[RANT]Going to class (24)

1 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-19 14:44 ID:ntFl5sWc

I'm sitting in my school's computer lab, when I should actually be in class. I can't help it - the instructor for my 9AM class fails it. You can tell she's new at this. It doesn't help that the class size is somewhat large, and it's a 'boring' subject - Organizational Behavior. She tries to get the class to respond, to answer questions - but of course no one is going to do that. We all think someone else will, and besides, none of us bothered to pre-read our books anyway. Awkward silence ensues. It makes me feel really bad for her. So, I skip class.

How can I motivate myself to go to class regularly, even though it sucks?

2 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-19 15:00 ID:Heaven

Go Pavlov on yourself. Give yourself candy or porn for successfully going to class, hold out on candy or porn until you go. Stuff like that works if you don't keep it up for too long (20 years or so).

3 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-19 17:12 ID:Ci37Gxjl

hey, me too!

4 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-19 18:31 ID:/QFwTc9n

You don't get graded on attendance? At my school, 80 to 90% of the classes have attendance policies, so I can never just skip without losing points. Though I've heard this is a fairly new practice for colleges...

Me, I've got a class this year where the teacher is requiring upwards of $150 worth of material, including a $90 textbook that he wrote himself. I haven't had the money yet to buy it all, so I've been skipping despite the attendance policy just because I'm not prepared. Oh well!

My advice to you, though, is to not go if you don't think you have to. If you need to go to class to do well on the tests, then that should be your motivation. If not, then why bother?

5 Name: Dan 2005-09-20 00:48 ID:3nyUE2NQ

my advice to you is just take a text book from that class or other class, and read ahead. Maybe atleast it might look like you care, I surely do not in my classes at least it gives me time to look over the subjects, at this point i am pulling a 4.0 between classes, but then again my midterms have not started.

6 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-20 01:35 ID:TPD+GUnf

Looking at the syllabus, it does look like not attending at least 70% of classes is grounds for failure - meep. Guess that's all the incentive I need.

7 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-20 02:22 ID:Heaven

>>1, is she hot?

8 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-20 03:15 ID:TPD+GUnf

Not remarkably. Decent body, average face.

9 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E 2005-09-20 03:22 ID:vzyJOB7r

> Organizational Behavior

That is a horrible, horrible subject.

You have my condolences.

10 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-20 17:39 ID:QVJZiRMV

dunno about you school , but in my school(somwhere between highschool and college compared to american school system)we fail in class if we do not attend more than 75%.
my advice would be to follow the subject and read the book , then you get 1:bette grades 2:more education. trust me you wont regret it.

11 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-20 17:54 ID:Heaven

At my school it's "more than 3 times = out". Of course, that's just a rule of thumb and professors mostly use it to get rid off annoying people or to have a grip on troubled kids.

Some faculties require signed lists of attendance, though. Which sucks, the professors don't track the students themselves anymore and the students just cheat if they need.

12 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-21 20:40 ID:rXBjLYit

The real question is: why are you taking an Organizational Behavior class in the first place?

13 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-21 21:28 ID:TPD+GUnf

>>12

Degree requirement - I'm an MIS major. Funny, because I started college in '99, so I'm working under extremely outdated requirements.

14 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 02:04 ID:rXBjLYit

That class sounds like a social experiment thing -- where some random academic says, "The reason people suck is they can't organize themselves!" and suddenly we have random-ass solutions tried out.

Just a thought.

15 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 03:13 ID:TPD+GUnf

It's hard for me to take it too seriously, because a lot of it is really common-sense stuff that most everyone knows, even if they don't really think about it much.

16 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 06:01 ID:Mrlp+GWq

You should go and work hard and be a diligent student, then maybe you'll build up a rapport of some kind with the teacher. From there, many interesting and meaningful events may occur.

She may come to depend on you emotionally, expressing her true feelings in regard to the things you described (unresponsive students, etc.), and you will be able to comfort her. At first it will be emotional comfort, but eventually she will make a move that lets you know she wants and needs physical comfort.

17 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 14:25 ID:Vgl8orj8

>>16

Oh my.

18 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 16:20 ID:QVJZiRMV

>>16 and then she can have internet stripping for the hole class, it's true it happend in my country yesterday.
A teacher stripped for no reason to students on the internet , and they shared it with ppl on the net.

19 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 17:39 ID:Heaven

I hate community college.

20 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 18:58 ID:Heaven

>>19

Same.

But at least I have no debt.

21 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 19:08 ID:Heaven

>>20

As a person attending a public 4-year university, I have to say that you should indeed be thankful for that.

22 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 19:31 ID:TPD+GUnf

$20,000 in the hole so far. Serves me right for losing my scholarships.

23 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 19:59 ID:Heaven

I heard you can pay off those loans with good rates if you assume a teaching position.

24 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-09-22 20:04 ID:TPD+GUnf

Yeah, a lot of places will grant you some debt forgiveness for teaching in rural areas. I'm trying to get accepted into a program that will forgive $10k worth of loans if I agree to work for 4 years in a tech-related field inside the state (cuz we're rednecks and need the help, lolz.)

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