The Undergraduate Experience Summary

“Shaped by Writing, The Undergraduate Experience,” is about a study conducted by the “Harvard Study of Undergraduate Writing”. To elaborate, Harvard Study followed 400 students from their class of 2001, up until they graduated. Upon graduation, a certain few were asked about their undergraduate experience. All of the students described their undergraduate experience as a well learned trait, so to speak. One student says, “I couldn’t imagine college without writing now.” They expressed immense change not only in their writing but also in their lives. How could they possibly have gone through such a life changing experience through literature? Just think about the immense change that would have to occur to an individual in order for their life …show more content…
This overall study was biased and reiterated the idea that college literature was extremely hard but in the end, they all benefited from it and it proved to be quite the experience. How could you possibly be touched and moved by a class you hardly apply to everyday life. Think about it. College literature will not be applied in everyday life like for example, at the grocery store. They will never go to check out at the store and give a speech about the products they 've bought and why they chose to buy them. To me, a life changing skill would exemplify something much more common and greater, like learning to walk and talk for instance. That is something life changing because it is something you will use every day of your life. Not once or just throughout your college …show more content…
College literature may introduce a world of new emotion and crazy adaptation however; it fails to portray a “life changing” experience as described. In order for such skill to become defined by that phrase, it must be applied through function in everyday usage who you are physically, how it 's applied in your career and the frequency in which you apply the skill to everyday life. While their outlook in English literature may have been modified throughout their undergraduate years, their physical life has maintained the same. Next time you watch a video like such think, how might a subject potentially bring such a life evolving background through literature? Contemplate the monstrous progress that might need to happen to an individual. Will their end goal benefit from literature without limitations, and if so are they truly touched by an obligated college