For the interview portion of exploring my major, I spoke at length with Grant William Rodgers. Grant and I met about a year ago when I was inducted into, Pi Kappa Alpha, the fraternity he had joined his sophomore year of college. Shortly after meeting, I realized that Grant and I had similar interests in our academic aspirations in that we were both pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and he was in the in the Walker School of Business, and I was working my way there.…
University, William Zinsser describes the different amount of pressures that students struggle with in college in his essay, “College Pressures”. Because of his position at the university, he constantly noticed the students around him and the anxiety that was radiating off them. He believes that economic pressures cause students to feel anxious about paying back student loans after college. However, parental pressure leads students to make decisions that their parents would be happy with…
Name: _Bridget Anderson Date: __August 2, 2014__ Chapter: Get in the Habit Topic: Reflection Reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” Reflection Journal Today, I learn the 7 habits, which are Be proactive, Begin with the end in mind, Put first things first, Think win-win, Seek first to sympathize, then to be understood, Synergize, and Sharpen the saw. Three Important Facts, 1. Some masses are too immature to see what truly occurs in animation. 2. The world's children today are very…
process (Brookfield, 1990). I entered my community engagement practicum with an understanding that a classroom is made of diverse students. While completing my community engagement I came to appreciate the vast amount of diversity in the classroom and how it shapes the learning outcome for the students. The teacher demonstrated how to teach a lesson which catered to all students but differentiating aspects of the lessons to be beneficial experience. I had never considered the many teaching…
In modern society, young women can personally choose how their lives will pan out. They can choose to pursue education at a college or work towards their careers. Or, they can choose to take a few years off of school to discover themselves and what they truly want. Other women may choose to get married or take care of their family. However, women's choices were not as wide and diverse in the 1940s, especially in rural or southern states. Many women would get married at a young age and become…
kept in mind students who were like her in school. Tan also highlights the literacy struggles of other Asian-American students like herself who struggled with English test in school. She explains that she believed the, “answers on English Test were always a judgement call” which was why her English scores were poor compared to her math (Tan 653). While her reader can sympathize with such students, Tan was one of them and can therefore understand the hardship. These are the students who, through…
David Sedaris' essay "Me Talk Pretty One Day" gives a look into the struggles of a man attending a French class, in France, in his early forties. Well past the "normal" age of a student. It is a well written account about the ups and downs associated with learning a new language, especially in a foreign land. Even though the essay is written about a man taking a class, the lessons learned from it can be applied to anyone who is thinking about go after their goals. No matter what stage of life…
AMITY UNIVERSITY Topic : Portraiture of Overambition in Christopher Marlow's Dr.Faustus Under the Guidance of the Director of Amity School of Languages Dr.Kumkum Ray SUBMITTED TO- SUBMITTED BY- Dr. Anupriya Roy Srivastava Vasudha Bisht…
contrasting the students immediately began to understand comparing. They knew to “find the similarities” between the two arctic animals. I would talk with the students and first model what I wanted them to do. I believe this helped the students to understand what it means to compare/contrast between two things. The students also understood how to contrast. After I modeled contrasting to the students they knew to “look for the differences” between the two animals. I would ask the students aloud…
Portfilo Assignment About ME: I am currently in grade 11 at Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School. The courses that I am currently taking are Learning Strategies, Math, College English and the Literacy Course. The extra-curricular activities that I joined in grade ten are Counting On You throughout the school year and winter break so that I could prepare for the Ontario Secondary Literacy Test but after that, I quit since I had a lot of exams/tests coming up after that. When I grow up I want to…