{"id":46311,"date":"2018-12-15T19:56:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T03:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=46311"},"modified":"2018-12-15T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T03:56:18","slug":"universities-banning-all-caps-for-assignments-they-scare-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/universities-banning-all-caps-for-assignments-they-scare-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities banning ALL CAPS for assignments\u2014they SCARE students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/caps-lock-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"314\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/caps-lock-button.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/caps-lock-button-250x115.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\nI\u2019m always impressed by the bumblings of our leaders in higher ed, but I suppose I shouldn\u2019t be. These guys have Ph.D.s, research degrees, but never do research. They soak up tons of money, but never seem to leave anything in the budget to help with education. Finally, they have and use incredible power over what goes on in the classroom, in education\u2026but have never taught a course themselves.<\/p>\n<p>On community college campus, these guys have the most power because faculty there seldom have any defense, and I know I hated how every semester I was told to cram some new \u201cinitiative\u201d down my student\u2019s throats, and that I needed to show the leader\u2019s ideas were effective, or else.<\/p>\n<p>That said, you can certainly see these clowns in action on a university campus:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6402933\/University-bosses-order-lecturers-stop-using-capital-letters.html\">University bosses order lecturers to stop using capital letters when setting assignments because it might upset snowflake students<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;I see I\u2019m pretty generous in calling them \u201cleaders,\u201d and I have to admit \u201cbosses\u201d is more accurate. Nobody follows them because of their leadership, after all.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When giving assignments to students, you generally give them some guidelines. Some aren\u2019t particularly easy to miss, e.g., \u201cbe sure to put your name on the paper,\u201d but some things you really don\u2019t want students doing, and often, a simple warning isn\u2019t enough. So sometimes to emphasize instructions you might well hammer the point home, eg, \u201cDO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA AS A SOURCE,\u201d (good advice for my readers, incidentally. Infogalactic has many of the same topics covered, and it\u2019s often a great source of amusement compare the two\u2019s information).<\/p>\n<p>Yes, writing in all caps is bad form, and looks like you\u2019re shouting, but if you don\u2019t do that, and the student ignores the instructions, then if you dock points he\u2019ll complain to admin and say it\u2019s your fault because you weren\u2019t clear enough. Trust me, I\u2019ve been on the business end of such shenanigans enough times.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty who write in all caps can say \u201chey, I tried to emphasize it with all caps. Can\u2019t we let the student take some responsibility here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>A memo sent out to Leeds Trinity staff said capitals could &#8216;scare them into failure&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How did higher ed ever get so backwards that even so simple a faculty attempt to help the student follow directions is now \u201cscaring them into failure\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><em>It suggested that writing a word in caps could highlight the &#8216;difficulty&#8217; of the assignment and therefore worry the students.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wow. Such a confusion of ideas could only come from <s>bosses<\/s> leaders who\u2019ve never taught a course in their lives. It\u2019s a shame faculty are forced to heed the \u201cwisdom\u201d of these leaders.<\/p>\n<p><em>The lecturer at the university told the outlet that despite the intelligence of their students they feel that they are fighting against the education system who want to treat them like children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Adding: &#8216;We are not doing our students any favours with this kind of nonsense.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gosh, \u201cthe lecturer\u201d didn\u2019t want to give his name as he dared criticize what the boss said? I know, I\u2019m in no position to cast judgment, and I\u2019m not\u2026I just want to reinforce that this is what higher \u201ceducation\u201d is on campus: whatever admin says it is, delivered by a thoroughly cowed faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line, higher education today is presented as \u201cjob training,\u201d to get a high paying job, even. If the students are so coddled that even the very gentle yelling of ALL CAPS is deemed too frightening for them, how are they ever going to deal with an actual boss in the real world?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a question the bosses in higher ed will ever answer, both because nobody is in a position to put the question to them, and because they honestly don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.professorconfess.blogspot.com\/\">www.professorconfess.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m always impressed by the bumblings of our leaders in higher ed, but I suppose I shouldn\u2019t be. These guys have Ph.D.s, research degrees, but never do research. They soak up tons of money, but never seem to leave anything in the budget to help with education. 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