Ms. J of Tustin alerted us to something she read in the Times. It was in the sports section! ("Summertime, and the grading is easy.")It reports that USC has acted to “disallow” grades that their athletes received in Spanish classes they took at a local community college.
Uh-oh.
Last June, students flocked to the college to sign up for Spanish. Among the flock:
three 300-pound Trojans linemen…[, a] beefy linebacker son of television’s “Incredible Hulk”[, and] millionaire ex-USC receiver Kreary Colbert…They all wanted the same class—a shortcut around the tough advanced foreign language courses required at USC.
They didn’t want just any course at the community college. No, they wanted Ms. Senora Rose Mary Ross's Intermediate Spanish course.
Ross has a reputation as an easy grader.
The Times interviewed her. She's no easy grader, says the 73-year-old. “I’ve never given an easy grade in my life."
OK, sounds good.
“You come to my class and work, and I see you want to learn, I’ll give you an A,” she declares.
—Well, all right. I guess.
She continues: “I see some lazy ass, coming late all the time, acting like he doesn’t care, I won’t give him an A.”
No? You sound mighty tough, lady! I like your style! Whatcha gonna do to that lazy ass?
Here's what:
“I’ll give him a B”!
The Times checked, and it turns out that, of the 25 students in Ross's summer Intermediate Spanish class, 20 received A's. The other 5 were lazy asses. Yep, all B's.
