Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Spring Semester Students Face the AAUN Challenge

The desire for a world class university has become a reality for some students. But it seems they, just like the Fall students, had not known the requirement for being a world class university student before coming here. Five weeks after they started classes, they have begin to realize that it’s truly rigorous. “I can’t get through every thing” a student complains. “The professors demand too much from us” another says, during the first Saturday night freshman get together. Enyinnaya Chinedum Okoroafor, another spring semester student, admitted that it was tough but he says it is the best system because it makes one read throughout the semester, very unlike the Nigerian University system when a student have to wait till the last month of the semester before he/she starts studying. He agreed that the system was strange to him.

A fall semester student in their mist agreed that it’s truly rigorous and worth complaining about. He however enjoined them to face the challenge as they would be used to the system. According to him, “it’s all freshman’s problem. Every one complains in his first year. But one gets used to the system with time. The most important thing is for you to always realize that the university education system is teaching you something important which you have to apply in your daily activity to be successful in your endeavor. One of these is how to keep track of time”

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