Whats Your Study Hour's System

[lilykkg]

As everyone said it is a huge time-waster. I can count the number of times I actually studied at study hours on one hand. My chapter's study hours weren't mandatory (unless your GPA was low and you had to bring it up).

[agzg]

I loved study tables and my GPA went up when I was required to attend, so I ended up attending even when I wasn't required. I even set up a system for myself when I was in grad school.

But I was (and still am, I guess), a huge nerd. It didn't work for most of the rest of my chapter, but rewarding high GPAs and good performance on quizzes and exams, along with study skills tips and assistance with time management did work for lots of people.

In short - you can't rely on study hours (or I guess in this case "hour's") to do the hard work for you. Implement a full-on scholarship program and you'll probably see better results. Forcing someone to sit in a library for 2 hours a day "just cause" is pointless. There's no point in punishing folks for not attending if their GPA is still at or above the required GPA

[PhiAlpha05]

AFAIK, my chapter only does study hours with pledges as part of Pledge Ed (there's a certain number of required study hours with an initiated sister). In theory it's a great idea, to make sure that schoolwork doesn't get neglected during the pledge term, but I can attest that certain degree programs would not lend themselves well to making study hours useful. For instance--I was in the music school and, much more often than not, had more practicing than written work to do (and I play the piano, not exactly a portable instrument). I could see the same issues for dance, theatre, architecture, art/design, etc. I wasn't asked to complete study hours as a pledge, since I was a founding mother, but I did supervise a few for the music students in my house, and it usually became a social gathering...

(Just something to think about, depending on the distribution of degree programs in your chapter!)

[agzg]

Has your chapter looked into swapping required hours? For example, if you are to do your hours in the library, is there an "exception" for folks with majors that require out of class lab time? My campus had a ton of health care majors, and I believe if people did extra lab hours (outside of what was required for class, but basically in preparation for exams) they were not required to complete all of their study hours.

Of course, lots of freshmen take a lot of gen eds which would require "traditional" study time. So it would depend on the courses they were taking, as well. You could work with faculty to devise the "optimal" study program for each major/year, but that's a lot of work. Of course, if your chapter doesn't have a full-on scholarship program, it might be worth the time. Depends on how big the chapter is and the diversity of majors.

Whatever, I'm a fan of study tables. I've already said that. Libraries are my safe space.

[Kevin]

OP, please review the following link and then consider editing this thread's title.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Kevin

OP, please review the following link and then consider editing this thread's title.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe

The OP hasn't posted since May. (Maybe she's been in mandatory study hours.) And I thought only mods could edit thread titles.

But otherwise, Amen!

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

The OP hasn't posted since May. (Maybe she's been in mandatory study hours.) And I thought only mods could edit thread titles.

But otherwise, Amen!

I can't believe I allowed a misplaced apostrophe to stand unchallenged in May. Where was I?

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I can't believe I allowed a misplaced apostrophe to stand unchallenged in May. Where was I?

Post #3 in this thread.

[Kevin]

Okay then, never mind, I was on my game.

[agzg]

But what's going on with you today?

[Kevin]

Fair point.