Academic disciplines

My Motivation: What motivates me the most to pursue a college degree is that I will be the first person in my family to receive one. My grandmother is the backbone behind this motivation because she was always making sure that academics came first in my life. There was rarely a day that I would come home and she would not ask me questions about my homework, asking what I learned in school, or even looked over my homework. As I got older, she made sure I was a part of a college prep program…

There are 8 public universities in Mississippi that comes under the Institution of Higher Learning (IHL). Of the 8 universities, only Mississippi State University and University of Mississippi offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees in geography. Jackson State University, Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Mississippi State for Women, and Mississippi Valley State University offer no geography degrees. However, some of them offer geography related degrees. Mississippi State…

working with the track and field team, I would be thrilled to share my fourteen years of track and field experience as I guide student-athletes through their athletic careers, help them improve and develop in all aspects of the sport, teach them discipline, hard work and personal…

games because due to the effect that video games cause addiction, it distracts students from school and causes them to fall behind in their classes. Not only that it also prevents students from going out to enjoy the outside world and causes their academic skills to drop. Addiction is one of the biggest issues students face from gaming because it cause students to fall behind their classes and leads to bad grades. Addiction means “a strong and harmful needs to regularly have or do something”…

This mindset is the belief that improvement in academics can occur as a result of simply putting more effort and actually trying. As a kid, Eric Liu’s mother could qualify as a minor tiger-parent for pushing her son to do well in not just academics, but to be excellent overall by enrolling him in various martial arts and teaching him the piano. When he would get piano chords wrong, his mother would slap his hands instilling discipline within him showing the true marks of Asian parenting. Similar…

master's or doctorate degree. A superintendent has to have the minimum requirement of master's degree when it comes to education. “A Master is an advanced degree conferred by universities around the world for completion of graduate study in a specific discipline. Master's degree programs typically take one to two years to complete and further prepare graduates for a career in their chosen field” (Search Best Masters Degrees 2017 - 5 400 Masters Programs available). A master’s degree…

As I walked into my interview with Dr. Lisa Calvano, I did not have the impression that research took in any part of business management. After having a meeting with her, I learned exactly how important research is to the discipline. Research in business management is a systematic investigation that helps to answer complications within businesses. Research in the field contributes to management understanding and knowledge. Information from research is usually produced by the classical methods:…

I have been impressed with the readings for this class. When it comes to incivility, it is interesting to see that even though it has been published in a book and articles have been written, there are still those who do not understand the magnitude of this issue in higher education or in the general public. I agree with Twale and DeLuca, when they state that incivility has behaviors that are indicative of bullying (Twale & DeLuca, 2008). When co-workers show intolerance or disrespect toward…

explain their thought processes through Maps, while other students listen, ask questions, agree and/or disagree. He also stated that using the eight Thinking Maps promote metacognition and continuous cognitive development for students across their academic careers, as well as adds an artistic and kinesthetic component for students who learn effectively with that specific multiple…

asked to select three majors of current interest and gather more information about them. After visiting all three booths, two being nursing and English with a concentration in Creative Writing that was declared previously at the beginning of the academic semester, and the other was a major in Anthropology. To successfully pursue a career in nursing you must first complete all degree requirements with a BSN (Bachelors of Science). Before graduating however, there must be twenty credit hours…