>Yes, the students want a diploma: but just ask yourself just WHY
>they want one. Is it not because someone ELSE -- be it prospective
>employer, prospective university, or whatewver -- won't let the stu-
>dent into whatever-it-is that he/she/they offer WITHOUT the diploma?
Two points: first, if the students ask for it, should we deny them a
diploma, whatever their motivation in making the request? Secondly, believe
it or not, some students tell us they want a diploma for reasons other than
its future usefulness. The diploma process represents for them a meaningful
rite of passage which they do not want to miss. I'm not ignoring the
extrinsic motivations Ardeshir points to, but I believe these other issues
should not be overlooked.
Bruce Smith
AVS
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"Cherish your best hopes as a faith, and abide
by them in action."
-- Margaret Fuller
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