Economic Grievance

May I take opportunity of your wide circulation to bring to the attention of all students the exploitation of Economics 1B students that is going on without anything being done about it!

Case: At the beginning of the year, 1B was overcrowded. So, some students were drafted to 1A (a basically wide yet less detailed course in Economics—a terminal unit) whilst others (poor suckers, poor me) volunteered to shift over. We were told that there would not be any differences in courses any more.

Promises! Promises! We now find that 1A is running through Samuelson while 1B is slogging through Lipsey. We find that 1B has postponed its date of passing up the 1st Essay by one week but not 1A. They have their test postponed to the 30th; we must be contented with the original 28th. When we attempt questioning lecturers about 'our rights', they dismiss us like they would high school kids. Why shouldn't they? After all, that's just how they have been treating us! And will continue to do so if we Econs 1B students don't do anything about it!

I say Econs 1B students in 1A, unite and let's get things straightened out! Let me be clear: let it not be said that we in 1A are lazy buggers hard up for time, Let it be said, however, that we know our rights and Care about our rights.

Chung Thian Mong