I am so sorry it is this way now. I personally believe if you have imposters in the class who intend to learn nothing it degrades the experience even for the highly motivated. Humans want to be in incentive-aligned learning experiences.
I had one fellow in the back of the room at UF in the basic algebra 1 course(!) who began the semester by once or twice a class doing a reasonable impression of a mooing cow. I kicked him out. Didn't happen again. Classroom atmosphere had better vibes after that.
I had one fellow in the back of the room at UF in the basic algebra 1 course(!) who began the semester by once or twice a class doing a reasonable impression of a mooing cow. I kicked him out. Didn't happen again. Classroom atmosphere had better vibes after that.