How College Works

We talk about how students and teachers feel 10 or 11 weeks into the semester, what to do ahead of time to reduce the stress, and ideas for strategizing and prioritizing your time.

We talk with an old friend of Peter's about what it's like teaching at a Community/Vocational College, how the students are different than "traditional" students, get advise for dealing with Community College faculty, and why you might choose to go to a Community College.

We talk with the lady in charge of getting you to come to our college about what that process looks like, how it matches what is happening in high schools, and give some advice on applications.

We talk with our college president about what she does and how students should approach her.

Peter and Melody go through a BuzzFeed News article with lots of funny tweets about college vs. high school.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/they-wont-let-you-get-away-with-this-in-college?utm_term=.yc5YlZl61&bffbnews#.tr0Xd9dvO

A quick check in that we are not dead. . .yet.

We talk about what we would like to see our students doing to start the semester off right: buys your books before class starts, let your professor set the class atmosphere, and read the syllabus.

Melody and Peter break down what it student entitlement means to them and field lots of questions from High School students.

Materials we used:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9SyhzSQCj83UTgxNnBrZDM4X2M

Melody and two of her students talk about what writing in college is like and what to expect.

Peter and Melody describe some parallels and differences between college professors and high school teachers and answer a lot of questions.