Student Café
chat room: Support to learning |
In general, student cafés associated with various courses quickly disappear, as if the students could not find anything to hang on to. It is because of this that this café is a continuity of the collaboration and spirit of mutual help that developed in the pedagogical chat room of the mathematics course that we decided to introduce it to you. Here, too, the messages are presented integrally, with mistakes in English.
Aimed mainly at encouraging socialization, the student café, initially, was used by certain students to freely and spontaneously express what they felt (this café is boring, certain parts of the course are difficult, and so on). With time, this chat room became a meeting place for motivation, help in persevering, mutual help and stress management, faced with the final examination.
As you read these messages, you will quickly see the importance and power of the emotional dimension in learning.
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| To know more |
Frank |
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| I can say
that this is really not like your standard CEGEP. The title says we’re
here to make friends, but I don’t think that that’s the case.
School, now, that’s where it’s more fun. It’s the only
place except work (but that’s another story) that you rub shoulders
with people all day. Although it’s a course where we’re only
in contact by pieces of metallic wire, we could make
a little effort to share our lives other than our life at school??? Anyways, it’s your own fault if you don’t have fun while you’re learning. Frank |
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| It’s boring |
Caroline |
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| Hi guys!
yeah, yeah… Me too, I agree that the student café is not too busy, it’s boring: how are you doing in your course?? I’m only starting chapter two but it’s fun I got a good mark for the first assignment, it’s encouraging!! Well, CU you later! bye Caroline |
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| Hi! |
Nancy |
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| I may have
seemed kinda distant for not using the student cafe before today. It’s
just that I’ve really been rushing around these last months (work,
intensive French courses and review of my sec 5 math). You may not believe
this, but I’ve just finished my first assignment!!! You don’t
know how happy
I am and that’s why I could not stop myself from writing to you.
I’m going to do everything I can to contact you now because my new
boss is unemployment; and work hours are not his thing HA HA HA!!! BTW, I want to thank Claire for helping me out. Nancy |
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| Encourage each other
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Claire |
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| Hello everybody, I’m happy to see that now there is more communication among students, I think that it’s a good way for you to encourage each other and to know that you can help each other out, if you write a few words to each other whenever you do work on the site. Have a good day everybody. Claire |
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| Hi |
Vincent |
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| I
had a vision last night: Everybody was posting what chapters they
were on every two weeks and everybody was happy to be surfing together
toward mathematical success… Tuesday morning comment. Vincent |
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| Re: Hi |
Nancy |
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| Hey! Vincent!
Are
you a visionary and a magician? I’d be the first to ask you
to put a spell on me that’ll make me finish and post my assignments
every two weeks. Thanks for your little message of encouragement. See you! Nancy |
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| Re: Re: Hi |
Paula (tutor) |
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| Hi Vincent,
I
hope everybody reads your message soon! …and answers it. Paula (tutor) |
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| Assignment 4 |
Vincent |
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| Hello everybody! It’s good to know that others are on chap. 4, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s not that easy. I’ve only got a few weeks left to finish three chapters and prepare for the exam. There’s some advice I have to give everybody who still has a lot of time left (to everybody, actually): plan, and above all, stick to your schedule!!! Vincent |
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| Re: Assignment 4 |
Claire |
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| Hi everybody! I too sent in my assignment 4 today… but I don’t find it easy. I’d like those who are not already there to stay motivated and speed it up. Don’t give up!! We all have to make it. Have a nice day! Claire |
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| New people |
Vincent |
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| Hello Hello!
I haven’t come by here for a little while now… I see that the new people are not any more talkative than we were at the beginning! I hope they’ll come to understand that good communication is vital to their success... Vincent |
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| It's done! mouhahahahahahahaahaah! |
Steve |
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| Hi everybody Paula wanted me to write my result (100 %) on the final exam… Don’t give up, if I can do it, everybody can do it. I must say that I did the course already during the previous session. It does help a little HA HA… Good luck to all of you and as far as I’m concerned, I’ve still got 4 years of university. Yuck….. Ciao, don’t give up'. Steve |
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| Re: It's
done! mouhahahahahahahaahaah! |
Vincent |
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| Hello everybody, The jazz festival is starting and I’m not going to miss my favourite artist… Well concerning your mark of 100%, congrats) !!! It’s with perseverance that we can overcome the worst difficulties and I congratulate you, if your parents haven’t already done it, I give you a big hug (isn’t it worth at least a little virtual hug) and good luck at university, who knows maybe we’ll see each other in the halls. Well, enough chatting, I have to go back to chapter 1, hmm seems like it’s taking a long time… Vincent |
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| Exam |
Vincent |
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| I know that
Paula might think that I’m kind of a pain, but I’d like to
talk about the exam again… I read Steve’s message (Mister
100%), and I thought that it would be nice if the students that passed
the exam would tell us how they feel, whether it was more or less difficult
than the assignments, and what part of the course was emphasized… Anyway, the usual information we share at school =] ps: From a more personal point of view, I still have 7 days to study before my exam (whoo hoo)... and I’m panicking (hmm, that’s normal for me)… Vincent |
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| Re: Exam |
Paula |
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| You are
right, Vincent. I’ll ask the students to talk a bit more and to
relieve a little of your stress. Right now, I can’t contact them
because they no longer read their messages; they are finished. I’ll
try to take their place. The exam is less difficult than the assignments,
according to me. There are fewer algebraic operations… On a more personal level: You’re panicking! Relax! You have good results on your assignments. The exam will not be a surprise, but rather a repetition of what you’ve already done. To prepare, you will find all the pertinent information on the site. I’ll help you to browse… I’m anxious to correct your exam. I’ll give you your mark in MESSAGING, as soon as I get your exam and correct it. Paula |
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| A little weight
I was feeling on my shoulders... |
Serge |
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| Hey everybody!
I just finished my exam 30 minutes ago. A little weight I was feeling
on my shoulders has finally lifted. Unfortunately, this little weight
was not welcome because I was expecting to end my existence this evening
and it wasn’t the case at any time. The exam is very straightforward,
no surprises, no ambiguities, and not too long (I know what I’m
talking about because I’m the kind who always makes the teachers
wait during exams because I’m never finished). Anyway, I’ll
give you some news when I get my mark… Bye for now, and don’t
give up, if I can do it, anybody can do it! Serge |
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| Exam .. oufff |
Julie |
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| Hi everybody!!!
It’s exam day!! Wow it’s stressful but first I have to go
to work!! So bye for now Julie |
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| Re: Exam .. oufff |
Paula (tutor) |
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| So? |
Vincent |
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| How was your
incredible adventure? As far as I’m concerned (I sat for the exam
on the 21st), I think it went very well (yesssssss), well, I wasn’t
expecting that… The questions are very clear and precise, even more than in the assignments… It’s really fine, it covers all the subject matter well without going into details or problems such as “lets go, why not take the whole page (then your equations take more than a page and every line too) to do the derivative…” It’s a pretty good exam, if you reviewed all the aspects but you don’t master everything to absolute perfection (my personal case), you’ll have a good mark anyway since you do master all the subject matter… I hope this helps/encourages you... ciao! Vincent |
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| News from Julie |
Paula (tutor) |
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| Julie was
worried, right? She passed her course. She got a good grade. I’ll
let her talk to you about it, if she wants. Paula (tutor) |
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| hooraaaaaaaaaayyy
:) |
Julie |
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| I finished
my course!!! :) and I passed with high marks! Finally, for my exam
I got 76% not bad :) I haven’t calculated my final mark but I did
very well!! Sooo good luck everybody and don’t give up!! It's
worth it to participate and encourage each other!!! Bye for now and maybe see you in another course… who knows :) Julie |
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| I’m on holiday!!! |
Nathalie |
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Answer |
| Hey group! I did the exam last night. During the day I was really nervous. Mastering 7 chapters, that’s no small potatoes (at CEGEP exams are not cumulative). I even thought of cancelling my exam… But in the end, it went well! I’m even sure that I passed. It’s a really good exam. Not too long, not too hard, medium difficulty! (It seems like they’ve taken the amount of subject matter to study into consideration) So now I’ve got 2 days off that were well deserved… I’m starting CEGEP Monday… Nathalie P.S. En constatant le pouvoir de ce Café étudiant, on peut se demander s'il n'y aurait pas lieu de l'annoncer différemment. Actuellement, on peut lire : " Le café étudiant virtuel vous appartient. C'est un lieu de rencontre entre élèves où vous pouvez discuter de vos états d'âme, de votre prochaine fin de semaine ou de tout autre sujet de votre choix. C'est un bon endroit pour créer des liens avec les autres personnes inscrites au cours. " En ajoutant la phrase suivante, on pourrait peut-être le rendre plus actif : " Certains élèves se servent de ce café pour s'encourager, se motiver, pour dire où ils en sont rendus dans leur apprentissage, dans la remise de leurs devoirs, etc. " |
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