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Zero Tolerance

By Bekki

Rumor has it that a certain K professor has instituted a zero tolerance policy as regards students coming late to class.

Rumor also has it that a certain N&B admin has instituted a zero tolerance policy as regards comparing those who characterize people who support the troops as war-mongers.

Seems like the left-wing Berkeley nuts have invaded the law school. Last time I checked, freedom of expression included the right to censor viewpoints in a privately maintained blog. As for a zero tolerance late-comer (or early-leaver policy), the Academic rules clearly state "In the absence of prior communication of a valid excuse to the instructor, an instructor may exclude a student from a class for which the student is unprepared."

Other people make the rules. Get used to it. We're all lawyers or lawyers-in-training. Perhaps, instead of whining anonymously, we could come up with logical, well-reasoned arguments for why we are upset. Judges don't accept anonymous briefs.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).