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Please, Let’s Get Real About Grade ‘Shaming’

Get Over It

Cambridge students say the public dissemination of their exam results amounts to “grade shaming.” Why is this most self-publicizing generation so sensitive about their privacy?

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Wherever one goes, there is “shaming,” or the possibility of “shaming.” Or the accusation of ‘shaming.” You are “shamed” if you are a celebrity, and look terrible in an outfit, and someone snarks so.

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