[Apologies for this quite late post: I planned on writing it before the start of the Fall 2024 semester, but the preparation for that semester turned out to be more time-consuming than expected, and the semester itself was quite a challenge timewise.]
I am a Computer and Information Science lecturer at Brooklyn College. I recorded a 2-minute audio…[Read more]

• Since I am teaching Computer Science classes, which might get quite technical at times, I always try to find a story or analogy of a principle we learn in class that will, in easier terms, explain why that CS principle is so important. Example: In the Workstation Programming course that I instructed in Spring 2024, we learned that computers…

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On the 1st day of classes, we spend the first part of the lecture on introductions: I start by introducing myself as the instructor to the class: I tell them what my name is, what degrees I earned (and that I earned them from Brooklyn College <3) and that I am a PhD student now. I also let my student know that they can reach out any time: during…[Read more]

The answer below is for the following prompt:

Think of a time when you had to do something you did not want to and were successful. How did you navigate that challenge? By what means did you transition from, “I don’t want to do this.” to “I want to do this.”? Where did you find the motivation? How did you stay engaged?

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• As many responders have already said above, higher education does not only serve as a means towards landing a respectful job in either industry or academic field or for increasing one’s qualifications but also shapes one’s perspective of life (from all aspects: social, financial, linguistic, cultural, etc.) and introduces that person to schools…

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