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Students and Professors Disagree on Why Freshman Struggle Their First Semester

Published: Friday, April 27, 2012

Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012 23:04

“You need to learn the basic concepts and terms and goals and so forth because these are the concepts and terms we use to discuss the subject,” he said.

Plazek says that many incoming freshmen are not ready for college. He acknowledges that it is a tough transition from high school.

“Especially when you have a lot of students that are coming from high school where they didn’t have to do homework and they got good grades,” Plazek said. “You have to do the homework in my classes to pass.”

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