Why students do not study Russian anymore

[VShell]

Perhaps an effort should be made to normalize grading scales university
wide (if not nationally).  An "A" in Mathematics, Physics, Computer
Science, Ukrainian, Russian, etc require the same amount of work, and have
the same significance, as an "A" in Psychology, History, Sociology, or
Spanish.

-- Stephen Bobick

On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, E. Boyle wrote:

> Something that contributes to the "unattractiveness" of Russian, if that's
> what it is, is the good old GPA: many students to not have the time to put
> in the work required to get an A, or a 4.0 in Russian, and they simply
> drop it in favor of a "simpler" language.  They tell us that they have to
> keep their GPA up in order to get a good job later.
>
> I do not think we need to alter the grammar.  We need to change the way we
> present the language though.  No one will become enthralled with anything
> that's presented as merely so many grammatical structures.
>
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> Eloise M. Boyle
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> University of Washington
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