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Originally posted by shadokat
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One of the reasons that study hours are looked at as hazing is that you're forcing NMs to study at a specific time, in a specific place. Allowing NMs to study on their time, in the manner that is most conducive to them is what is recommended. I'm not saying I agree, but it's the reality. And honestly, it makes sense to allow them to study on their own time in their own way.
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I would hope that a GLO would not want to set up a NM for failure. As such, having "study hours" - *seems to me* - to be a way to help ensure that NMs make their grades. A few questions to clarify this.
Is it "hazing" because NMs are "forced" to study at a specific time and in a specific place and or that a NM is "required" to study in the first place? (i.e. log in hours)
If the issue is the specific place/time which might be considered hazing, then would offering various times for a "study hall" or "study hours" but still at a specific place be hazing? For example, every weekday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the chapter house or perhaps at the library. Any place "best" for the group as a whole. However, the NMs - or perhaps the chapter as a whole - are *required* to log in a certain number of hours under the "supervision" of the chapter. In other words, some sort of "mandatory" study period, but flexible with respect to when it is done.