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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I generally agree with the points, just not the tone.

I have a comment about the syllabus, though. Most high school kids have never seen a detailed college syllabus. They don't exist at the high school level. 
My freshman called me one night to report her shock that her professors had the entire semester's content and schedule in one document. She was surprised that they don't just give out the next topic or test date in class a week or so in advance, as teachers had done at every level of her prior schooling. [/quote]

Really?

Even in my Midwest high school in the 1990’s we had class syllabus (granted it wasn’t as detailed as college ones but we had the topics and dates of assignments/tests outlined.

Your kid must have really not been paying attention. [/quote]

That was the 90s. I have three kids, and the syllabi they received at the beginning of the semester were a general outline of topics to be covered - never with dates. Dates get added as they move through the material, depending on how much material has been covered. TI reviewed all of them each year, so no, it wasn't my kids not paying attention. I've even asked about it and was told that dates get adjusted depending on the progress the class is making, so there is no point in putting dates on a syllabus. [/quote]

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