[15428] in APO-L
Re: Forced study hours
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Whitall)
Sun Nov 10 17:19:51 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 17:18:15 -0500
Reply-To: Jonathan Whitall <apo@INDIANA.EDU>
From: Jonathan Whitall <apo@INDIANA.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199611100053.TAA19162@hermes.iupui.edu>
On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Andrew "Jet" Eccleston wrote:
> Greetings Brothers,
>
> While I realize every chapter is different, here at Delta we have
> a GPA req. In order to initiate a pledge must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA.
> Although we strictly enforce this, we have a req that ties into this to
> aviod losing pledges to the GPA req., we also have a study hours req. A
> pledge must have a certain number of hours(not sure of the exact number,
> we just recently changed it) at the study location. They can study
> anything they desire, but they must study.
IMHO, this is a very bad idea. Everybody has their own places and methods
to optimize their studying. Making pledges study at a particular place in
a particular way (i.e. in a quiet, library-type room) can be very
counterproductive. I know that I would not be able to study well at such
a session. I HATE studying in libraries or library-type atmospheres.
Also, consider this: what if your pledge is a musician, and the studying
that he has to do is in front of the piano? What then? Or how about a
computer scientist who needs to work at a computer? What would he do?
Also keep in mind that there are some that have incredible memories, and
don't need to study at all to do well in their classes.
I think that it would be more beneficial to provide a place for quiet
study, but I don't think that it should be a requirement.
Sincerely yours,
Jonathan Whitall
Mu Chapter, Indiana University
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