Off-Topic and Low-Effort CW Thread for December 7, 2020OT/LE

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[–]WickedWitchOfTheWest 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Vanderbilt class of 800+ students forced to choose between calling Constitution racist or losing grade points

According to screenshots obtained by Young America’s Foundation, students were asked, “Was the Constitution designed to perpetuate white supremacy and protect the institution of slavery?” According to YAF, one student in the class lost points after answering "false."

The screenshot of the online assignment shows that the correct answer was “true."

A Vanderbilt student who is currently enrolled in the course and asked to remain anonymous told Campus Reform that the questions and answers came from a recorded lecture.

"All of the quiz’s answers would come directly from a recorded lecture...the questions were exact quotes from the lecture," the student said.

[–]rwkastenBring on the dancing horses[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Here instead of there:

The quiz was a requirement for a course called U.S. Elections, which, according to the school's website, is offered "during presidential election years." The course examines "the presidential and congressional elections, the recruitment of candidates, nomination processes, financing campaigns, media coverage, polling, predictive models, and implications of results."

So nothing about the actual laws around electing officials? No 2-week whirl through the civics or even a brief note on the difference between a democracy and a republic?

You get what you deserve.

[–]WickedWitchOfTheWest 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You get what you deserve.

If this were true they'd be making $5/hr like the glorified babysitters they are.