Have you ever had a moment where you find yourself in A&H and in order to make a connection to a class of young students, a Liberal Arts professor tries to use business lingo and it just ends up being awkward and having nothing to really do with anything?

I have. Trust me, stick to literature.

I don’t like mixing Liberal Arts with Business, that is what OB/TOM is supposed to do, incorporate people with business, but the students have such a poor attitude towards the course that most of us fail to realize the importance of OB/TOM. Yes students, I said the IMPORTANCE of OB/TOM, and no, I wasn’t wasted when I wrote this. I think a lot of this is due to the fact that the course not only ends before the semester is over but is only 2 credits. OB/TOM is a practice of what really happens in the work place w/ people, not just balance and income statements…Babson students don’t graduate to work with other entrepreneurs just like them, we are thrown into the mix of Emerson, Harvard, UMASS, Darthmouth MassBay, Wellesley, Bentley etc. (and those are just limited to our region) and we do not all think alike and crave to achieve the bottom line so classes like OB/TOM, as ridiculous as they seem clue is into the fact that the workplace is indeed DIVERSE!

And if the faculty is listening, I propose that we change part of the curriculum, especially for transfers because I came to Babson literate, and after transferring and having to revert to Freshman courses during my Sophomore year, I found Rhetoric B far more redundant than useful. On top of that, somehow I was allowed by my advisor to take H&S, A&H, and Rhetoric A at the same time on top of a Law Elective, MOB and QTM Honors (b/c it fit in my schedule and yes…I got an A in Calc but Minitab is a whole other world to me, SHOUT-OUT to my lab partner who literally carried me on his back throughout the semester, I owe part of my Babson degree to you, kid! RESPECT! U.N.I.T.Y.)…I had no idea what a tremendously suffocating workload that would be. Office of Academic Services, help me out. And yes, I did go to your advising hours. Being a transfer sucked, no one wants to be a Freshman twice.

If you are saying to yourself, “why is this girl bitching again…” here are some suggestions for the curriculum. Let Professor Philips continue to do his thing b/c he’s the shit ( that means AMAZING for the faculty and staff that read this) BUT..as for E-tech, Environmental Tech, etc., replace all that crap that we already learned in Physical Science in 7th grade with something usefull like a required Web-tech class or ENGINEERING! Partner with Olin? Integrate?

Look at the market Babson, the lattest trend has been CONNECTIVITY. And yes, I do realize that you have cross-registration but not everyone has the means to commute to other schools. Also, please look into consolidating your Foundation Liberal Arts. I would also like to out Professor Goldberg at this moment for another outstanding job with our Liberal Arts program for any underclassmen reading this and looking for Advanced Liberal Art Classes that will change your life. I am very thankful that I transferred in most of my Liberal Arts Curriculum, I think Babson has the opportunity to strengthen their curriculum here.
This blog is how is also how I plan to help, I can’t really do anything else during the day b/c if I miss more than 2 classes due to Babson’s attendance policy, my grades will go gown a partial letter grade. I did obsess about grades before Babson, as I believe all of us did at one point, but BABSON - WEIGHING DOWN OUR G.P.A. is not cool - check out Harvard, they give out A’s and B’s like free condoms from Health Services.
And if you are then asking, what else do I do in my time? I work so I can afford to not eat at Trim. Warning, the next comment is not for the faint-hearted. I don’t understand how Trim gives me the shits everytime I go. Anyone agree or disagree? I would love the community’s feedback.

And for all that have told me, “you don’t know what Babson unless you went through FME,” ONE BABSON BITCHES, transfers are people too.

2007, Love.

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