Getting Shut Out of Desired Classes

DinDune
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:35:53 +0000

I had a question about something Mrs. Deutsch said in her orientation lecture, and wanted to clarify this with her, as it had to do with her lecture to the parents.
I am passing on the name because she is accessible to students for help. Most students don’t know her name(as they were not attending that lecture), but possibly goodday can pass on the name to her son and if he won’t call the her, then perhaps she should take the initiative to get the ball rolling. The university can’t help your child if you don’t let them know you need help.
In addition, there are guidance folks who have offices on the first floor of Hecht and Stanford who can also help. They are accessible to all freshman for situations such as this.
We would all hope that our college kids can solve their own problems, but perhaps goodday’s son just doesn’t know who to ask, thus she’s asking us. And if he is not assertive, then I believe she could make the first phone call and the UM contact would take it from there.