2008 Woodie Awards
BC isn't a high school
Issue date: 8/27/07 Section: Opinion
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Welcome to a new harsh yet very easy to understand reality, where everyone's success or failures lie in their own hands.
If you haven't already, it's time to grow up.
Those of us who have already experienced life after high school know that it is not quite like the simple formulated days past, but rather a new strategic plan that must be self-implemented.
Personal motivation and determination are required if students want their college education. No one is going to force you to do anything.
You don't have to do your homework, you don't have to study, you don't even have to show up to class, as opposed to high school, where if students do not show up to class a voice mail is left notifying a guardian of tardiness.
Fortunately, we are all adults here so expect to be treated as such.
If you don't show up to class here you end up very far behind and if you are delinquent enough without dropping a class perhaps students will be lucky enough to be dropped by their professor.
But if you expect a professor to drop you, you may receive an F in the course. Professors don't mess around.
Some professors will not tolerate tardiness. They may lock the doors as soon as they start class. Students can get out to use the bathroom if they must but if you plan on walking in five minutes late they don't even deal with it.
Walking into class late is pretty shameful especially if the class all turns their heads and the professor stops class just to welcome you.
You might have the same classes with people from high school and there may still be cliques, but here if you choose, you don't have to deal with any of it.
All sorts of people come to BC, people right out of high school to people that realized that life without higher education is just to hard to deal with. School here is what the students attending make of it.
Currently there is an average of 16,000 students attending BC. Classes are hard to get into, especially if you are one of those students waiting till until the last minute to register. There are waitlists for pretty much everything by the beginning of June.
If you don't want to be here, you really don't have to be. If students don't plan on utilizing the classes they are taking, they should just drop out. There are people that are dying to get into some of those classes, especially nursing and business majors.
So, if you hated high school, here is your chance to get away from it. You can learn as much or as little as you please.
You can get ahead or take it at a slower pace.
Whatever you do, make sure you want to be here. If you don't want to be here, you will inevitably be wasting everyone's time and your own.
Get ready to buckle down and get serious. Stay focused and don't stress yourself out. Nobody ever liked a quitter.
By the end of this semester you will know what we mean when you take your final test and there are only 10 people in the class.
If you haven't already, it's time to grow up.
Those of us who have already experienced life after high school know that it is not quite like the simple formulated days past, but rather a new strategic plan that must be self-implemented.
Personal motivation and determination are required if students want their college education. No one is going to force you to do anything.
You don't have to do your homework, you don't have to study, you don't even have to show up to class, as opposed to high school, where if students do not show up to class a voice mail is left notifying a guardian of tardiness.
Fortunately, we are all adults here so expect to be treated as such.
If you don't show up to class here you end up very far behind and if you are delinquent enough without dropping a class perhaps students will be lucky enough to be dropped by their professor.
But if you expect a professor to drop you, you may receive an F in the course. Professors don't mess around.
Some professors will not tolerate tardiness. They may lock the doors as soon as they start class. Students can get out to use the bathroom if they must but if you plan on walking in five minutes late they don't even deal with it.
Walking into class late is pretty shameful especially if the class all turns their heads and the professor stops class just to welcome you.
You might have the same classes with people from high school and there may still be cliques, but here if you choose, you don't have to deal with any of it.
All sorts of people come to BC, people right out of high school to people that realized that life without higher education is just to hard to deal with. School here is what the students attending make of it.
Currently there is an average of 16,000 students attending BC. Classes are hard to get into, especially if you are one of those students waiting till until the last minute to register. There are waitlists for pretty much everything by the beginning of June.
If you don't want to be here, you really don't have to be. If students don't plan on utilizing the classes they are taking, they should just drop out. There are people that are dying to get into some of those classes, especially nursing and business majors.
So, if you hated high school, here is your chance to get away from it. You can learn as much or as little as you please.
You can get ahead or take it at a slower pace.
Whatever you do, make sure you want to be here. If you don't want to be here, you will inevitably be wasting everyone's time and your own.
Get ready to buckle down and get serious. Stay focused and don't stress yourself out. Nobody ever liked a quitter.
By the end of this semester you will know what we mean when you take your final test and there are only 10 people in the class.
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