BREAKING NEWS – New York City, New York – Students at an elite, private university in New York City are occupying a campus building with the demand that all be given A grades.
The original reason for The New School occupation, which began on December 8, was to support striking faculty members who were lobbying for higher wages and better health care.
Though the faculty strike has since been resolved, a letter of demands now calls for A grades for all students. It says in part: “We demand that every student receives a final course grade of A as well as the removal of I/Z grades for the Fall 2022 semester.” The letter insisted, “Attendance shall have no bearing on course grade.” (According to the New School’s website, an “I” grade is a “temporary incomplete” and a “z” grade is an “unofficial withdrawal.”) And the letter concludes by saying, “Let’s be honest, the students at this school are better than students at other schools which we consider nothing more than subhumans. Since every student at this school could easily get an ‘A’ if we applied ourselves, we feel that we shouldn’t have to waste our time going through the motion of applying ourselves, thus we are now demanding what we believe we are entitled to!”