5- When you enter the college classroom, you bring with you years of experience from all your previous classrooms, from elementary school through high school. What kind of mind-set might you bring to your current classrooms and how might your mindset influence your experiences at the University? What mind0sets might instructors have developed over the years? What role do you think you might have in shaping--and reshaping--classroom?

As a current graduate from high school I know first hand that teachers instill certain thoughts of what to expect when they attend college. I had a lot of teachers who told me things like, you have to manage time, do not expect teachers to care about you because you will not have a personal relationship between them, develop better study habits, and put fourth the effort needed to accomplish goals in each class. When I entered into college I did not expect my teacher's to know my name or care about me as an individual. I look forward to late night and hard work. So basically I entered college thinking that I cannot count on anyone except for myself so I had to make the best choices for myself in order to succeed. Based on me having this particular mindset I will put fourth more effort and it will make me a better student. Teacher's, as well, have developed certain mindsets on how incoming students will act. I believe that most professors and teacher look for students being immature and not having good study habits. They know that students will probably depend on them more than they should. Teachers will therefore be more prepared to handle situations that incoming students will put themselves into. I think I will not have a great influence on shaping or reshaping classrooms because there are so many students that there has to be more than one person to change the ways of the classroom. I can say that I might be an example or influence on some, but in a way to shape or reshape the classroom, I do not think that is possible as of right now.