Academia

When I went to my first National Championship in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; I remember seeing the recipients of the AAU Karate Scholarship and thinking how cool it would be to walk up ten years later and receive the same award. After highschool, I plan on furthering my education and softball career at Mount St. Joseph University. I plan on going to college to become a Nurse Anesthetist, while continuing to compete in the AAU Karate Program and achieve my all time goal of going to the Olympics.…

Many people believe that athletes in college should get paid for all the time and sweet they invest into a sport while completing classwork. This topic has always been a big discussion in college sports and in global news. There is many reasons that student-athletes could benefit from getting paid while in college but there is just as many cons to the theory. This could make the decision to be made in the future go either way. There is many pros to college athletes getting paid. One of the…

Plagiarism is a big topic in today’s higher-level education system, with the rules being set very clearly but it is still occurring at the collegiate level. According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means “stealing someone’s work and not give credit to the original author, or to present an existing product as a new and original product.” Another source, Plagiarism.org says plagiarism has to involve lying about the plagiarism in question. Most people would disagree with that…

Paying college athletes has been discussed for many years and has caused plenty of debates and secretly paying athletes has gotten some teams in trouble and have even caused some teams to forfeit championships or caused them to not be able to compete for championships in the future. Players have somewhat of protested by going to the NCAA and demanding even though most of the time they do not get what they want all the time. Even though people believe college athletes do not deserve to get paid…

Why don't college athlete get paid? Many people say they should others say elsewise. I'm aganist for paying college athletes. College atheltic programs can't afford to pay athletes. Playing college sports is a privilege. The NCAA is a nonprofit organization. Students are not professionals which most people need to know. Paying college athletes to play would ruin college sports. Another thing is there is not a fair way to pay college athletes. Paying students athletes will cause cuts elsewhere in…

Grant Penrod’s “Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids”, makes the argument that academic achievement should be rewarded just as much as athletic achievement. He continues with the fact that today’s society tends to praise non-intellectuals, such as famous celebrities and athletics, while the intellectually skilled individuals get left no recognition for their accomplishments. I agree with Penrod that there is a hatred and inattention in society for those who are smarter than others,…

Two Plagiarism Policies’ Comparison Acquiring acknowledge and creating your own thoughts is a complex process that most students face in college or university. Nowadays, in North America, plagiarism is a serious topic in academic life. Why? Because of two reasons: ignorance and immense information on the Internet that causes students think it is an easy way to accomplish any writing task, however, hardly they concern about the concept “plagiarism”. But what is plagiarism? Plagiarism is when you…

As the rate of college students using Rate My Professor website is growing quite rapidly in the United States, the question of whether it will benefit students’ schoolwork quality or not has sparked a lot debate. Rate My Professor is the largest online destination for entirely student-generated professor comments and ratings. Indeed, there is no doubt that the celebrated website, Rate My Professor, tends to be the quite popular reference for our college students to arrange every semester…

At this spring semester, there is one of the most essential classes that I have taken at ASU which called ENG 194, Academic Writing in English taught by Professor Zhao. As I said, I am taking WAC at the same time, Introduction to Academic Writing, which is also a class about writing. However, compared with WAC, this ENG class concentrates more on practices, experiences gaining knowledge instead of grammar, vocabulary, and other writing techniques. Even though there is exclusively one class on…

Students in todays college setting face many different challenges. They face finding their identity, academic setbacks and issues, and personal issues as well. In Jillioan’s case she had a strong academic past, but was faced when roommate issues that would stress her out and distract her in class. Melissa had great grades, but she procrastinated and worked 30 or more hours a week at her job. This caused her to loose track of time and miss assignment or needed study time for her classes. In the…