Within the article “No books please; we’re students” By John Leo; he takes the time to explain how Generation X has been becoming less likely to put initiative into their studies in college compared to the generation 10 years before them: the baby boomers. Leo started off with introducing the idea to his audience with information pulled form a 1995 Study put out by the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute while explaining that Generation X is much less engaged, bored and are less willing to work from the study of college freshman. Leo supports his idea by pulling information from multiple sources and not just sticking with the one study. He goes on to review percentiles of an 8.7% decrease of students who spend six or more hours a week…
Flaws of Lukianoff and Hadit argument One of the biggest flaws that of the author's argument is there is a no statistical evidence. One of the first claims the authors makes is blames this issue on generational problems. But where's the proof? There is no research study showing that a baby boomer who is enrolled in college now and a millennial may have the same emotions when a professor mentioned a touchy topic. Next, they claim that suppressing ideas for college student can affect their mental health.…
In his article for “The Atlantic Monthly”, Jonathan Rauch asserts that homework would have a significant impact on the quality of graduating students. His position of increasing homework and the amount of time spent studying outside of the classroom is well supported by both school administrators and an educational psychologist. Jonathan Rauch also points out that schools can make adjustments to their programs of instruction, but cannot do so without protest from either parents or the students. He shows that the children in the United States are lazy and parents could do more for them instead of relying on the school. Parents complain about how the schools instruct and when they try to change.…
Summary: One of the more interesting readings in Behrens and Rosen’s Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum was “Many with New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling”, by Catherine Rampell. She reveals just how severe our job market truly is. She explains that employment for recent college graduates strikes a low point. Also, the opening salaries for these scarce jobs plummeted compared to the previous years. Likewise, most jobs that these college graduates are taking do not even require a college education, such as waiting tables or working in fast food.…
A Change in Perspectives To the everyday adult, college students are easy to come off as lazy, self-indulgent, disrespectful- what anyone would say of a young adult who lives for the party and gives less than their best efforts in school. On the contrary, to the everyday college student, this narrow-minded adult would be very wrong. It is not until Rebecca Nathans works in her book My Freshman Year that we have the adult challenging the prejudiced views non-students have on these young adults.…
Firstly, the strategy used was a conservative approach, meaning that the stocks that were to be invested in are less risky and profitable. The second reason this week was interesting since the market had been active for three weeks now and a conservative stock purchase could also be because you are more comfortable buying a stock that you’ve had time to watch and research for the past three weeks. There are two ways to look at being conservative - first is clearly finding and researching a stock that is trending upward. The second way to look at being conservative is waiting on a stock to see a trend, such as the STRT stock, as it had a positive trend for the past three weeks, which then involved myself investing in another twenty-five stocks for the final week. The major benefit to a conservative strategy is you’re playing it safe…
Safe spaces are used to help those who feel unaccepted due to their background, lifestyle, capabilities, or for those who were triggered by a certain event. These safe spaces can help provide comfort and create a place for students to express themselves without being judged, but maybe these safe spaces are becoming too much of a problem on campuses. In the article, “Hiding From Scary Ideas,” Judith Shulevitz mentions many incidents where safe spaces have done more harm than good. I believe that colleges should put a greater priority on protecting speech, even if it is “unpopular” or disturbing. Using multiple stories from different universities, Shulevitz shows how safe spaces are a hindering discussion because they’re used as a way for students to shelter themselves from things that they don’t want to hear.…
The First Amendment? America, a country that used to be defined by bad asses and strong leader, now is defined by the sensitive and stupid. When and if we have a society built of people afraid of answering the hard questions what will we be? People need to speak their minds and stand up for what they believe in. limiting what and where certain topics can be spoken is very unconstitutional. We need to come together as a country so we never have to deal with that problem; because, if we don’t we could see the end of the first amendment and may end up giving away the rest of our rights.…
The topic of free speech on college campuses currently has been a huge hot button issue in the media, especially in the United States. The controversy this topic brings is deeply rooted in the history of not only higher education, but in the history of the development of this country. Often people are all for freedom of speech, until someone speaks out against them (as a person) or one of their core beliefs. In an effort to give full disclosure here, I believe that I should state that directly after I completed my undergraduate degree I did apply and got into Law School. While I decided not to attend Law School, I do believe that the courses I took on Pre-Law and Constitutional Law had a profound impact on my beliefs.…
A text that I found to be interesting so far was Himmelfarb’s The New Advocacy and the Old Advocacy was something that I thoroughly enjoy and I had never thought about how the concept could be present in the classroom until reading this selection. During our exploration of the passage, the question of whether or not the classroom could serve as a platform for advocacy. I expressed that if done the right way, beneficial knowledge could be passed from generation to generation. In turn, change could be implemented.…
The Russian language seems as harsh by many Americans often because Russians are portrayed as Commie villains in the movies and media. This can be misleading as there are a few who find beauty in the Russian’s mother tongue. However,the word “ Pochemuchka”, seemingly has the goal to thwart efforts to free Russians of the Soviet persona. Pochemuchka. Undoubtedly the word is fun to say, but has no direct translation to English and for a good reason as well.…
The matter of truth and perception are two concepts in which the definition changes depending on the individual. In the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the author Stephen R. Covey speaks of an experience at the Harvard business School where and instructor demonstrated how two people can have a different outlook, yet both be right. Two variations of the same picture were given to two sides of the classroom and asked what was seen, both sides had different answers. The students argued and neither side could come to an agreement that both arguments were correct; except for a few students who tried to see the alternate perspective.…
“Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. ”(Forrest) This is the most famous quotes from the movie Forrest Gump. In, Forrest Gump there are many different types of communication skills and techniques.…
Worldview: Personal Portfolio Philosophy and Religion: Before Humanities 210, how would you have described the philosophies that influenced your processes for decision making, thinking, and developing preferences? How would you have described your level of conscious choice of and commitment to these philosophies? What helped form or develop the belief in that philosophy? After class discussions, have you had any realizations or made any changes in regards to the philosophies that influences your decisions, actions, or preferences?…
In response to whether the questions I focus on in my life are considered deep, I would say yes. I am rapidly approaching retirement in my current employment as well as the legal retirement age. My focus until now has not contained as much depth and clarity as I originally thought. Financially, I question if I will be able to sustain my lifestyle with the amount of residual income I will have to support myself for the remainder of my life and still be able to provide the things I provide now for the children, those of my own and those of the agencies I help. I wonder if any advice or encouragement I give to the children will be really effective given my age and physical condition.…