I just have to share this cautionary tale with the group. It explains a lot. A student in my PSY100 class came in to try to figure out why she's failed all the tests to date. The following is a reasonably accurate description of our conversation:
> She: I don't know why I'm doing so badly. I studied for a whole week for > the last exam. > > Me: Really? You studied for 7 days straight? > > She: Oh no. a school week is 5 days, not 7. > > Me: OK. You studied for 5 days straight? > > She: No, not EVERY day. I studied Monday, Wednesday & Friday. > > Me: OK. You studied all day Monday, all day Wednesday and all day Friday? > > > She: Oh no. Not ALL day? > > Me: How many hours per day did you study? > > She: I studied a full hour each day. > > Me: ARGHHHHHH > > The important point of this true story is that this quite personable young > woman genuinely believed that she had studied for an "entire week." But > FWIW, I smiled sweetly and quite patiently explain how three hours does > not equal "an entire week." And lest anyone think otherwise, I neither > derided not chastised nor demeaned her. I really did try to be supportive > and encouraging. You should also know that I DO give my classes the > standard speech about 2 hours studying for each hour of class time. But > it seems to fall on deaf ears because 1)thy have too many courses where > you don't have to study anywhere near that much and b)they wildly > overestimate the amount of time they study (witness the above exchange). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
