Comments on: School declares students too fat to graduate

By: Leena

Leena — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:35:52 +0000

I completely agree with you. I’m also slightly hopeful that this will encourage other schools to take similar action. We don’t all have to be the perfect size 2 or 4 (whatever that size may be) but some students are severely overweight. At the same time, though, school is a place for education and I don’t exactly know what the schools defense is for having that requirement. It doesn’t make me feel any less sorry for the chick.

By: mj

mj — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:05:26 +0000

This is a new policy, so the students could not have known it would be sprung upon them.

I’m hoping the school is serious. We’ll know when they start revoking tenure from chubby professors.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:50:42 +0000

First off, how did you get that picture of me? Second, encouraging physical fitness is one thing, and my college back in the 80’s required us to take physcial education classes. But denying somebody a degree they have paid for and earned because they failed to take a course based solely on their body mass index is absurd.

I agree with the student that either the class should be required for all or none. My big question is whether or not they charge the students to take this class they require based on their weight. Sounds like racketeering charge to me.