1. Tell them you refuse to deny them the education they (their parents,
the state's taxpayers) are paying for. Note how fortunate they are to
have someone who actually cares whether they learn!
2. They are obviously not studying effectively. (Although this will
probably just raise their anger levels.)
3. The end point of a college education is what you've learned, not the
number of hours you spent in it. College is not like jail in which you serve
your time and are then released whether you have been rehabilitated or not.
You are not supposed to get out of College until (unless) you've actually
learned. (Okay, higher ed has often been guilty of violating this, but that's
no reason for you to violate the principle.)
4. While awaiting surgery, do you want to know how long the doctor
"studied" the procedure or whether she "learned" how to do it? About to
cross a bridge, do you care about how many hours it took to construct it,
or whether will hold your weight.
As you might be able to tell, I just handed back exams and heard the wail
of "but I studied."
Vinny
Vincent Prohaska
Department of Psychology
Lehman College, CUNY
Bronx, NY 10468-1589
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