L/P credits: Are they useless?
As we are winding down the final weeks of the semester, we worry about finals that are coming up, the approaching postseason sports tournaments or the big paper that is due in two days that we haven’t even started. There is also another item that students are stressing about as well: L/P, or lecture performance credits.
What exactly are these? Do they serve a purpose, or are they meant to add onto the stress of the college student?
As a college student, I have too many worries about the many things I must do before graduation, and I feel as though I have little time to do anything else while I am working toward this. Sometimes my weekends are open, but it seems as if many of the L/P events are during the week, such as the SOS workshops that are directed mainly to freshmen.
Like a lot of students at the university, I have to study every night to get all the information from class retained in my brain. I don’t have much time to worry about going to the upcoming L/P event. So my question is this: why have L/P requirements?
I understand it is a way to get students involved around campus and see what is going on, which is fine.
My problem is the number of L/P events we are required to go to. Students have to attend a certain number of events in order to get the L/P credit they need to graduate or can take an extra three hour course. I think it should be the student’s choice whether or not to go to these events, because the student is paying for his or her education.
Why add the stress to a student who already has so much to do? We already have to worry about general education requirements, plus requirements for both our major and minor.
I see the point of getting a student to attend events on campus, but like I said, that should be the student’s choice rather than a requirement. Requiring students to be there often means an inattentive or even disrespectful audience for our guest. Many students can be seen texting or talking during performances. If all the audience members were there because they actually wanted to be there, the performer would have a much more attentive audience.
Being a senior, I feel I didn’t really gain much from the requirement other than finding ways to be entertained by musical events, comedians, magicians or annual events held by the university.
From being around my friends who attend this university, I feel as though they do not want to go to any of these because they are worn out from everything else they have to do during the day.
I would attend these events if they weren’t such a hassle for my schedule, and I feel that many students at UIndy agree. I don’t think many students would want to go to something that conflicts with their schedule, and it can wear the student out for the rest of the day, affecting grades. If they could find a way to make them more flexible for the students or require fewer L/P events to get the credit, then worrying about L/P events wouldn’t be such a problem and add so much stress in the end.
