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Why are people so underhanded? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 4 days ago by Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
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School started up the other day, and one of my professors put up a discussion post to introduce yourself, and confirm you've read the syllabus. Then in the syllabus they hid a requirement for the discussion post under like 3 pages of fine print. I caught it, but everyone else i see posting is going to have their first grade in this class be an F because they didnt read the syllabus as if it were a contract for your soul.

Like i get it you want people to read your syllabus, but you don't need to be an asshole about it. They didnt even say in the post to make sure you read it carefully or anything. Just "Say in your post you understand the syllabus."

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes, it's a useful lesson about society, but it ensures you learn nothing else from that professor and might destroy your ability to learn from any of the other professors. They destroyed a safe learning environment to play a nasty trick and teach you a lesson, and in so doing they destroyed their own ability to be a good professor and damaged the institution of learning. At best all they can ever be is "that asshole that taught me not to trust him or anyone else" - that's a horrible learning environment.