Students don't have a BATNA or the self worth to be able to say no, which makes sense, given how much they've invested in their degree already. Suppose you're

Students don't have a BATNA or the self worth to be able to say no, which makes sense, given how much they've invested in their degree already. Suppose you're a 3rd year student, and you're asked to do this. You've probably already spent at least ~20K and 2 years of your life on your degree so far (if not more). At that point, it's a hard sell to ask them to just quit at that point and throw away the time and money invested. Might as well just suck it up and deal with some spying for the next year.