Maybe UW is SERIOUS about football now

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

ThomasFremont said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

The Huskies are using independent study classes to avoid real classwork:

To get here, behind the scenes at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, where three dozen rows of century-old Polynesian war spears line two storage-room walls, where latex gloves are required, one must pass through a hallway of five bolted doors and security gates.

Only the most privileged are allowed to pass through.

John Timu, Danny Shelton and Hau’oli Kikaha come here each Monday after football practice, making the 15-minute walk to the northwest edge of the University of Washington campus. This is where they come for 90 minutes of quiet reading, carving, playing. They come to understand, to give themselves more than just passing knowledge of their Polynesian roots.

There is no syllabus for how this independent-study class with Dr. Holly Barker plays out. On the first day of class, the three football players passed through the security checkpoints, put on their white “Visitor” badges and latex gloves, and had free rein to explore the artifacts in the Ethnology Room’s vast shelves. Kids in candy stores never had so much fun.




Barker has kept the curriculum open-ended for Shelton, Timu and Kikaha, all of whom have taken multiple undergraduate anthropology courses with her. All are on track to earn degrees in the next year, and Barker sees these sessions as a gateway to graduate school for them.


http://seattletimes.com/html/huskyfootball/2022239678_uwfootballindependentstudy12xml.html

This isn't really a new thing.

The independent study loophole was discovered years ago by a young HHB who lacked real world experience...

I have no idea who you are referencing.

Good thing we all hide behind fake names

And UW is the World renowned university that still can't find it's way to establishing a Physical Education College and undergraduate P.E. degree program. Barker's class is great for the three Polynesians and I assume there have been others participating, but what about the community as a whole? I don't want to think about this and pissed off again.

doogsinparadise said:

Man, that Prof is on some patronizing shit

Nothing compared to the libtard wackos on the lower campus. As a Marine Bio major roaming the Boat Street buildings - I was constantly reminded of the divide.

So mired in academia they forget their is a world outside their graduate assistant lab and their myopic nerdy publication circle.