Fundy U: BJU edition

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(01-04-2011 12:50 PM)mounty Wrote:  Bingo. I found out firsthand what that philosophy does to both the person "turned in" and the one "turning them in." The only way to turn someone in and escape unscathed is to be so calloused that it doesn't matter to you anyway. They started a "dirty-handed discipleship" push a year or so ago, but it's all talk - most of those in authority are so deeply indoctrinated to take no personal responsibility that they'll never change. I cheered when that policy went in place, but that semester was the first time I had a student worker come into my office literally in tears because someone just filed demerits for her without any context or notice.

Like so much else over there, it's all sound and fury, signifying nothing.

I wrote a review of the so-called "honor system" there. It's really not an honor system proper, as the school deliberately brings in students that the administration knows do not share the values the honor system requires:

http://jeriwho.net/lillypad2/?p=3639