it. I’ve seen the best of both worlds (if you could call it that).
I spent a fair deal of time in the United States.
I’ve probably seen more of the 50 states than yourself, with the one I missed was Alaska.
I’ve also spent time in poor nations, such as Mexico and South-east Asia.
My point is, you can do as much research as you like, but if you don’t back up with experience, as you Americans say; you’ve got jack shit.

EL Coyote
EL Coyote

JIMSKI says: I am out of duct tape to wrap my head in. It is too much.

https://youtu.be/9p88Rh3C_rQ?t=5

EL Coyote
EL Coyote
EL Coyote
EL Coyote

I guess I can’t post the Doobie Bros today. But click on that Jimski, you feel better.

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