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The 5 most valuable things you can do in college to help your career.

Read this great article, The Five Most Valuable Things I Did in College to Help My Career, by posting this link into your browser: http://adage.com/gennext/post?article_id=141196 Read the comments below it,too. Just don't start thinking it's a sure bet to get you your great job in advertising by asking your prof to get it for you!

I don't teach you.

That's right, I don't teach you, at least not much. Instead, I set up situations you can learn from, such as homework assignments, class exercises, and projects. Then you teach yourself, under my guidance. The old idea of a professor lecturing while students write notes has been shown to be a lousy way to educate people. It's the "sage on a stage" model. As someone said, "from ny notes to your notes without going through the brain of either of us." Oh, sure, I do lecture, too, but only because I know, sadly, many students in the class will not have read the text (and may never), and there are plenty of things that need explaining in any subject.

I don't give you your grade

In my last post, I said something about giving students grades. That was not a correct statement. I don't give them to you. Your earn them. I just record them. If your grades have been high, don't thank me, thank yourself. If they've been low, don't blame me -- you know who to blame.