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jhocking:
--- Quote from: tania on 01 Mar 2009, 11:55 ---check your mailbox on a regular basis
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If this were important, I'd be pretty screwed.
--- Quote from: jmrz on 01 Mar 2009, 12:51 ---Yeah, I reinforce the "just because you don't have to go to class, you really should" statement. If you don't go, you don't learn. If you don't learn, well you will probably fail.
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Speaking from the faculty perspective, I would like to reinforce this point yet again by also saying that you should not count on anyone forcing you to do the work. The only person in your life who will force you to work is your mother, and she's not at college. There are plenty of students who just dick around until actually forced to do any work, and while I'll occasionally prod people if it seems they need it, beyond that I am perfectly content to just let people fail.
tania:
hey i still get my electricity and phone bills through the mail, dangit
benji:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 03 Mar 2009, 05:11 ---Speaking from the faculty perspective, I would like to reinforce this point yet again by also saying that you should not count on anyone forcing you to do the work. The only person in your life who will force you to work is your mother, and she's not at college. There are plenty of students who just dick around until actually forced to do any work, and while I'll occasionally prod people if it seems they need it, beyond that I am perfectly content to just let people fail.
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I think this also gets back to having a good rapport with your instructors. If your profs think you're generally a good student and notices you're behind on your work, they are much more likely to ask what's up or remind you that it was due. If they don't know who you are and have no reason to believe you're not just screwing around, they'll probably assume that you are. I remember that I once accidentally handed in only half of a take-home exam. Because I knew the professor and he knew me, he assumed that it was an accident, let me know that half the test was missing, and let me submit it late without penalty.
supersheep:
--- Quote from: PantsFTW on 03 Mar 2009, 04:28 ---I think the advice I can give is to have a job or something. Something that will help you be independent. I'm not in college, but I have enough friends in college to know that being tethered to your parents because they are paying for you sucks.
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I'm going to disagree with this one. If your parents are willing to pay for all or part of your living expenses in college, why not take them up on it? Sure, it's nice being independent and all that, but college is a time when you get to be free in a way that you don't otherwise. Free to simply laze around the odd day and not have to worry about anything. Of course, getting a job during the summer is probably a good idea, cos it will take some of the load of your folks and maybe allow you to save up for something fun, like that Spring Break you kids always talk about.
phooey:
--- Quote from: FourNineFoxtrot on 02 Mar 2009, 22:56 ---Stay at the same college. If you absolutely have to change colleges, try to stay in the same state.
Get enough sleep.
Consult Teh Internets!
Don't stress out! Seriously, man, calm down. CALM DOWN!
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Each of these is a fallacious piece of advice.
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