I don’t know how much of this falls under your remit, but I had quite a few educational blind-spots I inherited from my parents, who didn’t come from a higher-educated background. If any of your students are in a similar position, it’s worth checking they don’t have any ludicrous expectations out of the next several years of education which no-one close to them is in a position to correct.
I’m not sure any specific examples from my own experience would generalise very well.
If I were to translate my comment into a specific piece of generally-applicable advice, it would be to give students a realistic overview of what their forthcoming formal education involves, what it expects from them, and what options they have available.
As mentioned, this may be outside of the OP’s remit.
One example: certain scholastic activities are simply less important than others. If your model is “everything given to me by an authority figure is equally important”, you don’t manage your workload so well.
I don’t know how much of this falls under your remit, but I had quite a few educational blind-spots I inherited from my parents, who didn’t come from a higher-educated background. If any of your students are in a similar position, it’s worth checking they don’t have any ludicrous expectations out of the next several years of education which no-one close to them is in a position to correct.
Blind spots such as?
I’m not sure any specific examples from my own experience would generalise very well.
If I were to translate my comment into a specific piece of generally-applicable advice, it would be to give students a realistic overview of what their forthcoming formal education involves, what it expects from them, and what options they have available.
As mentioned, this may be outside of the OP’s remit.
The specific examples may not be used, but would clarify what sort of thing you’re talking about.
One example: certain scholastic activities are simply less important than others. If your model is “everything given to me by an authority figure is equally important”, you don’t manage your workload so well.