Chemistry professor Mo Lequele is taking the idea of performing for your grade to the next level — by hosting a talent show for students to compete to get out of their midterms.
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Online classes have been hard for students and staff alike, but the lack of effort from professors makes remote learning incredibly difficult for students.
Midterms shouldn’t all be grouped together, as it’s regressive to students’ mental health and renders reading week pointless. The university should create mechanisms to spread out midterm exams and assessments, for students’ sake.
While assignments are important, it doesn’t mean that the well-being of students can’t be taken into consideration when creating assignment deadlines.
Mental health issues such as anxiety can be triggered or exacerbated by stress. Our education system and the stress it places on students is at least partially to blame for mental health issues across postsecondary campuses.
Why students should have a month before they’re marked Photo: Kim Wiens Most professors give some sort of assignment in September, but they shouldn’t. Many of these September assignments are referred to as midterms, yet they often seem to occur only a week or so after students have purchased their textbooks. A professor should only …
