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“The ability to follow directions is a mark of superior intelligence.“

PAF 101. Module 2, Lecture 5. “The ability to follow directions is a mark of superior intelligence.“ - Reported by Carolyn Da Cunha. Class Agenda. Announcements Dale Carnegie College Sucks Assignment. Prospective Service Form . The form is online under Community Service tab

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“The ability to follow directions is a mark of superior intelligence.“

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  1. PAF101 Module 2, Lecture 5 “The ability to follow directions is a mark of superior intelligence.“ - Reported by Carolyn Da Cunha

  2. Class Agenda • Announcements • Dale Carnegie • College Sucks • Assignment

  3. Prospective Service Form • The form is online under Community Service tab • Fill out the word document, save it. • Email that exact form to your TA by September 24th! NEXT WEDNESDAY!!

  4. Wilson Park Guidelines • If you wish to volunteer at Wilson Park, you MUST email Kelsey May kmay01@syr.edu by September 24th to confirm the times you will be going to volunteer. She will send you a confirmation email that you must save, print, and attach to your final community service form or lose 5 points!! • You are encouraged to split your 5 hour requirement over several weeks. • If you do not volunteer at the times you agree to do so, you will automatically lose all 35 points on your final community service form. • You must fill out the City of Syracuse Volunteer form. Link is on PAF 101 website under community service

  5. Competition Points Winners Losers Competition Points as of 9/15/2014

  6. Dale Carnegie Presentations • Three TA's present how they used DC to fix a problem they faced. • Two Groups will be called on to say what DC principle the TA used.

  7. Dale Carnegie Principles • Don't criticize, condemn or complain. • Give honest and sincere appreciation. • Arouse the other person an eager want. • Become genuinely interested in other people. • Remember that a man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language. • Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. • Talk in the terms of the other man’s interest. • Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely. • Avoid arguments. • Never tell someone they are wrong • If you're wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. • Begin in a friendly way. • Start with questions the other person will answer yes to. • Let the other person do the talking. • Let the other person feel the idea is his/hers. • Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view. • Sympathize with the other person. • Appeal to noble motives. • Dramatize your ideas. • Throw down a challenge. • Begin with praise and honest appreciation. • Call attention to other people's mistakes indirectly. • Talk about your own mistakes first. • Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. • Let the other person save face. • Praise every improvement. • Give them a fine reputation to live up to • Encourage them by making their faults seem easy to correct. • Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.

  8. Things You Won’t Learn in School • Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! • Rule 2: The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. • Rule 3: You will NOT make $100,000 a year right out of college. You won't be a vice-president until you earn it.

  9. Things You Won’t Learn in School • Rule 4: If you think your professors are tough, wait till you get a boss. • Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

  10. Things You Won’t Learn in School • Rule 6: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. • Rule 7: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off. • Rule 8: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

  11. Coplin on College • Why College SUCKS!!! • For you • America • And the American dream • But it doesn’t have to suck for you • Just listen

  12. College Board Study • Study entitled Education Pays 2007 states “higher education yields significant rewards to its recipient and society as a whole.” • What is the College Board?

  13. And What is the College Board? • “College-for-all” mentality • Our study “should motivate U.S. policy makers to work toward improving access to postsecondary education for all segments of the population.” • Is this Love or Greed?

  14. More on the College Board • The CEO of the College Board makes about $900,000 a year! • Total Revenue in 2010 = $659,809,288 • Total Expenses in 2010 = $594,174,547 • Total “profit” = $65,634,741

  15. Good News

  16. More Good News Good News for Society • Higher levels of volunteer work, blood donations, voting • Openness to others’ opinions • Healthier, off of welfare

  17. BadNews 65% of graduates have debt Average debt is $25,250 (2011), 5% more than what students owed in 2009 Growing college debt - In 1993, the average student debt was $12,100. Video on Higher Education (2 min) Note: There is widespread belief that colleges do very little to prepare students to be constructive citizens of society.

  18. Bad News College As An Investment • 35% of students graduate in four years and 53% in six years. • It might make more sense to put money in a mutual fund. • It’s very risky especially as the price goes up.

  19. Bad News A Public Policy Investment • Does it create economic growth? • How much personal and public debt does it increase? • What does it do for the poor?

  20. Really Bad News Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2010.

  21. Bad News Social and Economic Downside

  22. Bad News Lack of Job Preparation • “90% of college graduates reported that their degree was useful in getting a job but did not prepare them with the necessary skills to succeed in the workplace.” Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/15/2004 • 80% of employers say that students are not prepared for the workforce (Survey by Duffey Communications, 2005)

  23. What students Learn in College? • Not much academically • “Prose” and “document” literacy has declined by about 25% from 1992 to 2003. Quantitative skills stayed the same at 31% proficient. • “Graduate but Not Literate,” Inside Higher Education News, December 16, 2005 reporting on the U.S. Education Departments student entitled “The National Assessment of Adult Literacy.”

  24. What does this mean? • “Too many people are going to college…for most America’s young people, today’s college is a punishing anachronism.” Charles Murray

  25. America’s Reality • “We have set up a standard known as the B.A., stripped it of its traditional content, and made it an artificial job qualification. Then we stigmatize everyone that doesn’t get one.” Charles Murray

  26. How Many 25 & Older Have Bachelors Degrees 32%

  27. For You—This is Reality • “A college degree and a dollar will get you four quarters.” Bill Coplin in 10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College

  28. Reduce the Riskiness of College • Figure out X • A College Degree + X = Career Success

  29. Graduate School Sucks Too • Unless required for job (e.g., Doctors and Lawyers but Law School Sucks) • Unless you have at least 2 years experience after college • Unless the program you take has high job placement that you can verify • Universities are in business and you are the sales target.

  30. Enough About You • What does it mean for America? • Is subsidizing college good public policy like the College Board claims?

  31. Federal Policy Proposals to Make Higher Education Work for the Public Good –Ex. 6.2 • Direct financial aid for students to where there are job shortages • Require Accountability for Learning Outcomes • Provide grants to colleges that give credit for extensive community-based learning One more policy…

  32. Why So Much Support for College? • The middle and upper middle class want it that way. • In the name of helping all, we create four years of summer camp for the richest half of America • In the name of equality, the middle and upper class get more subsidies

  33. Assumptions for New Policy • For you: College should be primarily for developing skills, character and career exploration • For public policy: Federal spending on college should be about workforce preparation and not obtaining a college degree

  34. Policy proposal at the federal, state and local level • Warning to Prospective Students: No guarantee is implied that students will achieve the outcomes described in these materials. All educational investments carry risk. Success depends on individual performance and conditions outside the control of this institution.

  35. A Word from an Alum…

  36. For next class • Email your TA the Prospective Community Service Form by 12:45pm Wednesday • Should be finished with all exercises in chapter 2 and 3 by Friday • Read Chapter 4 • Module 2 due 12:45 on Friday, 10/3 http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/paf101

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