The motto of COA displayed on campus and the official website- “Transform Your Tomorrow” indicates its core idea of emphasizing on the possibilities of every individual. This makes the school not have too many requirements to students from itself, instead, it tends to guide students to find out our own expectations and potentials. Thus, I can feel a more friendly and comfortable relationship between students and staffs here. Most instructors deliver knowledge step by step and giving diverse instructions, tutoring service to different level students. To give students enough time and hope to improve ourselves, most instructors evaluate outcome through multiple strategies: attendance, in-class assignments, homework quiz, essay, tests, and even extra credits. Under this kind of philosophy, students are willing to communicate with staffs and seeking help from tutoring, instead of completely independent studying. Hence the environment in COA makes me feel relaxed because there isn’t obvious competition here since the school is focusing on encouraging students to improve ourselves, not winning a competition to be outstanding. This environment gives students more encouragements but also pushes students less to dig our
The motto of COA displayed on campus and the official website- “Transform Your Tomorrow” indicates its core idea of emphasizing on the possibilities of every individual. This makes the school not have too many requirements to students from itself, instead, it tends to guide students to find out our own expectations and potentials. Thus, I can feel a more friendly and comfortable relationship between students and staffs here. Most instructors deliver knowledge step by step and giving diverse instructions, tutoring service to different level students. To give students enough time and hope to improve ourselves, most instructors evaluate outcome through multiple strategies: attendance, in-class assignments, homework quiz, essay, tests, and even extra credits. Under this kind of philosophy, students are willing to communicate with staffs and seeking help from tutoring, instead of completely independent studying. Hence the environment in COA makes me feel relaxed because there isn’t obvious competition here since the school is focusing on encouraging students to improve ourselves, not winning a competition to be outstanding. This environment gives students more encouragements but also pushes students less to dig our