The blog everyone is forced to read
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people leave pleanty of comments on this site. some are great. some are just ok. and some should be stricken from the record henceforth.
apparently, most people who leave comments on this blog have been assigned to read what is written on these pages by a third party, and not of their own free will. to you i say: poppycock.
these warcries of freedom that we present are not ones of public accord, and are merely semi-public. with a name like “crapcampus.com” one can only begin to speculate as to what kind of content lies behind its URL walls, especially when post-fixed with “/baboblog”. the writers on this site represent a collaboration of babson students who wish to highlight, surface and make known the absolute wrongdoings of a very expensive establishment that they themselves pay to tolerate.
those who say these writers are merely “whiners” or “bitchers” have missed the point entirely. you know who else bitches too much? human rights activists. oh, and conservationists too, theyre entirely too opinionated for my liking, with their “save the earth” mentality and all…rubbish.
by leaving comments like “shut up and grow up” or “stop bitching and whining”, you students/commentators/whatever, are succombing to exactly what this school wants you to give into. they try and control you, manipulate you, treat you as students number 401928-C, force you into their cookie cutter…when you are anything but the same as the average student at another college.
open your eyes, open your ears, and open your mind.
they want you to merely overlook their oppression, and look at the “big picture” and what youll ultimately be coming out of college with: a worthwhile degree that holds strong in the business world. ok, but what about the time spent in college? what about the bad decisions we should be allowed to make? what about the freedom we should be able to enjoy on a daily basis? why rush us from our highschool lives, directly into a complex structured work environment that allows for almost no personal growth?
the majority of the students who applied here and go here are not getting what they wanted or what they are paying for. those of you who disagree: youre missing out on a critical growing period in your life, and if these years were a little bit better/fun/less complicated/improved/whatever your complaint may be, your life would be changed in an unmeasurably positive manner, for the rest of your days. its not that complicated.
next time youre deciding to leave a comment of the nature discussed in this entry, think about this: nothing in this world would ever be better, if people didnt speak out for what they BELIEVED WAS RIGHT, thus enciting ideas, and taking action.
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“nothing in this world would ever be better, if people didnt speak out for what they BELIEVED WAS RIGHT, thus enciting ideas, and taking action.”
Exactly.
Hey, I’ve just graduated high school and plan on attending Bentley (honors prog) ’10 even though I got into Babson too. This site only reinforced my views of the school when i was trying to make my decision, especially since the friends I have who attend the college gave me a very similarly bleak picture of the social and campus life. I support you guys trying to make a positive change and start a movement of awareness on your campus to bring students together, but what I don’t understand is why you guys don’t try to transfer to another college. I know the academics are good, but is there some barrier to your exit from the college? I am sincerely curious, because as a prospective student there I was baffled as to why so many of the students there were willing to take the negative experience they were having without taking any real action (by transferring, writing formal complaints, protesting).
Again, I applaud the action being taken on this site but I would think it to be better served if actual solutions or actionable suggestions were discussed on this site instead. I know I’m be going to a rival school, but when we graduate, we will be placed in the same workforce and will have to work together, so I feel I have a vested interest in the goings on of the school across town from me.
Best of luck.
all good points. however, everyone has their own specific reason as to why they didnt transfer….but heres an interesting fact: babson doesnt post their average GPA, do you know why? because its is a 2.7..about a c+ average. now whats the minimum average out of state transfer gpa? its a 2.8. that means that over half, statistically, of the students at babson couldnt even transfer if they wanted to. personally, i tried to transfer, but my gpa was too low because babson was enforcing what they refer to as “grade deflation”, meaning that they are purposefully demanding that the teachers have about a c+ average in their classes. um… what? why? theres far more negatives than positives in this equation. Congrats on going to bentley, its a better all-around school and is quickly climbing in the ranks. they recently purchased land to develope, enough to double the size of the campus. if babson doesnt watch its ass, its reputation will be overthrown by our rival…and, it isnt watching its ass. its only a matter of time…. formal complaints are always written, nothing is done. and the final one… protesting. hm. i think thats in order, dont know how we could protest without babo getting into riot gear, but ill look into it. thanks for the comment striker.
I think we should protest – let us all start at the base of map hill, that gargantuan tribute to misled ideals, and not stop until we have marched right through the doors of the OCL, the office of the deans, and even the presidents office. Why not? Lets make banners! Wear shirts! let us march for what we believe! Let us write a list of formal complaints or issues that we want resolved – and lets come up with reasonable solutions so that they cannot say we are merely complaining. Let us band together, creatively approaching this schools issues, and watch them try to stop us then. I have not posted until now – but i will doing so quite regularly now. Lets do this!