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[katallison.livejournal.com]

This challenge *rocks.* One thing I've been enjoying in some of the stories (shellmidwife's and heuradys's, for example) is writers taking the opportunity to use some of their own specific professional knowledge in the documents they create. So this weekend, after several grueling days of getting new college students oriented and registed, and scribbling reams of file notes, I found this floating into my head. It's wayyyy over the word limit, so I'm posting it on my own webspace rather than in LJ, with apologies for inconvenience. Just a bit of silly fluff, but I had fun writing it.

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Academic advisor flash

[(Anonymous)]

This was terrific re: DS but it was completely different from my college advisement experience. In my department, the "advisor" was the department secretary, and "advisement" consisted of taking your intended schedule to her before registration, her asking if you were sure you had the prerequisites and that you had chosen correctly, followed by her stamping and signing your form. Then you'd say "see you next semester" and that would be it.

BK

[katallison.livejournal.com]

*g* You are totally correct, and actually I forgot to append an intended author's note saying that a student would never really get this kind of advising in a community college (or in most 4-year colleges, for that matter). I was going by the approach we use at the college where I work, which allows/encourages a much higher level of advisor involvement. It *is* a great place to work (I keep telling myself this, as I gear up for another all-consuming day of orientation).