Arizona State University

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. When I was in high school in the 1980’s, college was for the very academic students most of my high school classmates went on to a vo-tech school and trained to be mechanics, beauticians, plumbers, carpenters, electricians or joined the military. I was a good student and I was accepted into a college. I began college not having a clue what I wanted to study nor…

uses several strategies to appeal to her reader’s emotions. The first strategy Whelan uses is putting the words of a student in her argument. This strategy involves the words of a first-year student describing his motivation. To illustrate, Whelan states, “Dennis, a first-year student in one of my sociology classes, wrote in a paper: ‘Motivation for me used to be found in others, never in myself. I always needed to be yelled at or pushed to do something’” (258). This quote is appealing the…

students see this as a free passing grade for a university level course because they are enlisted in the dual credit programs. Even though they are privileged to take this program, they still have to do the same amount of work and effort as much as a full-time college student. College has its differences compared to high school and vice versa. College is considered to be a life path choice after the adolescence years of a human. However, attending to a university or technical school could be…

Is education a burden or a stepping-stone? Through good experiences, I was able to cultivate myself into a better student. Through those good experiences, there were bad experiences that caused me to have a setback and doubt my ability. While others strived in reading and writing, it was very challenging to feel confident in subjects I did not understand. Through those challenging times, to be motivated a growth mindset was needed to improve. Intelligence was thought to be set at birth and…

In the world we live in today, it is hard to deny the shootings happening all over the united states of America’s college campuses. Music is so easy to access now. Anyone at any age can get access to it. Most people would use YouTube to stream music, app stores, TV, and radio to listen to music. No one can really control the violence that has been spreading through the music. In a result of excessive exposure to violent music we see school shooting and mass shootings too. According to Gretchen…

definition of a discourse community is basically any group of people who share similar interests and knowledge about a topic, have some common background or experiences, and share some way of communicating with each other. The student body here at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is my discourse community. I am a part of this group because I know how difficult it can be the first few days of college to navigate around campus and find the simple things like where to find the library,…

Attending college and the value thereof has dramatically changed along with the market for jobs during the past several decades. And as a consequence of a shrinking base of professions requiring appropriate higher education, the United States has experienced high unemployment accompanying some of those transformations. Although such ominous trends can spell gloom and doom for many, it doesn’t necessarily imply a college education an unwise choice. It does, unequivocally, advocate for cautious…

College represents a melting pot of decisions. Class selections, perhaps a first major life decision, turn into daunting tasks. Opportunities to succeed begin the moment a person decides to enroll. Upon enrollment, graduation requirements lay the foundation for class options. During the process, students consider instructors and weighing personal schedules, eventually shaping their daily lives. When facing class choices, the real decision stands between the online or face-to-face method. With…

In recent years we have saw the rise for a college education become much more important to the young adults of America. College application turn-ins have increased and more children now attend a college or university. What has changed the importance of college in the minds of teenagers? College is now seen as an outlet for many students, it helps them maybe escape from a place they know would not benefit them if they stayed there and give them the readiness they need for a future. College is all…

approach and likewise there are also many disadvantages and opponents. In this essay, I will be talking about two different perspectives on online learning. One perspective is from Daphne Koller who cofounded Coursera and is encouraging the most elite universities to put their courses online for free. The other perspective comes from Jonathan Rees who is a college professor. In his article, he spends a majority of his time refuting what Koller had spoken about. Like Barbara Huttmann, the author…