Before even crossing the threshold of their newfound campus, a college student is bombarded with situations to test their will. Entrance exams, interviews, putting together a portfolio, and before even that, taking one of the most important tests of one 's life in the SATs. This assault is designed to determine the compatibility of a prospective student to their given program. The ones who make it through the application process and begin moving forward need to be determined to take their college experience into their own hands. Walker Percy suggests that becoming a “sightseer” in college may hinder one 's success in his essay “Loss of The Creature.” By consistently referencing his concept of “sovereignty,” he scrutinizes complacency by
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Aside from the content, the language you use will be the biggest deciding factor. The ability to talk with authority and authenticity. As David Bartholomae puts it in his essay “Inventing The University,” “The students have to appropriate (or be appropriated by) a specialized discourse.” Bartholomae uses examples of actual placement essays to support his idea. In response to an essay about a clay model and the meaning of creativity written in an attempt to appropriate college rhetoric, Bartholomae says “He is trying on the discourse even though he doesn 't have the knowledge that makes the discourse more than a …show more content…
Meeting new people, solidifying a personality, making connections, and assuring that they have a sturdy base for themselves to propel off of are all equally—if not more-- important than the academia side of their college years. In Brooks ' essay, “The Orginization Kid,” Robert George, professor of politics at Princeton University, argues that a university is not an environment conducive to personal growth, “by reading Plato 's Gorgias, Othello, or a study of the Lincoln-Douglas debates-that the conquest of the self is part of what it means to lead a successful life. It 's not enough to make a corporation succeed. It 's not an external problem. It doesn 't lend itself to a technical solution. Four hours spent studying in the library is not
Aside from the content, the language you use will be the biggest deciding factor. The ability to talk with authority and authenticity. As David Bartholomae puts it in his essay “Inventing The University,” “The students have to appropriate (or be appropriated by) a specialized discourse.” Bartholomae uses examples of actual placement essays to support his idea. In response to an essay about a clay model and the meaning of creativity written in an attempt to appropriate college rhetoric, Bartholomae says “He is trying on the discourse even though he doesn 't have the knowledge that makes the discourse more than a …show more content…
Meeting new people, solidifying a personality, making connections, and assuring that they have a sturdy base for themselves to propel off of are all equally—if not more-- important than the academia side of their college years. In Brooks ' essay, “The Orginization Kid,” Robert George, professor of politics at Princeton University, argues that a university is not an environment conducive to personal growth, “by reading Plato 's Gorgias, Othello, or a study of the Lincoln-Douglas debates-that the conquest of the self is part of what it means to lead a successful life. It 's not enough to make a corporation succeed. It 's not an external problem. It doesn 't lend itself to a technical solution. Four hours spent studying in the library is not