Law School Day 1, Year 2007
If I was Sabrina, I would know how many days I had left from today until the end of semester and then the end of my degree. She would drive me batty when she had her days remaining here underneath her msn name.
The first day of the Academic Calender wasn't particularly stressful. Well I don't have classes on Monday, so it wasn't very stressful at all. I had to get a new student card (vile photo.) I was still using my 2005 one someone threatened to confiscate it and without it I 'officially' couldn't utilise my ten meal tickets, nor could I access the building I live in. Then I had to sign a document and place a sticker on my student card verifying that I had paid the voluntary student activities fee. I am vehemently against VSU. As far as I see it this fee is not voluntary, in my world it's compulsory. There are times I love my world, really! If you don't want to pay it, don't go to Uni, or the library, or use the drinking fountains, or see the Doctor, or take a lolly when the LSA come through during exam time, or if you need support from student council for academic reasons don't bother ask; if you don't believe in these support services then you shouldn't be at University.
Tomorrow I have class at 8 am. I rather enjoy going to lecturers. Most people opt for the video stream option, especially when classes take place before 10am. I've tried both. I've arrived at the conclusion that at the end of the day you do learn better if you go to class, providing the lecturer is not over-reliant on power point slides. If they are this adversely impacts on the level of interest in the lecture theatre. An over-reliance leads to a tendency to read straight from the slides hence all information is contained with these. Often there is little to no elaboration regarding the subject matter (everyone really does love a good story - even in the middle of lecturer. As law students we can actually read; if the lecturer is going to spend an entire class reading the power points they have constructed I don't see much point in attending. However, if they choose to use power points merely as a guide or teaching device or even to ditch them (and refuse student cry's for power points) and to engage and interact with the class well then I'll usually get out of bed and drop by.
Currently, the wireless connection on dear Apple is playing up. I thought I should log on and down load any information for the lecture tomorrow morning. I was rather impressed with what I found.
The lecturer had published the following on the homepage for the subject:
"Fri, Jan 12, 2007 -- Welcome to Evidence
Welcome to the evidence course. I think that you will find that the subject is one of the most interesting, yet challenging, that you will take at law school. You will be introduced to the key principles of evidence law. You will then be required to work with and apply these principles -- this is the challenge.
I will facilitate your learning ,as best I can. You will constantly be given problems to solve, evidence to apply, and rulings on the admissibility of evidence to be made. What I cannot do is teach you evidence -- no one can. YOU HAVE TO LEARN IT!
I encourage you attend class, be involved. My own experience over the years teaching at Bond is that the students get what they put into the course. Those who attend class and are engaged do well and those who do not -- do poorly. The choice is yours.
Welcome and I hope that you find the course stimulating.
Lee Stuesser"
Well he has my attention. My alarm is set for 6.30 am. Professor Struesser has set the bar high! Stay tuned for the debrief
The first day of the Academic Calender wasn't particularly stressful. Well I don't have classes on Monday, so it wasn't very stressful at all. I had to get a new student card (vile photo.) I was still using my 2005 one someone threatened to confiscate it and without it I 'officially' couldn't utilise my ten meal tickets, nor could I access the building I live in. Then I had to sign a document and place a sticker on my student card verifying that I had paid the voluntary student activities fee. I am vehemently against VSU. As far as I see it this fee is not voluntary, in my world it's compulsory. There are times I love my world, really! If you don't want to pay it, don't go to Uni, or the library, or use the drinking fountains, or see the Doctor, or take a lolly when the LSA come through during exam time, or if you need support from student council for academic reasons don't bother ask; if you don't believe in these support services then you shouldn't be at University.
Tomorrow I have class at 8 am. I rather enjoy going to lecturers. Most people opt for the video stream option, especially when classes take place before 10am. I've tried both. I've arrived at the conclusion that at the end of the day you do learn better if you go to class, providing the lecturer is not over-reliant on power point slides. If they are this adversely impacts on the level of interest in the lecture theatre. An over-reliance leads to a tendency to read straight from the slides hence all information is contained with these. Often there is little to no elaboration regarding the subject matter (everyone really does love a good story - even in the middle of lecturer. As law students we can actually read; if the lecturer is going to spend an entire class reading the power points they have constructed I don't see much point in attending. However, if they choose to use power points merely as a guide or teaching device or even to ditch them (and refuse student cry's for power points) and to engage and interact with the class well then I'll usually get out of bed and drop by.
Currently, the wireless connection on dear Apple is playing up. I thought I should log on and down load any information for the lecture tomorrow morning. I was rather impressed with what I found.
The lecturer had published the following on the homepage for the subject:
"Fri, Jan 12, 2007 -- Welcome to Evidence
Welcome to the evidence course. I think that you will find that the subject is one of the most interesting, yet challenging, that you will take at law school. You will be introduced to the key principles of evidence law. You will then be required to work with and apply these principles -- this is the challenge.
I will facilitate your learning ,as best I can. You will constantly be given problems to solve, evidence to apply, and rulings on the admissibility of evidence to be made. What I cannot do is teach you evidence -- no one can. YOU HAVE TO LEARN IT!
I encourage you attend class, be involved. My own experience over the years teaching at Bond is that the students get what they put into the course. Those who attend class and are engaged do well and those who do not -- do poorly. The choice is yours.
Welcome and I hope that you find the course stimulating.
Lee Stuesser"
Well he has my attention. My alarm is set for 6.30 am. Professor Struesser has set the bar high! Stay tuned for the debrief
posted by Emma @ 15.1.07
5 comments
5 Comments:
if those Canadian students can't wait to get out of here, why the hell did they come at all? Is there any way we can get the ones that don't like it here out sooner? There are some good ones....
Don't shoot the messanger. I didn't write that comment I merely published it. It is someone elses opinion, not mine.
"Is there any way we can get the ones that don't like it here out sooner?" That sounds great to me. I'm sick of their moaning. If you don't like it shut up or leave but stop telling us how rotten our country is.
I'm not so sure about this "there are some good ones ... " comment.
now i was thinking, and some canadian students "can't wait to get out of here" came because they could get a law degree in australia. it may have been pitched to them that it would be easier to obtain a law degree is australia....anyone who knows a canadian at Bond is aware of that delimma. they didn't necessarily come here to have a fantastic time - this may or may not happen for some - some may be a long way from home, the gold coast and bond may be very different to what they have experienced or expected. they may never have been to australia before deciding to commence their studies here. i don't think that is a very balanced comment. you've got to look at it from both sides. there are valid points to both, however, being unkind and unsympathetic to people who are not necessarily enjoying their time here isn't going to make them enjoy it or being here anymore. have a heart! i had a very good friend from canada sometime back, they didn't really like it here. the reasons for this were varied but i think they had rather valid reasons, and after all the point of coming here for them was to get a law degree. At Bond it would be faster than back in Canada, it would also be less expensive. so if they couldn't wait to get out of here! maybe it was just so they could get a job, join the work force and get on with having a life!
get a life at bond, its sweet.
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