As a sophmore student here in South University I find that the hours for tutoring are very restricting. For the amount of money that we are being charged and are paying for our classes I feel that there should be better flexible tutoring hours available. I often found myself this past year and a half unable to go to tutoring because I am a single mother working full time and going to school full time, so what does that mean? It means that like most of the students here I work during the day 8-5 and come to school at night full time, taking anywhere from 4-5 classes and have to provide time for my child as well. Finding childcare on the weekends and evenings is extremely hard, yet I am sure we all figure it out. With this busy schedule I found that the help I needed for all if not most classes were during working hours or class hours, there was no flexible tutoring, for example like on a Sunday even if it is just for two hours or so. Most of the tutoring is during the day or on Saturdays in the morning, I was taking classes on Saturdays as well. I understand that we are responsible for our own education and that we must put forth effort, however, with a school so expensive that I am sure that meets their quota of students to sign up each month, how can they not poll the students to see how we feel about the hours for tutoring? Our voices count, we are the reason the school is here, not the other way around, so what is my proposition?
I propose that we should all do something about it together, there are colleges that provide students with childcare by having a daycare on campus and they do not charge too much either for the childcare. They also have tutoring sessions on the weekends and later in the evenings to help those students who cannot make it due to working or being in class. And last but not least with this day in age in technology why not have webinar tutoring? Where we can log into a virtual video classroom for tutoring or even go on by our smart phones? Or even a listen and talk on speaker phone? I think this should be changed for all students going forward. I am sure if everyone voiced their opinions we could all make a difference.
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who feels this way. We are responsible for our own education but so is the school who impliess that every students sucess matters. Tutoring is a key componet that aids student in achieving their goals. With th money we paying, something should be done.
ReplyDeleteI stand with you on this matter. Students pay a lot of money to be here and I truly feel that we are not being accommodated. I too work during the day and normally I don't make back into West Palm Beach before 5. Not only that, I have 3 kids in which I have to get settled before I even leave for class. So by the time I get to the school, of course tutoring is over. I can say that this particular issue has been brought to some of the professors attention and supposedly one in particular was supposed to be looking into it. But if student success is what the institution is built and thrives on, then this issue shouldn't be an issue at all.
ReplyDeleteIndeed my fellow students, I have talked to a few students around campus and they have also voiced their opinions to the professors, maybe we can get a movement started?
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with you on this matter. Most of us students on campus are parents, and have different schedules. They should work something for us with the large amount of money we are paying to be here. Night tutoring will definitely helpful.
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