NZZ lures students with online game
Until May 10, 2009, students can test their academic strengths through an online game on the NZZ website. The goal is to eliminate rival classmates through the numerus clausus or avoid professors who waste time chatting with students—all while earning a bachelor’s degree as quickly as possible.
Until May 10, 2009, students can register on the NZZ website with a Online game test their strengths in their studies. Eliminating opposing fellow students through the numerus clausus, avoiding professors who only talk to students in a time-consuming manner, not getting caught under the scrubbing brush of the cleaning staff, running through the library - and collecting as many ECTS points as possible is the order of the day.
The NZZ's sarcasm is appropriate in the current situation, according to a communiqué from the Association of Swiss Student Bodies (VSS). Studying without thinking, learning without research and university education as a narrow-gauge highway to the fastest possible Bachelor's degree is becoming more and more of a trend in a time of overcrowded universities, also for financial reasons. The NZZ had summed up current trends with its game. According to the association, they hope that those responsible in the university landscape will not only play this game during their lunch break, but also do something to ensure that chasing ECTS points does not become a reality for students.
The NZZ's sarcasm is appropriate in the current situation, according to a communiqué from the Association of Swiss Student Bodies (VSS). Studying without thinking, learning without research and university education as a narrow-gauge highway to the fastest possible Bachelor's degree is becoming more and more of a trend in a time of overcrowded universities, also for financial reasons. The NZZ had summed up current trends with its game. According to the association, they hope that those responsible in the university landscape will not only play this game during their lunch break, but also do something to ensure that chasing ECTS points does not become a reality for students.
