[aklug] Re: The Paradox...

Sorry to have to say so but I think a serious instructor cannot expect
you to keep up with less than 2 hrs spent outside per 1 HR contact and
the discovery based the course is the more time you have to spend. I
expect students to come to class prepared, and after class there is
the inevitable drill.

I agree that trying to work and go to school is simply impossible, but
our society denigrates education almost as much as healthcare.....

On Nov 13, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-
linux.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, Christopher Howard wrote:
>
>> Thanks. Last night's note was written in that moment of desperation
>> that
>> always seems to hit about 1:30 when its seems like their just isn't
>> any
>> break from homework. I was under a little more pressure because this
>> last two weeks my math prof has assigned about three times as much
>> homework as she usually does.
>>
>> In perspective, I realize my homework load is probably pretty light
>> compared to some of the Seniors I know, who are doing Calc 3 and
>> Linear
>> Algebra and fancy jazz like that. So I know I just need to buckle
>> down,
>> work hard, and get things done.
>>
>> To be honest though, I still sometimes wonder if the system as a
>> whole
>> doesn't need to be tweaked. The general expectation from most
>> teachers
>> is that a person will spend "2 hours outside of class on homework for
>> every 1 hour in the classroom." That's somewhat unrealistic for
>> even a
>> single guy working part time, not to mention people who work full
>> time
>> and have a family. The result is that, in a lot of degree programs,
>> university education tends to be something that consumes most of your
>> personal life, both on weekdays and weekends.
>>
>> But then, I guess a guy could always just take less credits if he
>> felt
>> like he wanted a lesser load. But then, if a guy drops below twelve
>> credits, he is no longer considered a "full time" student, and so
>> he has
>> to start paying his student loans back, and he isn't eligible for
>> financial aid or student work positions... something of a vicious
>> cycle
>> there.
>>
>> Well, boo hoo, woe is me... :) Off to class now.
>
> Definitely a challenge, no doubt. And you're right, that ratio of
> time
> spent in & out of the classroom does seem a tad unreasonable.
>
> --Arthur Corliss
> Live Free or Die
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