One of the worst Rosa Parks essays ever gets an A- at UNC

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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 1:53pm #54520

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In January the University of North Carolina publicly apologized for offering "phony classes" designed to keep athletes academically eligible since the 1990s.
In an ESPN report, ex-UNC football player Deunta Williams and whistleblower Mary Willingham detailed how these "paper classes" worked. The classes — which were listed as "independent studies" on the course book — had no attendance, and students got credit for writing papers that always got either A’s or B’s. Willingham, who called the paper classes "scam classes," showed ESPN an example of one of these papers. It’s a one-paragraph, 148-word "final paper" on Rosa Parks.
The essay, titled "Rosa Parks: My Story" got an A-minus, Willingham says.
Here’s the text (h/t @BrianAGraham):
On the evening of December Rosa Parks decided that she was going to sit in the white people section on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. During this time blacks had to give up there seats to whites when more whites got on the bus. Rosa parks refused to give up her seat. Her and the bus driver began to talk and the conversation went like this. "Let me have those front seats" said the driver. She didn’t get up and told the driver that she was tired of giving her seat to white people. "I’m going to have you arrested," said the driver. "You may do that," Rosa Parks responded. Two white policemen came in and Rosa Parks asked them "why do you all push us around?" The police officer replied and said "I don’t know, but the law is the law and you’re under arrest."
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I’m not pointing any fingers but…
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 2:22pm #882991

SeattleSuperChronics
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People need to be fired
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 2:22pm #882884

SeattleSuperChronics
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People need to be fired
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 2:35pm #882995

King Calucha
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And they only needed to apologize. This is a terrible problem IMO…
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 2:35pm #882888

King Calucha
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And they only needed to apologize. This is a terrible problem IMO…
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 2:56pm #883005

Chilbert arenas
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Whata joke, but I’m sure UNC isn’t the only school making up classes for athletes. Really curious how much Demarcus Cousins really did in the classroom.
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 2:56pm #882898

Chilbert arenas
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Whata joke, but I’m sure UNC isn’t the only school making up classes for athletes. Really curious how much Demarcus Cousins really did in the classroom.
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 3:01pm #883012

Afactor4
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Actually, even if they didn’t make it pro, with ridiculous grade inflation like that, they’d still be highly competitive for top tier jobs/grad schools. Grades, good school, high-level D1 sports experience. Add in possible URM status and maybe even a first generation college grad. Recruiters and Adcoms drool over this type of sh*t.
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 3:01pm #882904

Afactor4
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Actually, even if they didn’t make it pro, with ridiculous grade inflation like that, they’d still be highly competitive for top tier jobs/grad schools. Grades, good school, high-level D1 sports experience. Add in possible URM status and maybe even a first generation college grad. Recruiters and Adcoms drool over this type of sh*t.
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 3:12pm #883015

kazam
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I had never heard that Hansborough clip. Unreal!
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 3:12pm #882908

kazam
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I had never heard that Hansborough clip. Unreal!
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 3:20pm #883017

Scrooge McDuck
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This problem goes beyond college sports. Why aren’t they being taught in high school? If they aren’t good enough to get into college… Maybe they should be allowed to go pro? Universities are a RACKET!!!
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 3:20pm #882910

Scrooge McDuck
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This problem goes beyond college sports. Why aren’t they being taught in high school? If they aren’t good enough to get into college… Maybe they should be allowed to go pro? Universities are a RACKET!!!
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 3:27pm #883023

tomdukes69
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U and everyone knows if this was going on at UK they would have gotten the Death Penalty. As much as NCAA (based in Indiana) hates UK and Cal. UNC is a joke and so is the crooked NCAA for allowing it once it was known. And UNC is a “good” school so I bet they are the types that are doing this type of stuff because the “bad” schools are getting watched/scrutinized like a black employee at a job when something comes up missing.
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 3:27pm #882916

tomdukes69
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U and everyone knows if this was going on at UK they would have gotten the Death Penalty. As much as NCAA (based in Indiana) hates UK and Cal. UNC is a joke and so is the crooked NCAA for allowing it once it was known. And UNC is a “good” school so I bet they are the types that are doing this type of stuff because the “bad” schools are getting watched/scrutinized like a black employee at a job when something comes up missing.
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 4:12pm #883025

llperez
i trully have a big problem with dumb people. I mean im not saying everyone has to be really smart, but dumb is embarrassing. Schools should be held responsible for this stuff. I mean these players might end up with a degree if they stay 4 years and use that to get a job when it’s about as useful as having passed the 8th grade.
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Posted on: Thu, 03/27/2014 - 4:12pm #882918

llperez
i trully have a big problem with dumb people. I mean im not saying everyone has to be really smart, but dumb is embarrassing. Schools should be held responsible for this stuff. I mean these players might end up with a degree if they stay 4 years and use that to get a job when it’s about as useful as having passed the 8th grade.
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- Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 3:05am #883054
  
  samosas
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  You made it exactly 0 characters without a grammatical error. So much for ‘trully’ having a problem with dumb people.
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  - Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 6:55am #883240
    
    llperez
    Yes because we all know capitalizing words on a basketball chat forum equates to being dumb
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  - Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 6:55am #883132
    
    llperez
    Yes because we all know capitalizing words on a basketball chat forum equates to being dumb
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- Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 3:05am #883161
  
  samosas
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  You made it exactly 0 characters without a grammatical error. So much for ‘trully’ having a problem with dumb people.
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Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 6:49am #883236

samosas
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Anybody think it was funny that this news was released during the NCAA tournament…AFTER UNC had been eliminated so it would get the smallest amount of exposure possible?
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Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 6:49am #883128

samosas
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Anybody think it was funny that this news was released during the NCAA tournament…AFTER UNC had been eliminated so it would get the smallest amount of exposure possible?
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Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 7:36am #883246

Hitster
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Wow, Rosa Parks one of the finnest American people ever to live, her huge influence on the civil rights movement and who was the first none government person to lie in state reduced to 8 lines of text.
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Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 7:36am #883138

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Wow, Rosa Parks one of the finnest American people ever to live, her huge influence on the civil rights movement and who was the first none government person to lie in state reduced to 8 lines of text.
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Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 8:19am #883270

XYRYX
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Don’t listen to this stoned – PLEASE !
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Posted on: Fri, 03/28/2014 - 8:19am #883162

XYRYX
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Don’t listen to this stoned – PLEASE !
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