Professor

Every student has a pet peeve; things that get under their skin (unbearable workloads, all-nighters, exams, etc.). You may not know it, but college professors have pet peeves too. The Rampage interviewed real professors to find out what their biggest pet peeves are and what you, the student, can do to avoid them. – Texting during Class Scott Moore, a Geology instructor from Fresno City College, notes, "Cell phone addiction is one. Even if I ask students to put away their cell phones or…

employment market crashes. This paper analyzes Professor Peter Cappelli’s piece of work, “Why Focusing Too Narrowly in College Could Backfire.” It specializes in discussing facts of the author’s writing and evaluating the success of those events. Why Focusing Too Narrowly In College Could Backfire Introduction Professor Peter Cappelli wrote the article, “Why Focusing Too Narrowly in College Could Backfire,” from The Wall Street Journal. Professor Cappelli is the…

Professors can aid in diminishing cheating by providing a bigger purpose and deeper explanation for their assignments. This encourages students to see that that the professor’s focus is more on them comprehending material and applying it and not just completing work for the grades (Novotney). In a study led by professor Augustus Jordan, research showed, “as intrinsic motivation for a course drops, and/or as extrinsic…

In the start of the book, Dr. Carl Dorning expressed his recent success of his experiment to transfer the brain of Professor Marlowe so he can continue his work, as he is currently in a bad health condition and could pass away very soon. He also announced he will be testing it on animals soon. While Marlowe has some doubts, he agrees to do it. Following that, while going to deposit a check giving to him, Dorning meets a kid named Miguel on the streets when kids were begging for money. Within the…

There has long been a debate about the importance of college in a person 's life and many scholars weighed in to provide different perspectives on the matter. Some, like Professor Johann N. Neem, author of "Online Higher Education 's Individualist Fallacy, argue that college is essential and most beneficial to a traditional college student versus the distance learner. While others such as Jacques Steinberg, author of Plan B: Skip College, offer very different insight on the value that college…

think and look at their paper from different perspectives. Students could also go to another peer and ask them to proof-read their paper. The student could ask the other student if they thought of any questions they might find helpful to ask the professor. Not only does this give you another perspective, it allows for ample time to get feedback from a fellow…

The author states the theories about the main cause of extinction, and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that these theories were not the cause of Steller’s sea cow population decline, and refutes each of the author’s reasons. The reading posits that the sea cows were overhunted by the native Siberian people. On the other hand, the professor explains this point by saying that the sea cow was a mass creature with nine meters long heavy body. He states that the…

Going from high school to college is a big jump. College professors expect the level of performance to be higher than high school teachers. In high school, teachers allow a lot of things to slide by that a college professor would not. The intensity of school work is higher and more effort is required to succeed. While reading the different chapters of Writing in College, I have learned new tips on how to write a more successful essay by learning how to not plagiarize, getting my readers hooked,…

let it burn'' policy caused some damages and provides three kinds of damage to support of it. However, the professor says that fires are natural part of ecological cycle and their role is not just destructive but also creative and refutes each of the author's critics. First, the article claims that Yellowstone fires cause tremendous damage to the park trees and other vegetation. The professor refutes this point by saying that scorched areas were in time colonized by new plants. He also states…

The Professor thought that “people who are intensely in love when they marry, and who go on being in love, always meet with something which suddenly or gradually makes a difference,” and that, for him and his wife, “it had been…his pupil, Tom Outland” (Cather 38). By placing this thought directly following an argument between the Professor and his wife, Cather causes the reader to question whether the change the Professor ponders is causing conflict between him and his wife. She guides the…