Oh My Poor Students!
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I'm a college student myself and I have to say that there is really not too much that can be done. You seem to be doing all you can to get these people to pass and it seems as if they just don't care. (Or at least most of them don't.) I think that it's sad that a lot of students just don't care about what they are doing while they're in college, like it's a giant party or something. I find that a lot of people at my school are just here for a good time. I, myself, am very greatful to be going to college. I'm the pretty much the first one in my family that has gone on to college. (Most joined the military.) I don't think that students should take going to college lightly considering most people's parents are shelling out a lot of money. I know my parents are shelling out about $20,000 (taken out in loans) and that I feel that I owe it to them to do my best. There is one class that I study for continously and read all that I'm told to read, but I still do poorly on tests. In this case though the professor doesn't do much to help or teach what he wants to get across. There isn't a lot of help offered, or extra credit, or anything like that. So I think that you're students are lucky to have a teacher like you. Now I'm not saying that I came to college to work work work....I still have a good time while I'm here. But the difference is I work/study hard so that my time here isn't a waste. There's pleanty of time to go out and have fun and still study. There's not much that can be done to save them from retaking the class. They have to want to learn and care enough to get help if they're struggling.
Erin wrote: the first one in my family that has gone on to college Bravo! What a great new family tradition to start. I'll bet the whole family is very proud of you!:-D Erin wrote: In this case though the professor doesn't do much to help or teach That's a shame; for the money you're paying the professor should be doing everything possible to help his students master the subject. Mine all have my phone number and email address, and are welcome to call or write with any questions. They also have access at the school to tutoring services, which only one has used. Erin wrote: There's pleanty of time to go out and have fun and still study. That was my experience, too. It meant some really long days with far too little sleep, but I survived 18 - 22 units of engineering classes, a full time job, lots of homework, and still managed to do my fair share of partying. It can be done if one really wants that degree. Good luck to you!:-D "Your village called -
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LunaticFringe wrote: Mommy and Daddy are probably paying for it. Ahh...that's right...so are mine. :)
When I can talk about 64 bit processors and attract girls with my computer not my car, I'll come out of the closet. Until that time...I'm like "What's the ENTER key?" -Hockey on being a geek
David Stone wrote: Ahh...that's right...so are mine. At least you're motivated to learn. I know way too many people whose parents are paying for university, and the kid just sits around drinking and smoking up all day. This is generalized of course, but I found that the ones who pay their way out of their own pocket have much more motivation to actually accomplish something at uni, compared to the one whose parents pay for it all. and tuition in the States is disgusting: i thought it was bad up here. :yikes: The kindest thing you can do for a stupid person, and for the gene pool, is to let him expire of his own dumb choices. [Roger Wright on stupid people] We're like private member functions [John Theal on R&D] We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know... [Nitron]
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Steve Mayfield wrote: I was lucky to get by with a "D" in one and I failed the first time in the other I had one of those - "Calculus and Analytical Geometry in N Dimensions." The first time I took it, the instructor was a young punk fresh out of grad school who reminded us each class of how insulted he was to be forced to teach undergraduate classes - I don't think the ink on his PhD was dry yet. About the 5th week of the 10 week quarter he quit, and we had no teacher for a bit, then a sub who had never taught the subject before. I got an 'F' and deserved it. The second time I took it I discovered that I am incapable of visualizing more than three dimensions, but still managed to eke out a grade of 'D' for the class. I took the grade and ran... it was passing. I give my students real world examples of how they might need this math in their own lives, and they seem to respond to that quite well. But I also let them know some of the things I've learned in life, among them that not everything worth doing is worth doing well. It's possible that they have taken that too much to heart, but I certainly never said that anything important is worth failing! "Your village called -
They're missing their idiot."A thought...If a person has never failed at something, he will never recognize having succeeded at something either....like movies, you can't appreciate good movies unless you have seen a few stinkers! I never really appreciated being employed (full time) until I was laid off several years ago and have to survive on contract programming until I found steady employment. Steve