No Need for the Anxiety
An Overlook of Christine B. Whelan’s essay “Helping First-Year Students Help Themselves”
In today’s society and upbringing it is typical for ones to think of all the typical thoughts that come to mind being a first-year college student. “Will I be able to keep up academically? Will I get along with my roommates? Will it be fun? Recently, however an increasing number feel unable to cope with the emotional demands of college life, and transitional worries have morphed into long term fears: Why isn’t life falling into place for me?” Whelan explains remarkably in her essay ”Helping First-Year Students Help Themselves”(257). She describes her argument in a well supported and practical format that keeps the reader interested in the topic being discussed. One way of doing this is by using Aristotle’s method of a successful argument that …show more content…
This strategy involves her mentioning to her readers that they can trust her by stating facts on how students waste their time while in school. From watching tv, going to parties and spending money on snacks as well as dinning out. Students going to school for the first time aren’t used to all the freedom that is given which causes them to focus their attention elsewhere. “While much of my advice seems revolutionary to them, adults from previous generations know that I’m simply teaching a return to core values and self-honesty, thrift, and perseverance-the basic skills that will allow those in “emerging adulthood” to get on with life” Whelan shows her readers that we don’t face these problems alone and that they’re many others who face the same challenges which can reassure the reader. Being a college professor who is specialized in this field students can trust her because her career is required to help the problems first-year students face which not only gives her credibility but shows her passion and character for wanting to help students
An Overlook of Christine B. Whelan’s essay “Helping First-Year Students Help Themselves”
In today’s society and upbringing it is typical for ones to think of all the typical thoughts that come to mind being a first-year college student. “Will I be able to keep up academically? Will I get along with my roommates? Will it be fun? Recently, however an increasing number feel unable to cope with the emotional demands of college life, and transitional worries have morphed into long term fears: Why isn’t life falling into place for me?” Whelan explains remarkably in her essay ”Helping First-Year Students Help Themselves”(257). She describes her argument in a well supported and practical format that keeps the reader interested in the topic being discussed. One way of doing this is by using Aristotle’s method of a successful argument that …show more content…
This strategy involves her mentioning to her readers that they can trust her by stating facts on how students waste their time while in school. From watching tv, going to parties and spending money on snacks as well as dinning out. Students going to school for the first time aren’t used to all the freedom that is given which causes them to focus their attention elsewhere. “While much of my advice seems revolutionary to them, adults from previous generations know that I’m simply teaching a return to core values and self-honesty, thrift, and perseverance-the basic skills that will allow those in “emerging adulthood” to get on with life” Whelan shows her readers that we don’t face these problems alone and that they’re many others who face the same challenges which can reassure the reader. Being a college professor who is specialized in this field students can trust her because her career is required to help the problems first-year students face which not only gives her credibility but shows her passion and character for wanting to help students