Last week we initiated a new weekly feature called HUHC Student Voices. The idea was to ask questions and prompt HUHC students to post quick, short responses. The initial response was terrific with some 25 students identifying a wide range of books that had changed their lives. As always, our goal is to spark conversation, share information, and grow as a community.
This week's "question" comes in the form of the YouTube video "A Vision of Students Today." Most faculty think we know who our students are and what they need. Most students think they know better. It's sometimes hard to tell who is right. "A Vision of Students Today" is one of the most watched YouTube videos during the past few weeks.
It was put together at the University of Kansas by Michael Wesh, a faculty member, and some 300 or so student collaborators. Give us your reaction to the video by clicking on the comment boxes below. Then, go see what Wesh has to say about the ways their video has been interpreted by following the this link to his blog click here.
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Wow, this is a rediculously intense and powerful movie. Does this seem familiar to anyone? If you look closely, I believe there is an article closely related to the subject at hand written by yours truly about alcohol and how EXPERIENCE could only help us learn. I believe that it needs to be a balance of both, because you need to know that alcohol has bad effects before you would ignorantly drink way too much too fast and kill yourself. I just wanted to get started on a reply to this, I will devote way more time to this subject at a later date.
This video reminds me of a video that we saw in another class, also made by a teacher. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
This is why I feel lucky to go to Hofstra with the small class sizes. And while, we still sit down, we're all participating instead of just absorbing the information.
Even here at Hofstra, some classes feel like that. I have had a few professors here that don't bother to learn my name.
It was very powerful though, I bet most college students share the opinions of those students
It's funny because this has been going on for a while but still no school has really decided to change it. A friend of mine at Harvard told me how one of his classes has 1,000 students. If a premier institution such as Harvard has yet to listen to it’s students and change the way it holds classes, then change is not happening or happening too slowly.
It seems like American students have a collective ADD. Sometimes there's too much input available from TV and other media sources for a class about ancient philosophers to hold our attention for long (unless you have a good teacher who can get to the point quickly and make it relevant to the "real world").
I found it extremely easy to pay attention when I was on a camping trip, and had to choose between learning how to cook food outdoors or not eating. Maybe we need to change the idea of what's relevant.
I think this movie is the best description of my life as a student, minus the huge classrooms, professors not knowing my name, and me not paying attention in class. I have 23 books to read this semester at Hofstra and 2-3 jobs on top of that. I don't even know what sleep is anymore, and my body is suffering because of it. I work hard and always strive to do the best I can and maintain my GPA, but I know I won't even read 1/4 of those books, despite how well I write my papers this semester. I was looking forward to Winter Break before the second week of school, and I've never been one to say that before.
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