Some of the other F-grade feed-ins, for completion’s sake...
A lot of people went to a bad high school. Some have learned helplessness, and don’t know how to study. Saw the occasional blatant cheating habit, too.
Community colleges know this, and offer some courses that are basically “How to study”
So much of many middle-class cultures is just hammering “academics matter” and “advice on how to study or network” into your brain. Most middle-class students still manage to miss the memo on 1-2 key study skills or resources, though. Maybe everyone should go to “how to study” class…
Personally? As a teen, I didn’t know how to ask for help, and I couldn’t stand sounding like an idiot. Might have saved myself some time, if I’d learned how to do that earlier.
Nobody uses office-hours enough.
At worst, it’s free tutoring. At best, it’s socially motivating and now the teacher feels personally invested in your story and success.
“High-achievers who turned an early D into an A” are frequently office-hour junkies.
Someone with a big family crisis, is probably still screwed even if they go to office hours. Past some threshold, people should just take a W.
A few people just genuinely can’t do math, in a “it doesn’t fit in their brain” kind of way
My mom thinks this exists, but only accounts for <1%
Some of the other F-grade feed-ins, for completion’s sake...
A lot of people went to a bad high school. Some have learned helplessness, and don’t know how to study. Saw the occasional blatant cheating habit, too.
Community colleges know this, and offer some courses that are basically “How to study”
So much of many middle-class cultures is just hammering “academics matter” and “advice on how to study or network” into your brain. Most middle-class students still manage to miss the memo on 1-2 key study skills or resources, though. Maybe everyone should go to “how to study” class…
Personally? As a teen, I didn’t know how to ask for help, and I couldn’t stand sounding like an idiot. Might have saved myself some time, if I’d learned how to do that earlier.
Nobody uses office-hours enough.
At worst, it’s free tutoring. At best, it’s socially motivating and now the teacher feels personally invested in your story and success.
“High-achievers who turned an early D into an A” are frequently office-hour junkies.
Someone with a big family crisis, is probably still screwed even if they go to office hours. Past some threshold, people should just take a W.
A few people just genuinely can’t do math, in a “it doesn’t fit in their brain” kind of way
My mom thinks this exists, but only accounts for <1%