Speaking of college acceptance, my Ukrainian instructor was almost refused admittance to our grad program because she scored poorly on some stupid online test. Grad school admission is a formality for our language instructors who don’t get diplomas or degrees. But I almost was refused an opportunity to bring her over because of this test score.
I tried explaining that, as she was taking the test, she had to interrupt it twice to go to the bomb shelter. And yet she still came back and finished the test. Yes, she scored a little below the cutoff. It was probably a little hard to concentrate. But this is clearly a person who won’t find whatever we do at our university to be too challenging.
I think I found a way around the stupid requirement but I’m still annoyed. I wouldn’t say anything if this was a person seeking an actual degree. But this is somebody who is coming to teach at my department. If I’m willing to be understanding, why should anybody stand in my way?
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