I am a strong supporter of inclusion but I do have to question this one ...
"The university's dean of graduate studies waived a failed comprehensive exam for the doctoral candidate, who said after the fact that he had acute exam anxiety."
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2011/01/02/man-lucacs-cp-profile-exam-anxiety.html#ixzz1A11BxWTt
Personally I can think of more then a few exams which gave me acute exam anxiety after the fact, most particularly Organic Chemistry! I still get nightmares over that exam.
It's the "after the fact" that really makes me question this one. He is getting a PhD so he must have faced more then a few exams already, perhaps he should have known about the anxiety in advance.
I wonder if high school students could make the same claim about diploma exams now that there is a precedence set at the University level?
I do admire this professor standing up for what he sees as incorrect.
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