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...arraignment marked Mohammed's first public appearance since being captured in Pakistan in 2003. During a March 10, 2007, Guantanamo hearing that designated him an enemy combatant, he boasted he was "responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z," according to a Defense Department transcript, and has also claimed that in 2002 he personally beheaded Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal correspondent kidnapped in Pakistan...
...have taken tutorials and actually read the books being casually referenced in class—would also not be so very intimidating if it weren’t for the reality of grades. The importance of grades, GPAs, and the appearance of one’s transcript should not be dismissed as an unfortunate consequence of putting competitive students together. Grades matter—a lot—when it comes time to apply for law school, medical school, a fellowship, a job, or virtually any post-graduation endeavor. Choosing particular electives to avoid the risk of too many unnecessary...
...fifth Monday, at which point students still have little idea how they well are likely to do. So students who have chosen to take a class pass/fail for “insurance” are then forced to take the “pass” on their transcript, regardless of how well they...
...Conventional wisdom has it that too many “passes” suggest a lack of academic rigor, meaning many transcript-conscious students dare not take more than one or two pass/fail classes in their four years. Allowing students to switch back to letter-grading late in the semester means that the “insurance” can be used more frequently and also gives students an incentive to continue to work hard in pass/fail classes in which they find themselves doing well...
...Modifying the pass/fail option this way would not mean allowing students to hand-pick the grades on their transcript. First of all, it would not change the fact that a student must get permission to take a class pass/fail to begin with. Second, students would not know their grades when making their final grading choice, as the deadline would still be before final papers and exams. And last, such a change would not imply that the reverse could be done—students would not (and should not) be allowed to change a letter-graded class to pass/fail...