Current Students

Alright, I am not to sure what to think about this blogging phenomenon right now but I will give it my all. Our "homework" was to write an entry about the college student in today's society. Well, not fully knowing all of the details about the assignment while thinking how broad the assignment could be, I am going to write about what has been on my mind for a few years. From the time that I entered the University of Mississippi, I have been preached too about the importance of attendence. Actually, I have been I have told that if I personally were to skip out on class, then I would run until I could not stand up anymore. Through my time at Ole Miss, my experience of college life has been a little different from the normal college student. I was lucky enough to be a student-athlete at a division 1 university. With that, I did not get the pleasure of going to class when I wanted to. Actually, my entire time consisted of mandatory practices and meetings. This was all set up after I went to class in the A.M. I basically had a full time job without the pay. However, it was the greatest experience of my life.

Anyways, back to my discussion. What would it be like to have all of the free time in the world and nobody telling you what you could or could not do in a normal weekday? I wouldn't know. I personally think it would be the greatest thing in the would. I can see however, how a normal student could get caught up in the social side of a college experience. What would be the motivation for a student to actually care about classes as an undergraduate? Of course you can say that if you don't make the grades that it would affect the outcome of a job search, which would eventually affect the rest of a student's life. Are incoming freshmen really thinking about that. I know I wasn't. I was lucky enough to be forced to go to class and make good grades. I would be suspended if I didn't make the grades. So how should students be expected to take attendence seriously? Is it the students job to be interested in a particular class? Or, is it a professor's responsibility to conduct interesting enough classes for a student to participate in?

I would love to discuss.