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Students And Education Today. Today’s child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century enviornment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce but ordered and structured by fragmented classical patterns subjects and schedules. – Marshall McLuhan 1967
What is it like being a student today?
Over 200 students edited the answer and surveyed themselves to bring you the following message:
My average class size is 115 students
18% of my teachers know my name.
I complete 49% of the readings assigned to me. Only 26% are relevant to my life.
I buy $100 textbooks that I never open.
My neighbor paid for class but never comes.
I will read 8 books this year. 2300 WebPages. 1280 Face Book profiles.
I will write 42 pages for class this semester. And over 500 pages of email.
I will get 7 hours of sleep each night.
I spend 1 ½ hours watching TV.
I spend 3 ½ hours a day online.
I listen to 2.5 hours of music a day.
I spend 2 hours on my cell phone.
I spend 3 hours in classes.
2 hours eating.
I work 2 hours every day.
I spend 3 hours studying.
That’s a total of 26.5 hours each day.
I am a multi-tasker ( I have to be).
I will be $20,000 in debt after graduation.
I’m one of the lucky ones.
Over 1 Billion people make less than $1 a day.
My laptop costs more than many people make in a year.
When I graduate, I will probably have a job that doesn’t exist today.
Filling out this Scantron won’t get me there. - Or deal with any of the above problems.
I did not create the problems – but they are my problems.
Some have suggested that technology can save us…
Some have suggested that technology alone can save us…
I Face Book through most of my classes.
I bring my laptop to class, but I’m not working on class stuff.
Writing on a chalkboard takes more than 40 times longer than pulling up a webpage.
And what is missing? Photos, Videos, Animation, Networking….
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