Sometimes, you have to do things yourself.
They are key qualities to develop in college and beyond.As a college professor for nearly three decades, two qualities and skills that are crucial for college success and far beyond appear to be MIA in too many students. These are the ability to take initiative and to demonstrate follow-through. I so rarely interact with students who exhibit the capacity for these two critical pieces of academic life,, and professional life that when I do, it strikes me as exceptional.
My friend said that her daughter was unlikely to call or text me. I can understand and empathize that it might be out of her comfort zone, but it seems to me that if a student is ready to look at colleges across the country and apply this fall, it only makes sense to at least try to engage in conversations with those adults who are already the most used to working with young people in these situations.
There are countless times I have offered to help my students network, to connect them to people with whom they could have informational interviews, and perhaps a chance to visit people at their workplace to learn more about what is involved in a given profession.
There are also the email exchanges, phone calls, and in-person conversations I have with students in which their answers to questions are monosyllabic, and they fail to elaborate, especially when doing so would reveal more rich layers of themselves and their experiences, and they fail to reciprocate with follow-up questions that would deepen and enrich the conversation.
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