Mason talks about his academic journey at WSU

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Hi, everyone. I'm double majoring in political science and public relations at Washington State University. I chose these majors design and passionate about being involved in the creation of policy in America and helping make people's lives better. Will also gain the communication skills to articulate it to the public. The work. A lot of political science can be heavy at times because there are so many reasons that can be dense with policy descriptions. In theory, it has been manageable for me, and I am grateful to have such insightful and helpful professors to guide me through my education. With public relations, it is much more heavy on projects collaborating with fellow students agree to mock company signing logos and strategizing plans to reach the widest audience possible. The classes for political science are mostly lecture style, and good note taking is required to keep up, but is rewarded with professors that are in depth with their teaching and always take time to field questions during and after class. For public relations. The classes are all discussions of the required readings or projects and interacting with students to connect the concepts to a real life example and eventually put them into practice by the end of the class time. The biggest difference between high school and college academics is that you are an independent in your note taking, which can sound scary at first. But I promise suppressors do a great job of making it clear of what concepts will be covered on the test or essays that are assigned. Now I'll pass over to my friend Luke to talk about his academics. So my name is Luke. I am an English major at W s. You, my major specifically is an English teaching, and clearly I chose this because I wanted to become an English teacher. I'm hoping to teach at the high school level, and English was a subject that I felt I had a strong ability in. I felt like I could succeed in it, so it made a lot of sense for me. The workload is, I think, significant, but it's manageable. It's harder than some majors that had before. This is not my first major, W s. You and I would say the English major is you have to plan your time. Well, it's significant. However, much of the work is meaningful as well the classes are largely reading and writing based. There's a discussion element too many of my courses as well. Usually I'll be writing around four essays per class, and so that's where you really have to manage your time. Well, um, because those deadlines catch up to you. So I would say, Um, that's what it looks like from the work or assignment perspective for the teaching classes. Specifically, there's a lot. Of course. Um, there's a lot of assignments that are centered around teaching, such as planning, uh, planning lessons or creating units that you can use as a future teacher. A lot of things geared towards fieldwork. So that's been really cool, the biggest difference between high school and college academics. For me, I think when I compare the English classes I had in high school to the courses I'm taking in college, there's a lot less guidance and hand holding, I would say on the writing process, you have to do a lot more independent. Mhm. Seek guidance independently. If you're struggling, you'll have to reach out yourself to the writing center or to your professor. Um, the assignments are oftentimes less detailed. Professors expect that you know how to write or what to write or can be creative. And you're thinking to answer the prompt. And I think there's less in class opportunities to work on those assignments. I hope this information helped go kooks.