Comments on: Placing the Blame http://www.ordinarymer.com/2010/01/placing-the-blame.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: perfectlycursedlife http://www.ordinarymer.com/2010/01/placing-the-blame.html#comment-13 perfectlycursedlife Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:10:59 +0000 http://www.ordinarymer.com/2010/01/placing-the-blame.html#comment-13 Normally I'm not the first person to tout the personal responsibility line of thinking, but this is a perfect example where it's dead on. Too many people of this generation think that hard work is too hard, that earning something isn't worth it, etc. It's not the colleges that are failing, it's the students. Normally I'm not the first person to tout the personal responsibility line of thinking, but this is a perfect example where it's dead on. Too many people of this generation think that hard work is too hard, that earning something isn't worth it, etc. It's not the colleges that are failing, it's the students.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.ordinarymer.com/2010/01/placing-the-blame.html#comment-12 Meredith Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:25:58 +0000 http://www.ordinarymer.com/2010/01/placing-the-blame.html#comment-12 Kristin - I definitely agree about the counseling and mentoring aspect. Sometimes I wonder if I did well simply because I was motivated to do well, as opposed to being guided there by a professor or advisor. <br /><br />Rebecca does have a lot of good points and her basic premise is correct - we need to make changes to the way education is handled in our country. <br /><br />I just wanted to be sure we didn't excuse an entire generation from being responsible as well. I think we all share some responsibility and we all need to work together to find solutions. Kristin – I definitely agree about the counseling and mentoring aspect. Sometimes I wonder if I did well simply because I was motivated to do well, as opposed to being guided there by a professor or advisor.

Rebecca does have a lot of good points and her basic premise is correct – we need to make changes to the way education is handled in our country.

I just wanted to be sure we didn't excuse an entire generation from being responsible as well. I think we all share some responsibility and we all need to work together to find solutions.

]]> By: Kristin T. (@kt_writes) http://www.ordinarymer.com/2010/01/placing-the-blame.html#comment-11 Kristin T. (@kt_writes) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:19:30 +0000 http://www.ordinarymer.com/2010/01/placing-the-blame.html#comment-11 Great points Meredith. Now I need to get over to Modite and read her post--I'm sure she has great points, too.<br /><br />I completely agree with what you said about a liberal arts education and the important life-and-work skills that are developed in that setting--it very closely mirrors my own experience. <br /><br />It seems that most people's goals when they're in college, and their expectations as well, are somewhat off-kilter. College should be about learning to write and talk and think, learning to process information and solve problems, and developing a broader understanding of the world and its various components. <br /><br />One area colleges all seem to be lacking in, though, is good counseling/mentoring. Students' goals and expectations are off, but no one is explaining how or what to do about it. No one seems to be truly guiding them and providing good information as they decide what to major in, what classes to take, how to finish in four years if that's a priority, etc. In that sense, I think colleges ARE failing their students. Great points Meredith. Now I need to get over to Modite and read her post–I'm sure she has great points, too.

I completely agree with what you said about a liberal arts education and the important life-and-work skills that are developed in that setting–it very closely mirrors my own experience.

It seems that most people's goals when they're in college, and their expectations as well, are somewhat off-kilter. College should be about learning to write and talk and think, learning to process information and solve problems, and developing a broader understanding of the world and its various components.

One area colleges all seem to be lacking in, though, is good counseling/mentoring. Students' goals and expectations are off, but no one is explaining how or what to do about it. No one seems to be truly guiding them and providing good information as they decide what to major in, what classes to take, how to finish in four years if that's a priority, etc. In that sense, I think colleges ARE failing their students.

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