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Dear You Who Should Have Known Better:________________________________________________
Classroom atmosphere and expectations:Balancing act:
- Turn up
- Speak up-join in
- Bring your stuff--try reading it first
- Turn off cell phones (no texting)
- Apparently no sleeping
- Do the assignments (even if it's crap)
- Do not turn in crap for instructor draft
- Tracy expects you to be 100% here
- DON'T take two classes
- Do not expect to have a social life
- Expect to put in 12-16 hours on essays
- Do NOT Wait until the night before
- Don't review Dawn's papers EVER! (pay someone else to do it or give it to
Nate)- Two classes are too hard--brain drain, no sleep, Red Sox in the World
Series.- Do not take class through the Super Bowl
Good luck!!
Cliff L, Hank & Dawn B, Chance
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If I Knew Then What I Know Now:If I knew then what I know now then it would be how much time to plan for, for assignments. I would definitely work ahead and try not to fall behind. I would spend more time on assignments. I would spend more time on final drafts.
How much time outside of class do you think a new student should expect to spend on their assignments?
For homework reading assignments you should expect 45 minutes to an hour for readings and journal entries. I would spend 8 to 16 hours for essays. Definitely do not take two classes unless you don't have a job or family.
Nick, Linda, Nate, Beth
You can read the letters from the October '05 class on the old IC 105 blog at http://ic105.blogspot.com/2006/10/letter-to-next-years-college-writing-i_25.html. Read additional CWI "Letters to Next Year's Class" letters at my academic website at http://academics.keene.edu/tmendham/FPC.htm.
