Denison University

Throughout my time at the University of Central Florida, one of my main focuses has been diversity and social justice for the past four years, whether it be my coursework for my degree, my roles in the Department of Housing and Residence Life and my internship with Green Dot UCF. As an Interdisciplinary Studies major, I have been able to essentially create my own degree, giving myself the opportunity to pick my own areas of study and learn what I am passionate about. During this time, I was…

Lutney Sagesse Freshman Year Seminar Between The World and Me Final The book “Between the World and Me has a lot of themes. One the themes are is knowing who you are through college. Just to pinpoint I will be highlighting Tanesha Coates which is the author of Between To the world and Me”. The things that happen in “ Between the World and me” and my my life experiences through college is very different. Specifically, my experiences has affected me in way rather than the main…

At the start of the semester, when asked to identify myself, I would say: college student, white, blonde hair, blue eyes, middle class American. After taking this course and learning more about pluralism, I would identify myself as a human being, as we should identify everyone. Although I believe it is important to embrace our differences, I believe even more strongly that we need to embrace our similarities as well, because underneath our skin, our nationality and our abilities, we are all…

Throughout the seventh chapter of Paying the Price it mainly talks about how students try to maintain a good GPA and why it is important for many students to do so. Goldrick-Rab mentions how some students go into college underprepared and are overwhelmed with the high rigor courses and the amount of homework they get. She also talks about how working too many hours a week can really impact a person’s GPA because they are unable to focus on their studies. This drop in GPA can lead to students…

Introduction Individuality is something that distinguishes man from society. As a result, we know that everyone has different motivations and barriers to physical activity. The purpose of this work is to get to know some of them in the student university. The information contained here is the result of interviews and is based on the self-determination theory (SDT) developed by Edward Deci and Richard Ryan (1985, 1991). Its theory consists of two concepts: motivation and basic psychological needs…

Book Report: “What is Your Why?” by Simon Sinek In the complex world that we live in, everything has a why. Simon Sinek dives into the question of finding that why within a deeper context in his book “What is your Why?” This book report will highlight the main points that Sinek discusses within his book and how they may be applicable to my future in business as well as to our class this semester. Sinek makes several impactful points within the first few chapters of his book. The first thing that…

Both Hamlet and Horatio are young and intelligent men and attend the same school in Wittenberg, Germany. Besides that similarity, they are about the same age. Furthermore, both of them have remarkably loyal characters. For example, Hamlet is loyal to the love as well as the memory of his beloved father. Also, he is doing his best in order to ascertain the truthfulness of the story with a ghost and then retaliate the death of his father. At the same time, Horatio is loyal by keeping the secrets…

Trust me, I know stuff: A summary of Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism” In the essay “Hidden Intellectualism,” Gerald Graff explores the idea that the educational system fails to recognize street smarts as a valid form of intellect. In particular, Graff suggests that schools and educators are at fault for overlooking street smarts because of the assumption that such intellect is invalid and of no use to academic learning. Although some people believe that being knowledgeable about sports,…

Social Stratification in The Hunger Games Many people consider their daily lives to be “normal.” To someone with privilege, being picked up from school in a Lexus and going home to a 6,000 square foot house is typical. To someone less fortunate, this is outrageous when buses and apartments are the norm. The world is divided up into social classes, from rich to poor, and those found in between. In fact, many novels revolve around this. Suzanne Collins accurately depicts social stratification in…

College in today’s society is seen as a lifestyle, experience, and a necessity. Millions upon millions of students are crushed by the false reality being spewed off by television on how life will be after high school. Young impressionable minds are brainwashed into believing that college isn’t the path to success, but instead it is luck. These young minds start to believe that they will become rich and famous while avoiding the dues of student loans. This false reality leads these students to…