Audrey Manion ’26
break free from student attacks
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It’s that time of year again: seniors have declared war on the faculty: midsemester grades, and appar-
ently their “entire futures” are at stake. Recent reports now show an average of 17 emails per student per day, plus mid-hallway negotiations are running rampant. Some students were even bribing their
teachers with cookies. The creativity from seniors is, well, impressive? Some students are starting
conversations with, “why I deserve an A,” Teachers are starting to give in just to survive, and the
teachers who aren’t, are developing new survival strategies: complete ignorance or a dramatic eye
roll they think we don’t notice (we do). And the best part of it all? The seniors think it is sensible.
“I need an A or else I won’t get into college and my entire life will be ruined,” I heard someone
say while walking out of the Language Department. It’s complete and utter midsemester madness,
complete with bribes, complaining, and let’s be honest, a few tears. The question we all have to ask ourselves is this: will the seniors survive, or more importantly, will the teachers give into their delu-
sions and grant them their wishes like they’re genies?
