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So I have to respond to this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
about the problems and situations students face today. I have decided to list any solutions and or thoughts I can think of to the problems that are given by the students.
My average class size is 115
If that's a problem then why not go to a smaller school? I know that things like average class size, or teacher to student ratio tends to be listed on a school's website...seems like her own fault if it's a problem...
18% of my teachers know my name
Ok, wear a shirt with your name on it...or be more interesting so that your name is remembered...
I complete 49% of the readings assigned to me. Only 26% are relevant to my life.
Ok...I am almost certain that's been the issue for schools forever. Like even before the current system was in place. I can't think of any solution to this other than that it's just something to get over.
I buy hundred dollar textbooks I never open
If comic books can be scanned why not textbooks? Seems like it would help a lot...but since colleges get upset about torrents as it is I guess that is to much to hope for...
My neighbor paid for class but never comes
I'm not sure why this is her problem, but if it concerns her so why doesn't she do something about it. Like take notes for them, or encourage them to come more?
I will read 8 books this year, 2300 web pages, and 1281 face book profiles
I really don't get this one...stop going to facebook?
I will write 42 pages for class this semester. And over 500 pages of email
Considering that this is collective I don't think that this is a problem.
I get 7 hours of sleep each night
That sucks...go to bed earlier?
I watch 1 1/2 hours of TV each night
Ok...that really isn't that much...
I spend 3 1/2 hours a day online.
Drop the forum and social network sites? Actually associate with real people?
I listen to music 2.5 hours a day
I'm assuming that he's doing something else while listening to music. Driving, playing on the computer, talking on the phone, doing home work. Very few people just listen to music anymore...
I spend 2 hours on my cell phone
Well...get the FU*K off of it and do something for christs sake! Call someone, talk about what you need to then get off the phone!
Spend 3 hours in class
That's not to bad...
2 hours emailing
This is hard to believe...I mean who spends more than 15 emailing...unless your looking at those stupid forwards, in which case DON'T!
I work 2 hours every day
Why is he complaining about that? That's nothing!
3 hours studying
That is actually a really good amount, she could probably get away fine for much less...
That's a total of 26.5 hours per day
So many of those overlap and have to take place at the same time that this has to be an exaggeration. That and I don't think many people time how long they listen to music or answer emails or any of that. Most of these are at best guesses to me, if not just made up or taken from statistical studies that of course do not apply to each individual...
I'm a multitasker. (I have to be)
Everyone multitasks. If someone is only listening to music for two and a half hours every day, and they're only answering emails for three hours everyday then they're procrastinating constantly and an idiot if they complain about not having enough time in a day.
I will be 20,000 in debt after graduation
Ok...I have to comment on how this is written...she seems happy about it. Look at the bubble letters. Get a better job? Get another job? Apply for more scholarships?
I'm one of the lucky ones.
Why is that?
Over 1 billion people make less than $1 a day
Don't feel bad for the Chinese wage slaves, pretty soon China will own the entire country and we'll all make less than a dollar a day!
This laptop costs more than some people make in a year.
Sell it, move to some poor country and live like a king?
When I graduate I will probably have a job that doesn't exist today
Dead zombie body disposer? Or did I miss the point here? Does this mean jobs are being created? Well why is that a problem?
*holds up a scantron sheet with a lot of writing and red ink on it* Filling this out won't help me get there.
Sure it will. If the only way to get the nonexistent job is to have a college degree and the only way to get a college degree is to pass tests and the only way to pass tests is to fill out a scantron sheet then filling it out does help you get a nonexistent job.
Or deal with *arrows pointing to signs that have real problems written on them like war and poverty*
Oh so the problems in school aren't the problems in the real world? I get it! Oh wait, I've been saying that since 6th grade! Why is this news?
I did not create the problems. But they are my problems
It's only your problem if you decide to make it your problem. There is always a choice, and ignoring these problems is one. Only problem with that is you can't complain about them later. So choose.
Some have suggested that technology alone can save us...
Who? Just saying "some" is pretty vague...
I face book through most of my classes
And I hope you fail them. Idiot
I bring my laptop to class but I'm not working on class stuff
This seems pretty redundant considering the last statement...my response remains the same.

The point of this video is to say that the current system or method of teaching is out dated and doesn't work...I respond with a quote from Whitehead:
"In the schools of antiquity philosophers inspired to impart wisdom, in modern college our humbler aim is to teach subjects." Alfred North Whitehead 1923.