A former professor at the University of California San Diego said she gave all of her students “A” grades and no homework in a recently unearthed video.
The popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok shared a video Tuesday of Chandler Puritty explaining how she “decolonize[d]” her classroom and her teaching by eliminating homework and giving every student an “A” grade.
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“Anyone who takes my class automatically gets an ‘A,’” Puritty said in the video. “They’re told in the first week that they’re going to get an ‘A.’ The only thing that’s required is attendance, and I have weeks of excused absences built in so that if people are sick or they have family obligations, it won’t affect their grade.”
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Puritty posted the video on her TikTok page in May 2022 but is no longer employed by the university. In a separate video, she said she left the university six months ago.
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ABC News reported that Puritty had been a Ph.D. candidate in biology at UC San Diego before securing a teaching position.
In her now-viral video, Puritty addressed how she knew if her students had learned anything.
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“I run a discussion-style classroom, so my students and I have equal part when it comes to bringing information to the table,” she said. “We all sit together and share what we’re talking about, and they get to use their critical thinking skills to apply the things they learned in all their other classes.”
The Washington Examiner contacted UC San Diego for comment.
