I was the almost first generation to graduate college; My mom beat me by a couple years. I did benefit from hearing about her experiences, but there are tricks and truths about college that 2nd and 3rd generation college grads…
Types of Students
College Misery breaks down taxonomies of students with frightening regularity. I want to think that if we discussed theses we could better communicate with with first generation students who don’t know what to expect and / or have unrealistic expectations.…
Types of Professors
I enjoy taxonomies like this, and hope to engage a class in examining archetypes, stereotypes and the like and exploring why they, exist, what they mean, their use and shortcomings. Matt Groening in School is Hell may have done it…
What incoming frosh should know: Teacher/admin perspective
other alleged profs and admin on the reddit thread supplied the following advice. It provided largely verbatim, but since I provide the link and this isn’t a formal paper, certain liberties are taken with format, tense, etc. Use “control F”…
FA2012 Scheduling Anomalies
The following are planned and/or tentative exceptions to the regular weekly schedule for My Classes due to holidays as well as professional and/or personal commitments. Some classes are canceled, while others are either moved online or a substitute teacher will…
When talk isn’t what one says but establishing dominance.
Funny thing, research says this happens regularly. Men are supposed to be worse than women, but both genders use class discussions to establish dominance apart from meaningful communication. But isn’t finding your place in a class relevant? I practice a…
10 things incoming frosh should know.
Reddit has a thread where he asked college students “What high school habits should incoming freshmen stop before coming to college” The following list is what the author summarized from his question’s response. For the love of god, do not…
15 more things you don’t know about me
I’m addicted to reddit and memebase in general (especially Failbook). I’ve never seen “How I Met Your Mother” and have no real interest. I’ve been to Hong Kong at least 7 times and was there for the handover (worst party…
Plagiarism – my policy explained
Do you know how to make rice? Put 1 cup rice and 2 cups water together, bring to boil, reduce heat and cover for 20 minutes. How much would you pay for that much rice in a restaurant? It depends. …
spring final exam schedule
Student’s always have trouble figuring out when finals are. If instructors try to schedule anything other than the time prescribed by the college – they shouldn’t. There’s no reason to have more than 3 finals on 1 day – and…