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opinion:
our view
Some tips for
students
Welcome to Cal State
Long Beach, now go home (if you fit the following profile).
First off, this
is a university, not your house, and some of us are getting
tired of your act.
Please, no more
cell phones ringing in class. Not only is it annoying, but
some of those ring codes go on for a minute or more while
you struggle to find the thing (a Def Leppard ring code is
funny -- once).
When you eventually
find the phone, for God's sake, don't answer it -- if it's
that important, don't go to class!
If you happen to
be late for class, don't stomp over people to get to a middle
seat. There's nothing worse than someone disrupting a lecture
already in progress, knocking their behinds into someone's
face and noisily taking out notebooks and pens and brushes
and cell phones (just in case Billy calls).
And what's up with
the club gear? The beauty of college is being able to dress
down, not up. Do you do your homework in five-inch platforms
or a skin-tight martini lounge shirt?
Here's a word for
you -- lecture. It means that a professor lectures you on
the subject, not that you conduct lecture by asking what a
verb is, the capitol of the United States, etc. every minute.
Remember this:
Even if a professor says there are no stupid questions, there
are -- don't ask them!
These are just
a few examples of many. It's easy to spot so-called students
who aren't going to make it through the first year, much less
the first semester. If you feel you are one of these, pick
up the pace.
The reason most
of us are here, first and foremost, is to get an education.
But for you newbies, the campus is one huge social arena,
and real students just get in the way of the party.
If you're a freshman
and this sounds like you, get a grip -- this isn't your high
school and you're not king or queen of the campus anymore.
More importantly:
if you're not a freshman and still acting like one, get over
yourself or think about quitting.
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