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Originally Posted by flamingchina
because 18 year olds can't communicate by and large.
(hopefully these skills are learning in university, but then again who knows...)
A large part of a BComm education is now group work + presentations, to get you comfortable doing those things.
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18 year olds CAN communicate, just not always properly. It takes a few group projects and presentations to improve that.
This is why I strongly disagree with direct entry from high school into selective faculties. The kids just aren't ready, and end up taking spots that could have been given to transfer students who have a couple years of post-secondary under their belt and are familiar with the workings of the post-secondary experience. When a faculty can only take in so many applicants, and a certain percentage end up dropping out or switching faculties after their first or second year, couldn't those spots be given to students who have earned their right to be there and, more importantly,
want to be there? As a BComm student, I have been disappointed seeing talented and motivated people get the shaft for a place in the business faculty to high school students who have no idea what it takes to be there, all because their GPA is a half point off from the high school student with an above-average grade.
I still see people come out of the school with zero 'emotional intelligence', and it's not any fault of the faculty. It's just that some people refuse to or ignore the teamwork part of their education that really counts.