Post 1. Studies. Murashova Vera


My life absolutely changed since I had entered the NSU. Thus, in this short essay I want to share my ideas about studying at school and at the university.
To start with, the hardest thing I faced with when I entered the university was to understand the system. I mean the so-called unspoken rules which everybody follow. For example, it is up to you whether you attend classes or not - nobody cares; or, for instance, if you want to know and understand any subject well, it is not enough to do all the home tasks – you need to find the necessary material on your own.
Then, actually the most surprising  thing for me was the way lecturers explain the material. At school we were just to read different student’s books together with a teacher, but here lecturers explain the material with their own words and make it much more interesting. However, there was also an unpleasant surprise - the way we get marks. In the most cases it depends on your activity during seminars-if you are not ready to ‘jump with a raising hand’ you have almost no chances to get a good mark.
Finally, the biggest difference is your own attitude to studying. From my own experience I can say that at school in most cases I studied for good marks, while now  being at the university I study for knowledge and for my own.
To sum up, I would say that this is just my personal opinion, so there could be a lot of arguable aspects that you can probably disagree with. Thus, why do not we discuss it in the comments below.

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  1. Natalia EydelmanMarch 3, 2019 at 10:18 PM

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts about differences b/w studying at school and the university. You have explained them quite well, however, it is not clear from your post which method of instruction you prefer.

    You've also mentioned the grading system practised at the university. From your post I got the impression this is a common system. However, from my own experience as a teacher I can say that this is common for theoretical courses, not for the practical ones. Is it so?

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    1. Natalia EydelmanMarch 3, 2019 at 10:22 PM

      Also, I have a question about a grammar point: you wrote about jumping with a raising hand’, which seems to be incorrect; In English, the verbs "to rise" and "raise" are considered one of the most confusing ones. Do you know the difference? Which one is "transitive" and which one is "intransitive"?

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    2. Natalia EydelmanMarch 3, 2019 at 10:28 PM

      Here is my answer: "raise" is [T] while "rise" is [I] and an easy way to remember it is to remember the expression 'RAISE YOUR HAND", which shows that you need a direct object after "raisae". It can also help you to remember that "RISE" is [I]. Thus in your post you need to say "with a raised hand" Do you understand why?

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