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Ahmed Alumair
Prof. McDade
Eng. L 1302
27 November 2013
A major improvement I would like to see at Houston Community College
The one major change I would make at Houston Community College is a simple one and
that is availability of more professors in the field of science, especially general chemistry and
organic chemistry. The reason for this is so simple: a college is an institution where students are
expected to use application of what is being taught in the class and lead into career making
ventures. By having more science professors in Houston Community College, one would be able
to have choices of picking science classes, all year round without being at the mercy of early
registration, because many students have problems of funding their education. Hence, when
registration is open for a particular science class, many of these science classes are filled up
within two days and this for one simple reason there are too many students who are vying for a
small availability of science classes. And those students who happen to be late in registering
within two days of when the classes are open, have to wait for another month or for another
semester, in many cases, and would even be very lucky if the classes are offered the following
semester.
The reason for this is obvious, there are not enough science teachers in Houston
Community College; it’s a simple law of economics, especially the theory of supply and demand,
in which there are more students trying to do sciences or applying for science courses while there
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are few science core professors in the school. For this reason, the section available for each
semester in an organic chemistry class is a maximum of five, and then it becomes difficult to get
into these classes, a week after the class has been opened, it is a no-brainer, that the school ought
to accommodate the number of students in any particular semester, most especially in Texas
Southern University. Which is a school that attracts a lot of students: because of low tuition fees,
compared to the rest of post-high school establishments.
The financial situation of the country has made it so difficult for students to come by
money easily these days. Parents are struggling to pay for the bills, hence, students need to find a
way to pay for their own tuition, in a higher-institution of learning. This explains the reason why,
most often than not, students don’t register within the first week when classes are open for
