Everyone who has read this blog agrees they don't want courses to be cut. So now that we have all decided on that, what can we do now?
We need to take action and stop the cutting before starts. How we do it depends on the number of people we can attain to protest this situation. Some ideas I've heard from other's comments is that we should start a petition and a vote, and I think it's absolutely possible.
They key with petition success is making it easy. We can have a web space set up where people can go online and take less than a minute to sign against course cutting. We could set up places in the student center or in the different buildings where people could stop for just a minute, listen, and then sign.
Another step would be having many people write to the administration. If we can get the administation to agree to not cut courses if so many people disagree with it, we will really get people interested in signing the petition.
The first step is showing the administration that we are not okay with this idea, and we would like to have a say in decisions where budget cutting concerns. After all, we are the ones who will take the most damage, we should have a say in what we want here at SLCC.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Key Elements
What have we learned about course cutting? There isn't much to it, but there are some key elements to it.
Firstly, The economy is going downhill and SLCC is suffering quite a bit. They are running out of money and need to find some places they can discard to save more money. Secondly, because they need to cut expenses they want to find the easiest and less damaging places to do it. Thirdly, the best option is to cut unwanted classes so that they may focus on the classes that count.
For those reading this, the best course of action would be to get involved. The only way to let the administration know the students are concerned about this subject is by showing how much we actually care about it. We should protest against classes that we want being cut and make our opinions heard. Maybe try to get a vote in somewhere. After all, we are the ones who are going to take the blow, the administration doesn't have much to do with us losing classes. We should try to get involved and see what we can do to help.
If you're going to comment my blog, know that I feel like I'm repeating myself in these blogs. Does anyone have any other outlooks on this subject? Why they are cutting courses, or your opinions on what solutions you might have. I'd appreciate another outlook!
Firstly, The economy is going downhill and SLCC is suffering quite a bit. They are running out of money and need to find some places they can discard to save more money. Secondly, because they need to cut expenses they want to find the easiest and less damaging places to do it. Thirdly, the best option is to cut unwanted classes so that they may focus on the classes that count.
For those reading this, the best course of action would be to get involved. The only way to let the administration know the students are concerned about this subject is by showing how much we actually care about it. We should protest against classes that we want being cut and make our opinions heard. Maybe try to get a vote in somewhere. After all, we are the ones who are going to take the blow, the administration doesn't have much to do with us losing classes. We should try to get involved and see what we can do to help.
If you're going to comment my blog, know that I feel like I'm repeating myself in these blogs. Does anyone have any other outlooks on this subject? Why they are cutting courses, or your opinions on what solutions you might have. I'd appreciate another outlook!
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