by Kenneth Park on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 4:38pm
I am teaching two courses this semester.
One is survey course anatomy and physiology.
The other is advanced course anatomy and physiology.
Both of my classes are full and have people on the waiting list to get in.
The dilema came about when one of the students who got an email from school registration office that her seat is available to register.
When she tried to register, registration office asked for an electronic permit from me.
Me being her teacher I should but the problem was that I was not supposed to override the waiting list.
What does that mean?
That means if anyone else is ahead of a student who tries to get in my class, I cannot give a green light to her because there are other students waiting to get in ahead of her. So, I called registration office and see how I can help.
Registration office says I do need to send the office electronic permit.
I talked to Health and Science department and the assistant dean says I should not.
Because the policy is not to override the waiting list.
Poor student who really would like to take my class is stuck in between.
Registration requires a permit from me.
Me being an employee, I can't go against the policy and give her a green light.
What's my take on this?
This problem is created because of computerized registration process.
Technically all the waiting list people ought to be cleared from the system a week after semester begins.
It has been longer than a week and those waiting list people are still there on the website and because those people who are not even enrolled in my class, the other student who wants to get in can't get in my class.
Does that make sense?
I don't like computerized system.
It has no flexibility.
If you study extracellular matrix, it has two components; ground substance which are proteins and polysacharrides and the other being fibers.
There are three types of fibers; Collagen, Elastic and Reticular.
Particularly, elastic fiber has two very important proteins; elastin and fibrillin.
Elastin is responsible for elasticity for connective tissue that is the most abundant cell in our body.
Fibrillin is responsible for stability for again connective tissue.
When you don't have fibrillin, you end up gettting a disease called Marfan's disease from which people may die due to lack of tissue strength and traumatic injuries. Well, it is a genetic problem rather than an acquired problem.
But if you lack elastin, you will be too stiff. Too stiff to move.
Computerized system is like NO elastin and only fibrillin left in the connective tissue.
That is bad and sad.
Just a note from my personal experience with regard to the computerized registration system in the school i teach.
Lack of elastin, too much fibrillin? Rigidity ??
by Kenneth Park on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 4:38pm
I am teaching two courses this semester.
One is survey course anatomy and physiology.
The other is advanced course anatomy and physiology.
Both of my classes are full and have people on the waiting list to get in.
The dilema came about when one of the students who got an email from school registration office that her seat is available to register.
When she tried to register, registration office asked for an electronic permit from me.
Me being her teacher I should but the problem was that I was not supposed to override the waiting list.
What does that mean?
That means if anyone else is ahead of a student who tries to get in my class, I cannot give a green light to her because there are other students waiting to get in ahead of her. So, I called registration office and see how I can help.
Registration office says I do need to send the office electronic permit.
I talked to Health and Science department and the assistant dean says I should not.
Because the policy is not to override the waiting list.
Poor student who really would like to take my class is stuck in between.
Registration requires a permit from me.
Me being an employee, I can't go against the policy and give her a green light.
What's my take on this?
This problem is created because of computerized registration process.
Technically all the waiting list people ought to be cleared from the system a week after semester begins.
It has been longer than a week and those waiting list people are still there on the website and because those people who are not even enrolled in my class, the other student who wants to get in can't get in my class.
Does that make sense?
I don't like computerized system.
It has no flexibility.
If you study extracellular matrix, it has two components; ground substance which are proteins and polysacharrides and the other being fibers.
There are three types of fibers; Collagen, Elastic and Reticular.
Particularly, elastic fiber has two very important proteins; elastin and fibrillin.
Elastin is responsible for elasticity for connective tissue that is the most abundant cell in our body.
Fibrillin is responsible for stability for again connective tissue.
When you don't have fibrillin, you end up gettting a disease called Marfan's disease from which people may die due to lack of tissue strength and traumatic injuries. Well, it is a genetic problem rather than an acquired problem.
But if you lack elastin, you will be too stiff. Too stiff to move.
Computerized system is like NO elastin and only fibrillin left in the connective tissue.
That is bad and sad.
Just a note from my personal experience with regard to the computerized registration system in the school i teach.
Ken