Comments on: Real World Skills for the College Student http://www.suzemuse.com/2008/08/real-world-skills-for-the-college-student/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex http://www.suzemuse.com/2008/08/real-world-skills-for-the-college-student/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Alex Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:37:50 +0000 http://suzemuse.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-183 I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road! I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!

]]> By: Corrie Bergeron http://www.suzemuse.com/2008/08/real-world-skills-for-the-college-student/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Corrie Bergeron Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:49:59 +0000 http://suzemuse.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-182 Don't forget Showing Up, Meeting Deadlines, and Following Through. The other local CC has a video production program, and they run it with a very real-world focus. The director has a sign on his door that reads, "In the production world, if you're early, you're on time. If you're on time, you're late. If you're late, you're fired." One of our web design profs has a zero-tolerance policy for late work. She doesn't grade it, period, even if it's only one minute late. Having chased down FedEx trucks in the parking lot to make a deadline, I can't argue with that. Miss a deadline and you could lose the company. When I was a good deal younger I got my butt chewed by a senior exec because I didn't follow through to make sure that somebody had done something. "But i sent an email AND left a voicemail!" I quavered in defense. He thundered back, "Those are PASSIVE! You were just HOPING that they'd get the message! You have to take POSITIVE action! You have to BE SURE!" Don’t forget Showing Up, Meeting Deadlines, and Following Through.

The other local CC has a video production program, and they run it with a very real-world focus. The director has a sign on his door that reads, “In the production world, if you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late. If you’re late, you’re fired.”

One of our web design profs has a zero-tolerance policy for late work. She doesn’t grade it, period, even if it’s only one minute late. Having chased down FedEx trucks in the parking lot to make a deadline, I can’t argue with that. Miss a deadline and you could lose the company.

When I was a good deal younger I got my butt chewed by a senior exec because I didn’t follow through to make sure that somebody had done something. “But i sent an email AND left a voicemail!” I quavered in defense. He thundered back, “Those are PASSIVE! You were just HOPING that they’d get the message! You have to take POSITIVE action! You have to BE SURE!”

]]> By: amayala http://www.suzemuse.com/2008/08/real-world-skills-for-the-college-student/comment-page-1/#comment-181 amayala Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:59:47 +0000 http://suzemuse.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-181 This is a very cool post! As an English teacher, I'm continually looking for ways to incorporate my students' knowledge of media, but I like the emphasis on knowing more than "how to push a button." I would like to provide a link to this post on my blog, Christian Teacher Forum, if you don't mind. This is a very cool post! As an English teacher, I’m continually looking for ways to incorporate my students’ knowledge of media, but I like the emphasis on knowing more than “how to push a button.” I would like to provide a link to this post on my blog, Christian Teacher Forum, if you don’t mind.

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