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So a former co-worker of mine has a son at an SEC school. She attended orientation with him, and they had seminars for the parents while the college kids were doing their thing. I remember one of the seminars was on "How Not to Helicopter..." Seems like a good idea, right?
Apparantly that seminar did not do much good. Her son would call during the day upset about a grade and ask her to call the professor for him. She would of course oblige, while I (and other co-workers) would stand by wanting to hurl. Yes, you read correctly- she was negotiating her son's grade, via telephone, from 2 states away. This happened on multiple occaisions.
Cell phones are a wonderful invention, but they sure have allowed "The Cord" to remain attached for far too many years.
If college kids don't even have the most basic problem solving skills to sit down with a professor to discuss a grade, then the diploma that they receive is worth absolutely nothing.
End of rant.
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