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| Donald Southerland |
My career (1969-2019) spans 50 years although the last 5 years, I was a part-time Adjunct Instructor for a local University. Of those 50 years, 45 years was spent either directly or indirectly in Education either as a Professor/Instructor or as an Administrator. I have worked or taught in the following educational systems: Community College, College, University, and/or Proprietary Colleges.
The courses I have taught include:
- English Composition
- Micro/Macro Economics
- Introduction to Computers
- Statistical Problem Solving
- Process Re-engineering
- Personal Financial Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Business Communications
- Human Resource Management
- Production Management
- Management & Leadership
What did I discover?
That my college students were not very well prepared to attend College other than a Community College and even that level of education was doubtful.
My students basically LACKED:
- Writing Skills
- Spelling Skills
- Reading Skills
- Grammar Skills
- Presentation Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Working in Teams Skills
- Drilling Down on a Subject Skills
- Self-starter/Hit-the-Ground-Running Skills
I had students that...
- never purchased the textbook
- could not remember what they learned from their previous course
- memorized for the test then forgot
- did not prepare for class
- did not do homework
- did not ask questions
- wanted to be told exactly what to do
- did not want to figure out what I wanted
