In “Message to My Freshman Students,” Keith Parsons, a professor teaching freshman for the first time in a long time, addresses issues he has with the typical freshman student. Freshman tend to be different from other college level students being that they are just out of high school. Incoming freshman often fail to realize that college is nothing like high school was. In high school, it is the teacher’s duty to make sure students are learning and to get them prepared for tests. Professors however, don’t have the obligation of making sure a student learns. It is a college student’s responsibility to do so. Parsons addresses how professors have the ability to choose what they teach and how they teach it. Many professors prefer lecture as their method of teaching. Keith Parsons is encouraged to stop using the method of lecturing and instead offer more help to students by guiding them through the course. Parsons however insists students need to learn to listen.
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November 2015
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