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Professor Lets Students Choose Their Own Grades For "Stress Reduction"

Professor Lets Students Choose Their Own Grades For "Stress Reduction"

Authored by Anthony Gockowski via CampusReform.org,

 

A University of Georgia professor has adopted a “stress reduction policy” that will allow students to select their own grades if they “feel unduly stressed” by the ones they earned.

According to online course syllabi for two of Dr. Richard Watson’s fall business courses, he has introduced the policy because “emotional reactions to stressful situations can have profound consequences for all involved.”