Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ucsd!rutgers!att!ihlpb!nevin1 From: nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Liber) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: Student preparedness Message-ID: <9344@ihlpb.ATT.COM> Date: 6 Jan 89 02:14:08 GMT References: <4893@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <6435@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <5237@pdn.UUCP> <2145@faline.bellcore.com> <13160@bellcore.bellcore.com> <5268@pdn.UUCP> Reply-To: nevin1@ihlpb.UUCP (55528-Liber,N.J.) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 32 In article <5268@pdn.UUCP> reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) writes: > Hmmm, I never thought about it. I have only taught in the evenings, >so the make up of the class is a bit different. Most students are part time >and work. They are a bit more serious about the course than the average >full time student. Perhaps this is because they need a good grade to get >reimbursed for the course or they are paying their own way. In any event, >in an average class (30->35 students) I think there are more people who >would ask such questions than in a day time class. Perhaps part of the >reason is that often many who teach at night also work during the day in >industry. Often a professor is looked upon in awe by the average undergrad. Some other points (from a part-time student who is debating on whether or not to go full-time): I get to very carefully choose my courses and professors. I could not do this being full-time, since I had to keep at least 16 hours of classes (not as a school rule, but I wanted to "escape" in 4 years :-)), scheduling only good & interesting classes with good profs was an impossibility. I can easily schedule one class without having a conflict; it is much more difficult to schedule (or even find) 4 or 5 good ones offered in the same semester without having a conflict. It is much easier to keep up in one class than in four or five. I have enough friends who are stressed out every semester because they had 4 projects due on the 15th week of class, and they needed all the class material up to the 12th week to even get started. -- _ __ NEVIN ":-)" LIBER nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM (312) 979-4751 IH 4F-410 ' ) ) "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, / / _ , __o ____ briefed, debriefed or numbered! My life is my own!" / (_