Teacher Offered $50 in Syllabus, But No One Read It
Professors share a syllabus each semester in order to ensure students understand all that’s expected of them. That’s why it’s such a drag for them when, without fail, college student after college student neglects to read it. It’s also why Kenyon Wilson, associate head of performing arts at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, decided to play a little game. This past semester, Wilson offered $50 in his syllabus to the first student who went to a designated locker and used the combination he included to open it. One guess what happened when Wilson went to the locker once school let out for the semester. He shared on Facebook recently that he retrieved the unclaimed treasure.
… Wilson slipped the instructions into the end of the syllabus where class-specific content had ended and mostly COVID protocols and other legal ramblings had begun.
