This thing called Grad School...
So far, I've completed two weeks of this thing called graduate school and I have serious concerns. Why am I paying all this money to be "taught" by my fellow classmates? If I read the assigned chapter, why does the professor tell me and my classmates to get in a circle and discuss it amongst ourselves? Ummmm...what? I didn't read 40 pages to talk about it with folks who are on the same level as I am while the professor just sits and watches us. So, at this point I'm thinking, "Ok, so after we finish the discussion, she's going to bring up certain points we discussed and go into further detail." WRONG! It was, "Ok, now that we've done that, let's view some slides, shall we?" Aneesah = BLOWN. The class lasts from 7:10 pm to 9:40 pm. If the professor has done all that she is going to do for the evening and it's only 9:00 pm, just let us go home. Please don't make us sit there for 40 minutes looking at slides in order to fill the time because I've been at work all day and I'm tired. Again, Aneesah = BLOWN. My excitement about returning to school is slowly dwindling. I absolutely LOVE the subject and the information I'm reading, but the actual classes are really blowing me simply because the Professors don't seem like they are actually teaching me anything. If that's the case, I can just read the assigned chapters, submit the assigned papers and projects and call it a day. Why go to class? Oh, I know why...because if I miss three I get an automatic "F".....stupid, right?Insh'Allah, it will be over soon enough. I just pray I come out with more knowledge than that with which I began. I mean, that is the point, right?
posted by Madeehah @ 9:28 AM
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Welcome to graduate school..where you're supposed to be learning to teach yourself......in graduate school, your professors are more like your colleagues, supposedly. I would just concentrate on writing good papers since that's where your grade is probably coming from anyway. You could always ask for suggestions on how you can get more out of class time. And anything you are not pleased with, be sure to bring it up come evaluation time. I know we think people don't read them but a professor that gets a whole bunch of bad ones will surely hear about it.
See, if I'm supposed to be teaching myself, then why go to class? I already know how to read, comprehend, and apply information. My point is simply that it's a waste of time to sit in a class all night for nothing. I can "teach myself" on my own time. And, to pay serious money to talk to my classmates doesn't sit well with me, and it never will. It just frustrates me a little...
ASA--
I'm glad to see you've returned to the BLOGGISFEAR there Ms Madeehah. OH..yeah i've been in a grad school setting for a semester. I'm going to do the ONLINE program now. I'll see how THAT works for me and my life. Hang in there girlie....i'm sorry your blown...just GRIN and bare it.
Ma salaama
Ummie A
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