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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] I’m not talking about students who have special needs accommodations or the ones with multiple jobs or family commitments. Those are usually the ones who are most proactive about getting work done. [/quote] Agree. I’ve been teaching at colleges for 30 years, & often the special needs students are the smartest, most respectful, & most responsible students in the class. Nobody is saying they are the problem. [/quote] Can't agree more. As for the other (non SN) students, we get that they are still maturing and figuring it out. But we are not their parents, friends, life coaches, or therapists - there has to be a limit. The point OP is trying to make is that a student's honest effort at respect, professionalism, and acknowledging their own responsibility, even if imperfectly conveyed, is an appropriate expectation in college-level classes.[/quote] The question I haven't seen asked yet is what all these parents would think/say/do about someone entering THEIR workplace and stinking to high heaven or talking to colleagues while continuing to listen to a song or taking a phone call in the middle of a meeting or asking them 'Yo, bro, will I be expected to know all that stuff from our last meeting when I meet with clients?' These basic, common-sense things should be learned well before they enter college.[/quote]
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