Aolain
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07-01-10 08:03 PM - Post#113952
Pasted below is an interesting article (one that I find exellent and accurate) that gives advise to incoming university freshmen.
Not an attack on "Gen whatever we call this one now" but good food for though for anyone leaving HS and going to university this fall semester.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-harke/high-sch...
And yes, yes, yes, yes...I know, it is on Huffington post...that does not mean it is of Satan or inaccurate... 8)
My own 2 cents on what the author covers:
Grades: Many students "expect an A." For me, an A is for a student who does the work and demonstrates a mastery of the topic. Simple enough.
Plagarism: BIG problem as the author talks about. Every semester I catch a plagariser..and I dont use Plag. software.
Note Taking: Big problem. A resistance to taking notes...a passive approach to learning
Not teaching from the textbook. I quiz from the textbook (and formal papers from the other readings) but I do not create my lectures from the textbook...This really, really, really, stumps students their first semester.
Faculty assistance. In my experience, faculty/admin will bend over backwards to help students..but they have to do the work and they have to ask for help.
And, as the author says, the first 6 weeks is critical...if the student decides to work they will do well enough...if they make the choice not to work, or just get behind, things get nasty real quick.
Edited by Aolain on 07-01-10 08:16 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Brewer
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07-01-10 08:47 PM - Post#113957
In response to Aolain
I would try to teach them that first impressions,(even spelling and usage mistakes) can be hard to overcome.
I know you are busy but advise and advice are not the same word.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
-GEN George S. Patton
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Edited by Brewer on 07-01-10 08:48 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Aolain
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07-01-10 09:52 PM - Post#113961
In response to Brewer
Ohhh! You are right, a typo! *Gasp*
8)
typos happen, especially in informal writing such as this...
Heck, I have found typos in peer reviewed books from exellent presses.
And to be honest, I do not put the attention to detail posting on a chat site that I do in professional writing.
Indeed, professional writing can get you sloppy. How? You so eagerly ask? Because you get use to revising five times. Thus, I, at least, do not pay that much attention to the simple mechanics during a first run through because things are going to drastically change anyway.
Heck, I found a typo in my final book mss just before it went to press...and it had been examined by 8 other professionals! I had put in the bibl. "Conan A. Doyle." Not "A Conan Doyle." Lucky I caught in about the 100th run through!!
I did slip in a few errors on purpose "Lynch pin" instead of "linch pin." LOL it was a sly joke that made it in.
With that said, I still think the article is spot on.
Edited by Aolain on 07-01-10 10:02 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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