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. @UVA Pass us all, and let us take care of our families, friends, communities, and ourselves. 1/12
Low-income students will be disproportionately affected by the grading policy. We are doing them a disservice by forcing them to take classes and worry about grades when they and their families are struggling. 2/12 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/us/politics/coronavirus-zoom-college-classes.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/0...
What makes it fair for me to sit comfortably in my childhood bedroom while there are others who have to take the same classes but bear enormous financial responsibilities? This is unjust regardless of the crisis, but the problem is exacerbated with it. 3/12
How does this inequity comport with our school’s values? And in all likelihood, our friends and family will get sick during this crisis. If our professors and students catch the virus, are we expected to continue with business as usual? 4/12
We can worry about making up for lost time later. We can creatively figure out later what curriculum needs to be reviewed in the summer before fall semester. This is not just my opinion. A professor of literature at Columbia: 5/12 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/20/coronavirus-college-pass-fail/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2...
At the same time, are we not doing a disservice to our communities, prioritizing fiddling with equations and formatting essays for a grade while people are losing their jobs and health insurance and we’re headed for a Second Great Depression? 6/12
Let’s definitely not forget that activists and community members will be supporting the many laid off contracted workers of our university, when that should be @UVA’s responsibility. 7/12 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jPHh9FXX0pkCkXq85452z-6zN5Zxs9c4EbYRIkhDaMo">https://docs.google.com/document/... https://www.c-ville.com/shut-down-uvas-dining-hall-employees-are-unceremoniously-dumped/">https://www.c-ville.com/shut-down...
Shouldn’t we be prioritizing alleviating people’s suffering, at this time especially? Working with the many mutual aid programs springing up across the country, for example? 8/12 https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-for-uva-contract-workers?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet">https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-fo...
I haven’t even mentioned the toll this crisis has and will take on mental health. The anxiety and depression that comes from not seeing your friends, working by yourself, and missing chosen communities. 9/12 https://twitter.com/hunterwagenaar/status/1246956302347182089">https://twitter.com/hunterwag...
The students living in abusive households. The stress due to worrying about finances and capital, like the stuff about to be thrown out or lost in student housing, and the fees students have to pay to pick up their own things. 10/12 https://twitter.com/zakipanjsheeri/status/1246903760871358465">https://twitter.com/zakipanjs...
And, perhaps the most piercing: the grief from loss. Every day we hear utterly heart-wrenching and terrifying stories. We are going through a period of national, international, and individual pain. Let us mourn. 11/12 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-ems.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/2...
As Dr. Fauci has been saying, this crisis will surely get worse before it gets better. And we have to cope with that. https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/491228-fauci-says-it-would-be-false-statement-to-say-we-have-coronavirus">https://thehill.com/homenews/... 12/12
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