Wednesday, October 7, 2009

What do you feel this course (UN100) should focus on? What do you need help in, specifically?

I feel that UN 100 should focus on preparing us to succeed in college. And provide us with information on how to study, and balance your social life with studying and class. Specifically I need help with studying, I realized that through high school I didn't really have to do much studying besides looking over notes the night before a test. In college, I can't do that. I've tried to study differently on a few exams and I still can't get the grades I want. However, I feel that this class also detracts from my studying time in other more difficult courses. I have more homework in this class than others and the assignments take more time. I have to spend more time doing projects for this class when I could and would be studying for Anatomy or Chemistry. I have yet to see the purpose for the assingments in class. I thought that being in UN 100 would mainly focus on school and how to successfully complete courses. I feel that there has been some of that, but more of the other things that don't necessarily pertain to succeeding in college. I feel like UN 100 should focus more on balance than anything else. We should talk more about the problems we're having for the week and discuss how to fix them. If one person is feeling something negative about school, chances are, someone else is too.

2 comments:

  1. True - we will be breaking into groups according to different subjects soon. I feel like there is never enough time to do what we really need to do in class. Time management is key though - balancing homework and studying in all courses and it gets tough.

    People always think there is more "homework" in this course because I am the only Prof who spells assignments out. The others like BI201 etc.. just assume you are doing the "homework" like reading, highlighting, taking notes, flashcards etc.. they don't tell you to do it. I think that's the difference.

    10/10

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  2. Im with you on studying the night before a test or a quiz throughout MSHS. It's hard for me to understand the concepts of balancing also. School, studying, and hanging out with friends/boyfriends is hard to manage. I would rather hang with friends then sit down and study. UN100 should be teaching how to balance things out, great point. :)

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