Current Events > Lecturers banned from using caps to avoid upsetting 'snowflake' students

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=12163000

University bosses have banned lecturers from using capital letters when assigning work to their students out of fear it might upset them.

The memo sent out to staff at Leed's Trinity journalism department suggested that using uppercase letters may 'scare them into failure', reports the Express.

It also included some tips on how they should address their students from now on, such as writing in a friendly tone, steering clear of overbearing language and negative instructions.

Critics have slammed the idea because it suggests that the 'snowflake' generation are being overindulged throughout their education.

The list of instructions states that it aims to increase student levels of engagement while offering lecturers a list of do's and don'ts as well as prohibited terms.

The memo, obtained by the newspaper, says: "Despite our best attempts to explain assessment tasks, any lack of clarity can generate anxiety and even discourage students from attempting the assessment at all."

It suggested that writing a word in caps could highlight the 'difficulty' of the assignment and therefore worry the students.

Lecturers were told to avoid upper-case letters, especially when telling students to 'do' or 'don't' do something in the instructions of the task, the MailOnline reported.

However, one employee said that caps are needed so that students don't miss an important part of the assignment.

Part of the concern was to do with students who discuss the task with one another when they are confused by it, meaning that misunderstanding spreads quickly.

The memo added: "This can lead to further confusion and students may even then decide that the assessment is too difficult and not attempt it."

The lecturer at the university told the outlet that despite the intelligence of their students they feel that they are fighting against the education system who want to treat them like children.

Adding: "We are not doing our students any favours with this kind of nonsense."

Leeds Trinity said that the memo was guidance on the best way to go about explaining tasks to students as they want to support them and achieve their full potential.

smh
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Ganefaqs going to comment, yet all caps is not allowed here
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awesome mode is always lowercase, and look how i turned out.
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okay testing 1 2 3

go fuck yourself
GO FUCK YOURSELF

....the theory of relativity by Albert Einstein...
....THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY BY ALBERT EINSTEIN...

hmm, interesting lol
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Behaviorism posted...

Ganefaqs going to comment, yet all caps is not allowed here

Yeah, we've already had this rule for years. Acedemia is so far behind us.
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Sounds fake.
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what
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nah, this can't be real.
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So... capital letters in general, or is this just an excuse to finally nudge professors who should know better from using allcaps as EMPHASIS when any given word processor from the past twenty years can handle italics and boldface just fine?