>expected to just figure stuff out
I'm not trying to belittle people who need help, but those who don't like to figure stuff out might be in the wrong field...
I'm not trying to belittle people who need help, but those who don't like to figure stuff out might be in the wrong field...
These students need some time to learn how to think. That doesn't mean they can't, just that they don't know how yet.
Figuring stuff out should be the number one priority of education. I think it should be a policy. Even if that wouldn't change much by itself, beauracracies being what they are, a few more people would take it to heart.
When thinking about the geek or IT fields, I expect that people should like figuring stuff out, the typical nerd/engineer mindset. That's not everybody in CS programs I know, but my inner geek wants it to be.