Despite all of this publicity, I recall only two students attending the first evening forum and none other than a student committee member at the second evening forum. We did invite three students who were recording the second evening forum for a film class to take part eventually to provide a student perspective. I wish that substantial numbers of students had chosen to take advantage of these evening sessions organized by the subcommittee on their behalf. However, the opportunity to provide input still exists. In fact, it is not necessarily the SOFI that I want to challenge in this letter, but its administration.
Many students can probably relate to the following scenario.
It's SOFI day, Your teacher waits until there are thirty seconds left in the period, then quickly designates someone to deliver the completed forms to Erwin and rushes out. The students are left sitting in the classroom with only seconds left of the period to complete a form that they may not even understand. What I believe needs immediate change is the way SOFIs are administered, and this must start immediately without any new forms or techniques. This should be mandatory. In my limited experience, some of the worst professors I've had at Geneseo have tossed out the SOFIs with only minutes left in the class, while the best have given unlimited time at the start of class.