Thursday, February 6, 2020
Should WTF exist in Chemistry?
Should WTF exist in Chemistry?If you have taken any science courses, you might have heard of the 'Wastes-of-Time' rule that states that WOT or WTE is bad. When a professor gives this rule, it means that WOT will be more of a burden for you than a help. The reason why this rule is used is because it is the standard way of measuring the amount of time that it will take to finish a project, and WTE is the average number of days it will take to finish the project.Another thing that I wanted to talk about in relation to WOT and WTE is that, unlike WOT, there is not an actual concept of a WTF, or Wrongful Turnaround Time. In order to get an actual time, the project has to be halfway finished before the deadline. So, what the professor is saying is that, since the deadline is a week away, they will not give a project until it is completed. This is not fair to the student, and most professors do not actually follow the WTF rule.In my opinion, WTF should not exist, and I would suggest elimina ting the WTF rule completely. Why is it so important that projects must be done in 30 days or less? It is important because it makes sense to schedule projects such that it will take about a week to complete the project and then it will be good enough to submit the project for approval. How can we increase the productivity of our students?I would suggest that we schedule science projects such that it will take less than a week to complete, but it will take a lot longer to prepare for it. By doing this, I am trying to create more support for students, which will increase their confidence and make them feel more comfortable during the course. They will also have more time to enjoy the course by learning more in the process. That will bring a positive change in their attitude towards the course.Students need to understand that one time is not going to replace another time, so they need to learn how to plan their time wisely. When planning their time wisely, they are asking the professo r to look at what they are doing during their project and prioritize the time as if it were a project to be submitted. If they were making progress towards their WOT, they could move onto the next project. They will want to think about what they are doing in the coming weeks and months, and then think about how the project is going to affect their GPA and their grade.It is great when they are solving a problem, because it means that they are looking at the problem from a different perspective. However, if the problem is a WTF, it means that the problem is more complicated than it really is, and that is why it is really important to use the WTF as a tool to help the student find solutions to the problem.Another reason that I do not believe that the WTF should exist is because it creates a lower grade for students who do not solve the problem correctly. These problems often will be solved by the student with the best grade. The problem in using WTF in chemistry is that the grade gets lost because the student is solving the problem incorrectly, and it will be difficult for them to fix the problem properly, which is important for a grade.
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