tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post118524249078501661..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: If you could talk to them a year before they come....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14127794844354532112015-01-28T17:23:20.553-05:002015-01-28T17:23:20.553-05:00It sounds a bit like you want a brand new parentin...It sounds a bit like you want a brand new parenting experience: 18 years of re-raising children to adulthood. Lol.<br /><br />Also: just heard about Herr Walker's $300 million budget cut and its impact on Wisconsin learning institutions.... I thought of your excellent coverage of the protests so many years ago. And that guy wants to run for Prezzie? Boggles the mind.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8888546469176972512015-01-28T12:28:56.093-05:002015-01-28T12:28:56.093-05:00Understand that there are 168 hours in a week. No ...Understand that there are 168 hours in a week. No more, no less. In those hours, you have 15 hours of class time plus 3 hours of work per credit per week--sometimes more, sometimes less. You need to sleep. You need to eat. You probably have a job. You have to do your laundry regularly. You might have kids. You might be at a commuter college. You have to learn how to manage the finite number of BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6449374720260638262015-01-28T12:23:36.076-05:002015-01-28T12:23:36.076-05:00At our open-access institution, about 30% of our i...At our open-access institution, about 30% of our incoming students don't meet the ACT reading benchmark.<br /><br />And they don't see why they should have to take the non-degree credit English and college reading courses before they can start taking courses for credit. <br /><br />So...yeah. It's fun all the time here.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48688601794637795992015-01-28T10:26:08.298-05:002015-01-28T10:26:08.298-05:00What Contingent Cassandra said, mostly. A writing ...What Contingent Cassandra said, mostly. A writing instructor once told me that the best way to improve writing is by reading and writing, and the more someone reads and writes, the better they get. There's a little more to it than that, but I see assigning interesting and substantial readings as a very real part of my job. <br /><br />Reading is a cheap and quick way of experiencing things Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82287686567970298722015-01-28T10:18:31.687-05:002015-01-28T10:18:31.687-05:00Forget everything you learned in high school. And ...Forget everything you learned in high school. And gird your loins. And open your minds. And quit being little shits.Kimmie of the Kensington Kimmieshttp://www.boston.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86117079507900957342015-01-27T22:38:57.372-05:002015-01-27T22:38:57.372-05:00Yes, this business of admission based on `extracur...Yes, this business of admission based on `extracurriculars' and being `well-rounded' is an American distortion that doesn't do anybody any good. I'll admit the single-minded young person who found his/her passion already and pursues it rain or snow or shine with precedence over the `well-rounded' any time.<br /><br />With that out of the way--my message would be that college Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6945839541530682962015-01-27T22:25:28.191-05:002015-01-27T22:25:28.191-05:00Oh, and stop being snobbish of the working class, ...Oh, and stop being snobbish of the working class, since you've been there!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62942895848887697142015-01-27T22:23:17.179-05:002015-01-27T22:23:17.179-05:00I got lots of advice at that age. Some of it was g...I got lots of advice at that age. Some of it was good, and some of it was bad. Some of it I listened to, some of it I didn’t. The best advice I got at 17 that I listened to was that if you take a girl out on a date and she's mean to the waiter, she's mean, and it's just a matter of time until that gets turned on you. <br /><br />But then, why do we think they will listen to us? I Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88757448562281611302015-01-27T20:55:24.072-05:002015-01-27T20:55:24.072-05:00Yep I'm a college students and I've seen a...Yep I'm a college students and I've seen a lot of students who don't do the work, especially a lot of athletes who do the bare minimum, Zaykubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044382255858362987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56687584060752092262015-01-27T20:49:54.207-05:002015-01-27T20:49:54.207-05:00I'd want to somehow tell them to worry about l...I'd want to somehow tell them to worry about learning the material (with all its setbacks and mistakes), and stop worrying about "what-the-teacher-wants". What the !@$%#% prof wants is for you to learn the #%%@# material.<br /><br />I have no idea how to get this message across to someone who doesn't already get it.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83583847152125459052015-01-27T20:25:28.104-05:002015-01-27T20:25:28.104-05:00or at least to read the "too long & compl...or at least to read the "too long & complicated" assignment prompts we write because we know you're probably not going to do either of the above. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88641365445060142832015-01-27T18:46:49.452-05:002015-01-27T18:46:49.452-05:00DONT YOU DARE PLAY WITH MY HEARTDONT YOU DARE PLAY WITH MY HEARTAcademic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88868476547670506862015-01-27T16:45:00.929-05:002015-01-27T16:45:00.929-05:00LEARN TO LISTEN and WRITE THINGS DOWN so we don...LEARN TO LISTEN and WRITE THINGS DOWN so we don't have to repeat things 18 times before you actually understand what it is that's required.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37524636365738151832015-01-27T16:18:24.848-05:002015-01-27T16:18:24.848-05:00You got back just in time for me to close the site...You got back just in time for me to close the site again. 10...9...8...7...College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55695739875334058022015-01-27T16:13:06.646-05:002015-01-27T16:13:06.646-05:00I don't know how I ever left. The blog relaunc...I don't know how I ever left. The blog relaunched, I got excited, and then a million things happened and suddenly it's almost February. Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47416342053205679472015-01-27T16:12:11.644-05:002015-01-27T16:12:11.644-05:00I think that open enrollment schools also have to ...I think that open enrollment schools also have to spend an awful lot of time creating remedial content for catching students up to college level. Just because a check clears doesn't mean they are ready for college, and all my CC friends spend their lives essentially teaching 9th grade high school writing.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12060605741744962862015-01-27T15:48:00.470-05:002015-01-27T15:48:00.470-05:00Learn to focus, to work hard (without whining), an...Learn to focus, to work hard (without whining), and, if you're going into science, to do algebra. I'm sick of students who've passed a calculus class or three, but can't do simple algebra.Addledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730874477163369453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42504283517507464122015-01-27T14:30:19.329-05:002015-01-27T14:30:19.329-05:00P.S. Great to see you back, AM!P.S. Great to see you back, AM!Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75236051252305025402015-01-27T14:07:08.890-05:002015-01-27T14:07:08.890-05:00I remember doing this in elementary school when my...I remember doing this in elementary school when my parents bought us a set of encyclopedias. Was that a foreshadowing of what my career and calling in life would be? Probably. :)The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78867123739495209042015-01-27T14:06:09.097-05:002015-01-27T14:06:09.097-05:00College isn't here solely to provide you with ...College isn't here solely to provide you with a job. An education is about more than being employed.<br /><br />TO echo the first post: READ SUBSTANTIALLY so you're not so ignorant about everything.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76171025429603212222015-01-27T13:36:55.473-05:002015-01-27T13:36:55.473-05:00At least bring sharpened pencils.At least bring sharpened pencils.Pat from Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005657976057072299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20901003959987370532015-01-27T13:07:26.297-05:002015-01-27T13:07:26.297-05:00Ability to keep track of assignments found a silly...Ability to keep track of assignments found a silly thing called the syllabus...Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76921397500071110172015-01-27T12:49:46.954-05:002015-01-27T12:49:46.954-05:00For me (a writing teacher), the point of wide read...For me (a writing teacher), the point of wide reading would not be so much content, but deep and wide (though perhaps unconscious) familiarity with a wide variety of genres, prose styles, ways of indicating the sources of information/ideas (formal citation isn't the be-all/end-all, though it's one often-clunky, very formal way of accomplishing something that needs to happen, in most casesContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56783932616216571942015-01-27T12:24:50.747-05:002015-01-27T12:24:50.747-05:00I've never been 100% convinced there was a rea...I've never been 100% convinced there was a real difference between skill and contentProfessor Chiltepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087270705989845484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1941325718926980232015-01-27T12:12:04.679-05:002015-01-27T12:12:04.679-05:00Please bring sharpened abilities to concentrate, ...Please bring sharpened abilities to concentrate, to focus, to attend to task, to think, to pay attention, to...oh who am I trying to kidWalt Lessunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543175448330140638noreply@blogger.com