Two of your classes were cancelled before the first week of the semester. You are going to address your proposal to the college administrator in charge, making clear to document the problem carefully and offering realistic solutions.
I work full time and go to school full time, and I live on my own. My work schedule is planned around my school schedule. When one week before classes begin two of my classes are cancelled it really throws off my schedule. The chances of me being able to fill those two spots with other classes I needed or would be able to take are very slim being that close to the start of the semester. If I had to take classes at a different time I would have to change my work schedule and that is not easy for me to do. If I’m not able to work as many hours then I will not be able to afford to live on my own. We have to do something about this.
We have to change this some how. The college should take a look at non-required classes and see which ones are popular and which ones are not. The classes that are not popular should not be offered. If enough people do not sign up for a class being offered, then that should be decided earlier than a week before the semester starts. Other people are also going to need to know earlier if classes are going to be cancelled. Cassie, 18, a college student, also runs a tight schedule. She is a mother and a full time college student. She has a babysitter watch her daughter while she is in school. She has had two classes cancelled the week before the semester starts and she could not get two more classes to fill those spots. She had to changer her whole schedule for the semester because she could not change her babysitter on such a short notice. “It is such an inconvenience for me. I wish the school would have given me more notice if a class was going to be cancelled or not.” There has to be a better way for the college to decide on keeping a class or not, and there has to be a better way to let students know about their classes being cancelled.
It is a major inconvenience for us students with very busy schedules to have classes cancelled a week before the semester was to begin. Most students have very busy lives and they plan everything around their school schedules, and if something suddenly changed on short notice they would have to completely rearrange all of their other schedules. A way to solve this problem is for the school to only offer the required classes students need, and the popular electives students want to take.
Hi Ashley:
ReplyDeleteThis reads clearly. And you've chosen a topic of local importance and obviously of importance to you: good.
I like your use of interviews, but I miss some additional research (through a news source, as required by the assignment) that would present the problem in a larger context: are other community colleges doing similar things? why? Is enrollment up but funding for courses down? can you find that out?
You do begin to propose solutions but, honestly, what you suggest is already being implemented. The problem has to do with timing, as I understand: notifying students like you and Cassie early enough so you two can adapt your schedule. What timing do you suggest? What are the costs of such a solution? What are the benefits?
Who is your reader? What can s/he do right now to make a difference?
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Can you begin the paragraph in a more focused way? We have to change this some how.
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Great Post...kickstarter
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