Sounds like something I would have hated at the time, BUT might have been really useful when I got to college. I skated through high school getting all As without doing any of the reading and as little homework as I could possibly get away with, and got to college with ZERO study skills. I failed several classes. It wasn't until my Master's degree, when I was dating Robbie and could see him modeling good study skills in his PhD program, that I figured out that oh, hey, maybe I should do the reading. *sigh*
That said, I bet if they told me it'd be important for college I would have done it anyhow. I just would have rolled my eyes and done my best to ignore the "study skills" part - but maybe some of it would have sunk in somehow.
This is something I worry about with my kids - I've struggled my entire adult life trying to figure out how to focus and have a work ethic and finish what I start when I never ever ever did that or was taught/encouraged to as a kid/teen. So I'd probably really push my kid to do it. If they resisted every single argument I had, and had another elective they REALLY REALLY wanted to take, I'd probably drop it, but they'd really have to convince me.
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14/4/13 20:45 (UTC)That said, I bet if they told me it'd be important for college I would have done it anyhow. I just would have rolled my eyes and done my best to ignore the "study skills" part - but maybe some of it would have sunk in somehow.
This is something I worry about with my kids - I've struggled my entire adult life trying to figure out how to focus and have a work ethic and finish what I start when I never ever ever did that or was taught/encouraged to as a kid/teen. So I'd probably really push my kid to do it. If they resisted every single argument I had, and had another elective they REALLY REALLY wanted to take, I'd probably drop it, but they'd really have to convince me.