Messages from Today's Students

Taken from the Michael Wesch video ‘A Vision of Students Today’. 

·      My average class size is 115 people

·      18% of my teachers know my name

·      I complete 49% of readings assigned to me

·      Only 26% are relevant to my life

·      I buy hundred dollar textbooks that I never open

·      I will read 8 textbooks this year, 2,300 web pages, 1,231 FaceBook profiles

·      I will write 42 pages for class this semester, and over 500 pages of e-mail

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     Today:-

·      I will have 7 hours’ of sleep

·      I will watch TV for 1.5 hours

·      I will spend 3.5 hours online

·      I will spend 2.5 hours listening to music

·      I will spend 2 hours on my cellphone

·      I will spend 3 hours in class

·      I will spend 2 hours eating

·      I will work for 2 hours

·      I will study for 3 hours

     Total hours per day - 26.5! So multi-tasking is essential.