By Bradley Willis

Students nowadays have available to them vast resources to accommodate their every whim; however, the vast majority of students abuse these resources. Students are told to check their GroupWise accounts, check their schedules, and go to Ulink.

Technology has made it easy to skip class: send an e-mail to your professor “claiming” that you’re sick, when in fact you just didn’t feel like going, due in large part to your negligent attitude pertaining to commitments, but for the most part because lecture notes were posted on Blackboard.

The University of Louisville aims to make the daily routine of the student more efficient by providing accessible ways in which to communicate with faculty and each other. Students listen to faculty explain how great these resources are because they didn’t have such outlets when they were students. Whether or not students listen is up for debate.

Students will continue abusing the resources that create continuity between faculty and student, or vice-versa, unless drastic changes occur with the student body’s usage of resources. Students need to become more self-aware and realize that being honest with correspondence between faculty and peers is a crucial element pertaining to the “right” way in using student communicative resources.

You’re in college knowing you will work for a living. Take advantage of the resources provided to help your degree progress and prepare you for the means by which many companies and organizations in this country operate.

Most employers use the same systems of communication the university uses. But the attitude has to change when communicating with your employer. You can’t casually send an e-mail to your boss stating, you’re “not got going to make it in.” Students need to use their time in college to change their ways, and research modes that aren’t self-destructive and create good habits that will make the transfer to life in the working realm seamless.

Maybe administrators need to strip students of luxuries. This way, students can realize how difficult tasks like communication and research can become. Students should keep in mind how fortunate they are for living in the technocratic age. That being said, students never lived in a so-called “age” previous to this, so forgive me for sounding archaic.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some lecture notes I need to retrieve.