Friday, December 7, 2007

Experience, experience and more experience

I went to a a group meeting a month or so ago and we discussed if we thought we were prepared to graduate and what could be changed to better prepare us. The common theme throughout was that people gained the most knowledge from the experience they got at their internship. In light of this, I really believe that we should be required to have at least two internships to graduate.
I think that we have great classes and teachers in our college, but nothing can really prepare us for the real world like the real world experience that we get from internships. With that in mind, it seems only logical that we should be required to do more than just one. For some of those go-getters, they have gone out on their own and done more than what was required, but for others, they won't do it unless they are forced. Those people may just need the extra push to get some more experience.
By changing the required hours to 5-6 or requiring a minimum of two internships, I think it would prepare the students a tremendous amount more. I think it should be something that the college thinks about and encourages students to do.

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