The two passages How to Pull an All-Nighter and Higher Education: Not What it Used to Be, are two stories with relevance pertaining to college, and college age students. ‘How to Pull an All-Nighter’ written by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, and Jennifer Worick, is a guide, listing various tips on how to stay up all night, for work, school, etc. Higher Education: Not What it Used to Be is an article written by a journalist from the newsmagazine The Economist, detailing the rising costs and decreasing value of a college education, as well as explaining the reasons behind this phenomenon. There are numerous ways in which these two passages are both similar and different, depending on how you view each one. Many comparisons can be drawn between the two articles, despite them appearing completely unrelated.
The first difference is how each respective article deals with the problem presented in the passage. In How to Pull an All-Nighter the problem, (not being able to stay awake at night) is presented. After the problem is proposed, a multitude of solutions to that problem are offered, as a means to cope with the dreariness that comes with the fatigue of staying awake. In Higher Education: Not What it Used to Be, while the problem is addressed (the cost of …show more content…
How to Pull an All-Nighter focuses on the narrow subject of pulling an all-nighter for homework, studying, and other things, which is important and has influence in the short term, but in the long-term, the effects of the decision that was made is mostly negligible. The problems addressed in Higher Education have much larger reaching impacts for people’s lives and society. The decisions made about college have long-term effects that can have various consequences later in life. While both passages offer valuable advice, the advice offered in Higher Education is much more consequential than the latter, though it has its uses as
The first difference is how each respective article deals with the problem presented in the passage. In How to Pull an All-Nighter the problem, (not being able to stay awake at night) is presented. After the problem is proposed, a multitude of solutions to that problem are offered, as a means to cope with the dreariness that comes with the fatigue of staying awake. In Higher Education: Not What it Used to Be, while the problem is addressed (the cost of …show more content…
How to Pull an All-Nighter focuses on the narrow subject of pulling an all-nighter for homework, studying, and other things, which is important and has influence in the short term, but in the long-term, the effects of the decision that was made is mostly negligible. The problems addressed in Higher Education have much larger reaching impacts for people’s lives and society. The decisions made about college have long-term effects that can have various consequences later in life. While both passages offer valuable advice, the advice offered in Higher Education is much more consequential than the latter, though it has its uses as