The Sense of Entitlement Is Amazing

Have these college students ever been told no?  I marvel at the sense of entitlement.

First, the crazy artsy students at New School:

As part of their list of demands, students at the private New York City arts school The New School (TNS) are occupying a campus building until instructors agree to give As for the semester.

According to the Instagram account New School Occupied, the students occupied the TNS University Center on Dec. 8 in support of faculty on strike for higher wages and better healthcare. While the strike ended on December 10, the occupants published a new set of demands that day that included A’s for all students, the resignation of school leadership, and the dissolution of the Board of Trustees.

Second, students at Cornell who are supposed to be smart enough to know better:

Students at Cornell University are split over calls for “universal pass equitable grading,” which would ensure all students would pass their courses and receive credit regardless of one’s final grade.

As I quoted in a recent post:

There was a time when college administrators paid little attention to student dissatisfaction. Their opinions were largely written off as a sign of their immaturity. But things have changed because of the high stakes involved. Students believe that they are entitled to all A’s while putting in little effort because they are paying soaring tuition.

If this is how they're going to act, our society would be significantly better off if we returned to the idea of administrators' paying "little attention to student dissatisfaction."  College students may have lots of potential but they don't really know anything yet.