A fellow faculty member alerted me to something yesterday…it was the use of certain college lingo that first semester freshmen students may not understand. There is a lot out there for a first semester student to grasp all at once. Financial Aid, Housing, Book Stores, new roommates, meal plans…oh…it can be stressful.
Ahh, but this funny moment was a new one. Apparently a student missed class on Tuesday. Want to know why? The student’s schedule read that the class was held on TH. For those of you that have been around college campuses forever, you know that classes usually meet a couple of days a week and those days are designated by the registrar’s office in the course catalog as MWF (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) or maybe MW (Monday, Wednesday) or TH or TR (Tuesday, Thursday)….
Well, the student missed class because she thought that TH meant THursday….as in the class only met once a week! Ok, so that seems funny…but to a first semester student that is just learning the ropes, it was an honest error.
As faculty and staff we should always remember to try to put ourselves in our student’s shoes. They have lots to learn and it is our job to help them! Some need a little more hand holding than others. But, hopefully, when they cross that stage in 4 years and claim their degree, they will be someone that everyone (faculty, staff, family…) will be super proud of!!
Oh, and students…you can usually print a schedule where the class times are shown in graphical, blocked-out format…. to indicate exactly the times that classes are held. HTH!
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