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College Anxiety: Can I do this? In the novel The College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another by Rebecca D. Cox, the author argues to reclassify how the framework is organized, and how classes are instructed to better address the issues of those understudies who, 20 or 30 years back, never would have even pondered formal training after secondary school. Not only does Rebecca Cox this she also tries to reminds students that while understudy readiness is critical,…

The stories that we as a class were assigned to read both tie into each other in specific ways. In the stories “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” And “ I Just Wanna Be Average” tell a story from a student's perspective, And how a student can run into challenges. “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” is more general,and based on you as a college student. In the story“ I Just Wanna Be Average” is based around one kid who was put into a program that ultimately set him…

Opening one’s mind up can allow them to accept or try new experiences. Hunter Rawlings’ “College Is Not a Commodity. Stop Treating It Like One” explains how the importance of college has changed in recent years. In almost all cases nowadays, it is essential to have a college degree in order to get a good job. Colleges require the student to put forth the effort in order to obtain its true value. Rawlings’ explains how college is a two-way street, how the professors must inspire and create an…

The five most significant turning points in my life were when I graduated valedictorian of my class, when I received my first scholarship, when I visited The University of Texas at Austin, when I went on my post-graduation vacation to Galveston, Texas, and when I became a part of The McLennan Community Honors College. These turning points while being immensely different from one another still connect to a key theme in my life of what I find to be the most worthwhile, my education, my desire to…

Students for a Democratic Society party was formed by college students to lead protests across many colleges in an organized way. The SDS section at University of Washington had a strong base and rallied fiercely for anti-war and equal rights issues of that time. When the news arrived that the Vietnam War had been expanded to Cambodia, the students at University of Washington went on a strike on May 4th, 1970 and lasted for around two weeks (Kindig,…

Schimmel, Sam’s sixth-grade teacher. She helped him to take an examination to apply to University High School, which is one of respected high school in the Newark school system and gave him a better chance to get into a college(Davis-38). The mentor from Ms.Sandi Schimmel pushed Sam on the right path to access a good education and be more focus in what he wanted to be even. At that time, Sam didn't want to go to University High School because most of his friend will go to different School. Sam…

At one point in your life I bet you wished you were someone different, or had something someone else possessed. I know I have, I’ve wished I was richer, smarter, had their car, got to live in their house or even had their parents. Was that other person's life really any better? It may look it, but looks can be deceiving. Both David Sedaris and Andrea Roman deliberate on this topic in their stories about their childhood. In "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" by Sedaris, he…

For a long time, I thought I had my life planned out. I thought I knew where I wanted to go to school and live, I even thought I knew who I wanted to marry. I wanted to be a lawyer in the military and work my way up through the ranks to the office of Secretary of Defense, and that was it: no personal life or anything else. Once I got out of my parents’ house and started to live I realized all the things I thought I want or thought I was interested in; all those things were just things I was told…

Rose, Mike. “What College Can Mean to the Other America.” The Mcgraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. Gilbert H. Muller, 12th ed., Mcgraw-Hill, 2014, pp. 195-197. In “What College Can Mean to the Other America,” Mike Rose discusses the issue of how America’s economy leaves the underclass without opportunities in postsecondary education. Rose seems to direct this issue towards an audience who can make a difference. At the end of his article, Rose states, “What kind of society do we…

Ideal Vacations What is your ideal vacation spot? Many people work hard all year long for a vacation, saving up money to be able to go to different places to relax or to do fun activities they cannot do at home. When people choose to go on vacation they like to know how much the trip will cost them, what activities you can do there, the scenery, and the great food from other places then home. Many people have different desired locations for a vacation. Popular vacation spots are the beaches,…