policies
The Law of Unintended Consequences is the only rule that works as designed
Everyone hates to follow stupid, arbitrary, unnecessary rules. But even rules that look good at first usually have unintended consequences. The latest brainchild to come out of post-secondary education circles (in the US) is a regulation that would limit the number of university courses a student is allowed to drop during their degree. Let’s put [...]
Canadian University AP policies
Well, we flew into Toronto just in time! Who’d want to be stuck in Orlando during the biggest snowfall of the year? I took the opportunity to hibernate at my parents’ place in Oshawa for a few days, and the wireless internet connection has been shaky. So, I haven’t been posting much, but here’s a [...]
Tennier and Ward • More school isn’t always better
Sometimes it kind of sneaks up on you when out in the “real world” decisions are made or policies are implemented that you’ve already “concluded” are bad news. I got one of these jolts a few days ago when I saw Premier McGuinty on the news announcing a target date of 2010 for the implementation [...]
