It's not high school. Tech would be doing a disservice to its students to coddle them. On the other hand, frosh in particular should know that there are folks that can help.. teach them that all they have to do is ask... but that they do have to ask.
This is their introduction to the real world. No one is going to come drag them to class, or make them study, or be waiting with punishment if they stay out to 3am. They need to learn that.
I think the help is there. I don't know if FASET advertises it enough. But, no, running the entirety of Tech thru psych evals every semester is costly, intrusive, and just wrong. The only way these kids are going to learn to take care of themsleves is to expect them to... some don't have it. And there will be one or two that fall thru the cracks completely. But life is like that. And those who remain need to know that....
You cannot protect everyone. That way leads to madness, which I will not go into here. How you deal with what happens when you can't.... is the true measure of character.
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Date: 2004-09-13 06:50 am (UTC)This is their introduction to the real world. No one is going to come drag them to class, or make them study, or be waiting with punishment if they stay out to 3am. They need to learn that.
I think the help is there. I don't know if FASET advertises it enough. But, no, running the entirety of Tech thru psych evals every semester is costly, intrusive, and just wrong. The only way these kids are going to learn to take care of themsleves is to expect them to... some don't have it. And there will be one or two that fall thru the cracks completely. But life is like that. And those who remain need to know that....
You cannot protect everyone. That way leads to madness, which I will not go into here. How you deal with what happens when you can't.... is the true measure of character.
We'll see.