Brandeis University

I want to begin this letter by apologizing to the Brandeis administration and faculty whom I may have disappointed by not performing to my fullest potential the past academic year, particularly on the prior semester, and I take full responsibility for the past semester’s performance. Since my first semester at Brandeis, I wanted to partake in as many clubs and beneficial experiences as possible. My schedule was quite hectic but I enjoyed all the clubs and volunteer work I was a part of, however,…

Corps, stressed social justice, volunteerism, and community service throughout my childhood, encouraging me to get involved in organizations for the benefit of others. In the fall of my sophomore year, I had the chance to attend a convention at Brandeis University where student-led groups from all over Massachusetts came together to discuss and share their work in philanthropy. Despite my immediate hesitation to go due to an already overbooked…

his parents Lorraine and Lois Witten. His father was a specialist in gravity and general relativity, while his brother was a television producer. In 1971, Witten went to Brandeis University and received his BA, then in 1974 went on to princeton and received his MA and then in 1976, received his PhD. Witten went to the university of Wisconsin in Madison but ended up dropping out after only a semester. Witten started to study history like subjects, but when going to Princeton he started to study…

The Coddling of the American Mind In recent discussions about the sensitivity of college students, a controversial issue has been whether a movement involving the removal of college and university curriculums that use words, ideas, and subjects of discomfort within the college community. On The one hand, some argue that college students are being overprotected as a younger child, therefore are becoming more sensitive as they grow older. In September 2015, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt wrote…

Unfortunately, there are some down sides of going to college and the most tragic one is debt. Debt is the piled on student loans that is accumulated during a student's time at college. Many students are not lucky enough to be able to pay off their tuition so they get student loans to get by. Even though college is there to further students' education, they must pay a ridiculously high amount of money. According to CNNMoney, “half of all college students get grants or scholarships that cut their…

Is College Essential? I chose not to take the college route. After highschool i wasn't sure what i wanted to pursue as my career. Apparently, I had a knack for acting. My salary was small unlike my sister who attended college and became a doctor. It is common sense that a doctor would have a higher paying salary than a fairly new actor. Although becoming a doctor sounds much safer financially than being an actor at the end of my acting career i was earning double my sisters salary. Does this…

In a discussion about the paradigms of public education, Ken Burns addresses the controversial topic of cultural education. Public education is experiencing a time of confusion in helping children develop cultural identity so the new generation can continue to play an important role in globalization. This confusion causes an immediate reaction: continue to do what has been done in the past--instruct children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many…

observed many children who have dropped out of college because they were not ready for the freedom of being on their own. I remember my next door neighbor only let her son attend a local community college. The other children attended colleges and universities far away from home, but he went to school nearby. The reason behind that is because his mom wanted to make sure her child was prepared for college mentally. She didn’t want her son to drop out because of parties, and not keeping up…

According to E. Allen and J. Seaman (2013) in 2013, 32 percent of college/university students were participating in one or more online courses. In an article “Revolution hits the universities” by T. Friedman (2013), he explains how MOOCs will revolutionize the method of education in the next few years. This will create an easy access/low cost method of delivering education to students around the world. With some of the best universities already offering courses thru this platform, soon we…

The Desire for “More” Derives from School In every classroom, there are an abundance of different students that attend school for several reasons. Some of those reasons may be to graduate and venture to college, to play sports in college, to get a brighter education, or just to receive their diploma at the end of one’s twelve year-period of struggle and chaos. Each person has a goal that is different than another’s, but there are some students who struggle with the question of why to stay in…