Another Disagreement
So I rarely criticize what the school does, because I am under the impression of it was a choice to come here and nothing is forcing somebody to stay here.
And this is a time where I disagree not with the action, but the timing. Lynn has instituted summer reading for incoming freshmen. This is understandable, but they just assigned it last week, which is a month before school starts.
Freshmen have enough to worry about when it comes to going away to college. Moving away from their parents, making new friends, meeting people from other cultures, being in a new school, etc. They don’t need to have a book thrust on them just a month before school starts. I feel it would have been more aproppriate to assign this at the beginning of the summer in order to give freshmen more time.
Now, I’m sure somebody from the school will read this and will disagree with me. And this is fine, I’m sure they had a reason for just now assigning it, but this was just my side.
Gene
7 Comments
Omar
Gene- you’re totally right- why would they wait so long to assign it? That’s the schools wrong doing & lack of planning for that assignment
I am a high school teacher. Students should know going into the university what is required before them months in advance. Many students work etc in the summer and not being able to plan is a big mistake. The university should rethink this and implement this next school year so every freshmen will know ahead of time.
Hi Gene,
I think it’s an encouraging idea that Lynn is trying to promote reading, since as you know, Freshmen are going to be doing a lot of that when they get here anyways. I think Lynn is trying to prepare their students for what’s in store when they get here. I remember my work load from my senior year in high school and transitioning into a freshmen in college was not exactly easy and being prepared by reading a book is not going to hurt by any means- it can only help!
Raymond
I’m gonna be attending Lynn as a freshman, and was just wondering what the summer reading assignment was. I seem to have accidentally deleted the email that they sent me. Please tell me as soon as possible, thanks.
Lauren 8/1/09 11:32 am
i think it’s ridic. are we in high school?