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Show page 12 , Spring 2005 students nun PQ0FES50QS SlfflBE anssnnnn STDCiES bm Land Students A student came to class with a gun, supposedly as part of his uniform. He could've been in the military, but the professor asked him to remove it. The student refused to remove it, saying he had the right to carry it because of something in the school code pertaining to army-related weapons. Having a weapon in your classroom makes it difficult to concentrate." - Sophomore, pre-Pharmacy "I had a language teacher who didn't teach. She would come to class and leave it up to us. She didn't bring us any materials, the tests were very few and didn't reflect anything we'd learned - she'd tell us to read but wouldn't go over the material. Furthermore, she'd fall asleep in class!" - Senior, Nursing "How many classes have you been to where they don't require attendance? The first day of class has 100 students crammed into the room, all hoping to meet expectations. That first day, the professor lets you know that attendance won't be taken and is not part of the grade. Over the next several weeks, you start to notice that the class shrinks from 100 claustrophobic students to about 20 dedicated, or perhaps, bored students. MAKE US SHOW UP! As part of the grade, require that students attend your classes! Make us believe that showing up will benefit us! By saying that we don't have to be there, professors tell students that their class is not very important and won't demand much attention." - Senior, Communication and Gender Studies "In one of my statistics classes, our professor was foreign, and he spoke with a very heavy accent. He was fairly understandable, and he did a good job. But some of the students didn't want to do extra work. They continually took advantage of the fact that he knew his English wasn't perfect. They complained all the time. They'd get extensions on assignments, questions dropped from the test because they said he hadn't explained it well enough. It was really obnoxious." - Senior, Marketing "The teacher wasn't a very good teacher. When you asked her questions, she wouldn't answer them - she'd ask, 'What do you think? What does he think?' After awhile, the students got fed up and wouldn't bother with the assignments. Sometime during the semester, someone came in and audited the class. When the auditor asked |
