>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:50:24 -0500 >From: brian whatcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Light On Surviving College >Sender: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Forum for Physics Educators" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-to: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Forum for Physics Educators" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Richard J Light wrote a book called "Making the Most of College: >Students Speak their Minds" HUP $25 > >Newsweek wrote up a page on this Harvard Grad School of Education >professor's findings (June 11, 2001 p62). > > >Here are some extracts: > >Advice. >Students need advice. "How do we know which is the right XXXX course >to choose? How much time to spend on homework?" > >Schmoozing. >Students should try to get to know at least one faculty member each >semester. Even if they succeed only half the time, four years later >they will know eight people who can write a reference. > >Picking Classes. >Parents give poor academic advice on picking courses. >Happy students pick some small specialist classes right out of the box. > >Managing Time. >"Every day has three halves: morning afternoon and evening. And if I can >devote any one of these three blocks of time to getting my academic work >done, I consider that day a success." Light endorses this undergraduate's >idea of spending appreciable time in one block on study, and not >snacking on study. > >Extracurriculars. >Finally, students who get involved in extracurricular activities get >the opportunity to connect academics with their personal life. > >[I find it unfortunate that the example chosen - perhaps not unexpected for >a Harvard student - is that of a high school ballet dancer, who repeatedly >gets foot bone stress fractures - noticed other dancers were breaking bones > too, and decides to become an orthopedic surgeon. Duh! ] > > >brian whatcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Altus OK > Eureka! >
