Grades under B minus now just coded ‘BIG OOF’ on transcripts
This is a big stride for VP Academic Abra Cadabra
Richard Bagan(Getaway: “When someone asks me how the exam went, I can say ‘BIG OOF’ and it’ll accurately encapsulate how I feel and what I actually got all at once!” A student expressed.)
After recently fighting and winning the battle against iClickers in our classrooms, VP Academic Abra Cadabra has brought another victory for students just in time for the holiday season.
Following her track record of speaking on behalf of students and their wellbeing, Cadabra has successfully advocated so that any mark under a B minus will now be coded simply by ‘BIG OOF’ on transcripts.
“Holiday dinners can be awkward enough,” Cadabra points out. “When you come home for the holidays and your parents have high expectations for you, the last thing you want is a week and a half of solid passive aggressiveness — or your cousin’s higher grades being rubbed in your face.”
In interviewing recent BOT 308 students coming out of their final exam, The Getaway received nothing but unanimously positive feedback on the implementation of the new grading system.
“When someone asks me how the exam went, I can say ‘BIG OOF’ and it’ll accurately encapsulate how I feel and what I actually got all at once!” A student expressed.
Her friend chimed in, stating, “My only concern is if the magnitude of the oof correlates with how bad a mark is. Like, is a BIG OOOOOF a D- or a B-? I guess these things can be ironed out, though!”
As the change in policy occurred the same time as USRIs for this semester came out, students perusing classes for the next semester continue to turn to the website RateMyProf to shop around for classes and professors can fit them best.
A post on UAlberta reddit expresses that “When a thread of folks only say BIG OOF on a professor’s profile, I don’t waste my time deciding whether or not I should take the class anymore! A BIG OOF is a BIG NO from me!”
Cadabra already has big plans for the New Year. “I have and will continue to advocate on behalf of student success. You can expect me to mobilize against professors who still use Powerpoint presentation animations like the spinny one next — they’re an affront to the dignity of students, and I will not rest until this is resolved.”
