Overcoming the mid-point of an academic term can often come as a challenge to college students. Students often start their academic semesters off right, they tend to be bombarded as the term progresses. Students run into difficulties understanding the content of particular course.
Once a student is faced with this type of a challenge, it often becomes extremly difficult for them to catch up.
Often times most students become overwhelmed.. In most cases, this is due to the the large amout of school work they are expected to compete. The majority of the students are unsure of where to turn to seek assistance that they need to succeed in their studies. The best plave in which students can go is the Center for Teaching and Learning.
There are several peer tutors who are avaible to provide support. They offer a wide base of assistance in a variation of areas of study.
Stanley Thomson, junior communication and religious studies major, has been providing students with these services since his second semester of his freshman year. He focuses on helping students succeed in math as well as information systems.
Student traffic in the CTL consistent with that of last year’s. Most students tend to put off seeking any assistance until it is “crunch time” before they are going to have a test or an assignment is due.
“They only come to me when they are stressed out”, Thomson said course textbooks are constantly changing. This also plays a part as to why most are struggling in their courses. Getting the assistance they need from the CTL will result in them gaining a better undering of their difficulties. This may also help students learn something that they might not have known prior to that particular course.
At the same time, their tutor might learn something about the particular subject.
Correction: October 29, 2014
The quote previously online and in the print edition of Issue 8 regarding the CTL’s “low traffic” was untrue. Traffic within the CTL is consistent with last year.
