mandatory study hall for all brothers?

[Zeta13Girl]

Our chapter does have mandatory study hours if you have anything lower than a 3.0. Although study halls can be very unproductive if the monitors aren't strict I believe they are very good tools for teaching yourself to focus. For instance you don't get to choose when you have to take a test for a class. Nor when you get a job will you be able to choose the hours you work (unless of course your your own boss). Or look at it another way if there is a brother having trouble with a class you can help tutor him during study hours, since you have > 3.5 GPA.

On a side note our University has mandatory study hours for any new member joining a social greek organization. I believe this is a good idea, although everyone plans their study hours at the same time, which means that all of greek life is in the library and it can be very distracting. One option that we have done to get rid of this problem is getting a classroom in our business college building, so that there is less of a distraction.

[pbear19]

Originally Posted by Zeta13Girl

Nor when you get a job will you be able to choose the hours you work (unless of course your your own boss).

Hehe, nor can you control whether the gentleman in the cubicle across from you clips his fingernails at work with disturbing regularity, nor whether the woman on the other side is constantly on the phone with her friends gossiping, nor whether you might at some point work with a man who does little but argue with his wife on the phone all day long, and the rest of the day slam things and sigh loudly as a result of said arguments. There are many things to be said for learning to focus despite multiple distractions.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by pbear19

Hehe, nor can you control whether the gentleman in the cubicle across from you clips his fingernails at work with disturbing regularity, nor whether the woman on the other side is constantly on the phone with her friends gossiping, nor whether you might at some point work with a man who does little but argue with his wife on the phone all day long, and the rest of the day slam things and sigh loudly as a result of said arguments. There are many things to be said for learning to focus despite multiple distractions.

You forgot the one that sings while listening to her Ipod (and she's moving from several cubes away to the one next to me sometime this week... AUGH!)