College professors expect students to be mature enough to understand the material or ask for help when they do not. College students are expected to manage their own time, including their class schedules, extracurricular activities and recreational activities. Students must find a balance between academic and personal activities and learn to set priorities. Academic coursework can vary greatly between high school and college. In high school
“By tying grades to money, we give students incentives not to take risks” (Vogel, 392) that stop them from choosing challenging courses in college. Students find easier courses through word of mouth or websites that previous students rate their professor in. I always ask people who previously took the course I am interested in whether or not I have a chance of passing the course with a C or higher. Students are afraid of putting their grade point average at risk because the grade point average is a component of the application process that helps colleges decide who to accept. .
But also subjective because it has description of how it is which can be arguable. | It is in order to get the students meet the teacher at the right time by telling them time and date of trip/ | on-screen | OTC prospectus sent from the college to students or parents. | They get this information from the subject leaders and the exam boards, this is internal information. All of it is objective because it is essential information examples of this are thing like: location, subjects and activities inside the college. | This is for the people that would want to join OTC so ask for a prospectus to know the basics of it such its location, what subjects it focuses on, what years they have and what subjects they offer.
Summary of “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?” In the article, “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?” by, Andrew Hacker and Claudia Drefius there are many suggestions on how to reform colleges to make the price of admission worth it to students attending. One idea stated in the article was engaging all students; “professors must make an effort to reach their students” (180). The authors are suggesting that instead of just teaching day to day curriculum they should pay attention to how all the students are performing. Another point stated was that colleges are not pushing their students minds. Instead of worrying about the pay off the students should be concerned with developing all they can intellectually.
However many students want to be given the freedom to decide which classes to attend. Most colleges and universities give professors the authority to set their own attendance rules. On other hand some argue that mandatory composition should not be required, as text books are enough of knowledge and information can prepare them salves without any help from professors. Writing is not just for English major. Taking English course can prepare the students to write successful papers throughout student’s university career.
He starts by saying that that the students at Harvard university have to learn subjects that are not so important as subjects like Roman, Greek and Roman History or learning about novels poetry. Also the students have to study a language for only a year and that makes it impossible for the student to learn at least the basics of the language. He claims that the habits that you will get from the university have great significance in the long run for the students life. The liberal education lets students learn about their history and other nations history, also it can benefit not only students but help the whole society by participating in democracy and make them capable of distinguishing the public and the private interest. The one of the main problem about liberal arts core is that teachers distinguish some books from others by telling the students that some are better from the others, and don’t teach anything outside their experience.
However, Study Skills comes with many important reasons to keep the class. The class would allow practicing the material in his classes. They allow him note take and further intensive reading, which would allow him to understand the material better. The class has no papers to turn to the professor. Even though he has a full load of classes not having turn any work would allow him to relax, because he would focusing on current and not any extra work.
Katie Gathman Professor Star College Comp 16 October 2013 Pro Co-Mingling Legislation Apart of the typical every day college experience would involve the opposite sex. Usually having mingled classes with both male and female is a good part of the college experience since it gives the opportunity to expand a persons social circle and gives the chance to intermingle with the opposite sex. Some students have come from all boy and all girl high schools, which they may not of experienced the opportunity to socialize and talk with the opposite sex. Saying all of this, I am against the Anti Co-Mingling Legislation because I believe that socialization with the opposite sex will help later in life, having the opposite sex in a classroom does
The conventions of college writing are very complex and if professors are more helpful and patient with first year students as they learn academic discourse, students will be better prepared for all future academic endeavors and they will have a better opportunity to strengthen and develop their voice. David Bartholomae, author of Inventing the University, is a professor who writes about the struggles that students face with transitioning into college level writing and learning to write with authority in academic discourse, all while maintaining a unique voice. I agree with Bartholomae’s views on the subject and his arguments are very valid because he speaks from the status and
Personal Responsibility for College Success To succeed in college it’s important that students possess an attitude of personal responsibility. Unlike high school, in college no one tells a student when to go to class, when assignments are due or when to study for test. In college, students are expected to know these things on their own. Although personal responsibility might cause one to neglect teamwork, personal responsibility is needed to succeed in school because it allows a student to take charge over their own life and cultivates growth in all areas of their life Before one can accept such an attitude they must first understand what personal responsibility means. Personal responsibility means taking individual accountability for one’s own actions.