No snacks? No class!
Ramsey Kincannon
News Editor
George Parrott, a professor at Sacramento State University, is under fire for a policy he enacted shortly after starting at the University in 1969: he won’t teach unless his students bake him snacks. After walking out of a class on Thursday, Nov. 12, some of his students complained, and Sacramento State is currently investigating the practice.
Parrott alleges that his policy is incredibly useful in an age where class sizes have increased exponentially. Additionally, with the fact that Sacramento State is a commuter campus, meaning that students typically drive from home, take classes, and then return home again — only a fraction of the student body lives on campus. Parrott started the unorthodox rule in order to encourage closer ties between students who didn’t know one other.
University spokeswoman Kimberly Nava has stated that the policy might be harmful to students, and has said that the school finds the behavior “unacceptable” (Huffington Post) and that the Dean has required Parrott to cease his policy. The embattled professor has acknowledged that his practice needs to change, though he still wished to maintain the validity of the rule.