On my first day of law school at De Paul university in Chicago, our professor instructed us to write down our name, phone number and hobbies, he explained that he wanted the information so he could notify us of any changes in class time or assignments.
“So why do you want our hobbies?” one student asked.
“I’ll give these sheets back to you at the end of the year,” he said. “This way you can remember what you used to do when you had free time.”
Could you tell me what the professor means by his last sentence?
He is making a little joke. He means that his students will be so busy for a year that they will not have any time to spend on their hobbies.
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He is making a little joke.
He means that his students will be so busy for a year that they will not have any time to spend on their hobbies.
He is possibly interested in seeing if his course may somehow influence a change in your free time activities, but as he stated he wants the student to see and reflect on any possible changes.
It is a reflection opportunity to show that experiences can alter what a person finds important and/or interesting. Everyone will have new experiences moving forward from any given day and most pe