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When Is One More Chance One More Too Many? Student Excuses
By Jenny Ortiz
Given that classes during winter sessions are so short, missing a class or two can mean failing the class. Currently at LaGuardia, my students and I have only two months together in which to answer to What is Literature?…
The Princes of Academe: How Academic Administration is Hurting Education
By Jenny Ortiz
There's a difference between blue and yellow. There's an obvious difference between a house and a cardboard box. When did the difference between academic administration and politicians become so hard to define and…
Are Adjuncts At Risk of Failing Our At Risk Students?
By Jenny Ortiz
Student 1 is always 2 minutes late because her job won't let her leave early. Student 2 has never been to the museum. Student 3 is pledging to a fraternity while, his buddy, student 4 is trying to keep a GPA of 3.89.…
Smart Classrooms Being Abandoned For Smarter Students: Should Profs Ban Technology in Class?
By Jenny Ortiz
Most of your students don't know who Chuck Norris is. Many of them don't watch as much television as you think. The only reading they do is if it is assigned to them and that is done haphazardly. The news is not only…
Why Are More & More Students Unprepared to Succeed in College?
By Jenny Ortiz
Freshman. Freshies. Freshmeat. Whatever the term for first year students may be at any college, what is agreed upon is that in the next four years they will learn a lot in and outside of the classroom. From day one, their…
Is There Such A Thing As Being TOO Available to Students?
By Jenny Ortiz
It's well known that as a Freeway Flyer, I find myself running from campus to campus to not only get to my classes but to spend more time on each college as a way to remain available to my students. While other instructors…
If You Don’t Have Jitters On the First Day, Maybe You Shouldn’t Be Teaching
By Jenny Ortiz
The yearly work that comes with the first day of Fall classes, as always, feels tedious and only reminds me of the enormous workload I have this coming semester. Like most Freeway Flyers, taking on six classes in one…
Finding Elbow Room: Dealing With Overcrowded Classrooms
By Jenny Ortiz
Though I teach literature, I was doing some calculations this week. If I have two classes at Adelphi with 20 students in each class, I am accountable for 40 students. Add that to the 25 in my core literature class as well…
How Come Everyone’s Talkin’ Smack About Adjuncts?
By Lance Eaton
I have a request for the great wide Internet. Please stop talking about me as if I'm some partially-crippled frenzied zombie. I am not an invalid. I am not incompetent. I am not ready to self-destruct. Maybe I should…
The Freeway Flyer: When Did Free Time Become Facebook Time?
By Jenny Ortiz
You're on it now, aren't you? Okay, don't admit it. I will: I'm on Twitter. Even though I checked my feed before I started this blog, I am now compelled to check it again. I'll check both Twitter and Facebook a few more…
