British University To Teachers: Your Capital Letters Are Upsetting Students
By Hank Berrien A university in the United Kingdom is so concerned about the fragile egos of its students that it has banned lecturers from using capital letters when assigning work. Leeds Trinity released a memo to its staff regarding their students in which the university stated that uppercase letters might “scare them into failure.” In addition to that ruling, the memo also instructed the teachers to make sure their writing was friendly and eschewed overbearing and negative language. The memo stated, “”Despite our best attempts to explain assessment tasks, any lack of clarity can generate anxiety and even...
By Hank Berrien A university in the United Kingdom is so concerned about the fragile egos of its students that it has banned lecturers from using capital letters when assigning work. Leeds Trinity released a memo to its staff...
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