Returning

In reading my selected article, “Me Talk Pretty One Day”, I believe my audience for my critical analysis essay will be students, specifically older students. This refers to students who are returning to school later in life as opposed to those who are in their early twenties attending right after high school. I consider myself an older student and therefore, can relate to the audience, which is the reason I believe they will benefit from my analysis. I also believe another part of the audience…

goes on inside as well” (26 most inspiring quotes from famous graduation speeches, 2016, 13). Everyone has internal and external challenges that discourage one from fulfilling his or her dreams and goals. The adult student is no exception. When returning to school later in life, there are a number of challenges and barriers to completing one’s degree. Internal challenges for the adult student are created by the perceptions formed by oneself or others, which is known as dispositional…

Laurence Hill and the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the main characters respond to tragedy in many ways. One method is to remain hopeful in desperate situations. In The Book Of Negroes the main character Aminata preserves her faith in one day returning home to Africa. Macbeth has hope in becoming an exceptional king. An additional approach is the use of confidence during a calamity. Aminata remains confident in her general knowledge and uses it as a strength. Conversely, Macbeth is…

Military deployment may adversely affect not only returning veterans, but their families, as well. As a result, researchers have increasingly focused on identifying risk and protective factors for successful family adaptation to war-zone deployment, re-integration of the returning veteran, and the longer-term psychosocial consequences of deployment experienced by some veterans and families. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among returning veterans may pose particular challenges to military…

In Book XXIV of the Odyssey, the reader is shown how Odysseus stayed disciplined with the motivation of returning to his family from the start of the story to the end. When Odysseus comes to what seems as the end of his long journey, he does not hesitate to leave to go see his father. With all of the qualities that Odysseus exhibits on these journeys, he is the iconic symbol for an epic hero. Throughout the entire story, Odysseus has a devout motivation to return to his family in Ithaca.…

Alongside veterans, military families make many sacrifices, and it is essential that those sacrifices are met with support by the government. Military personnel do their duty by working to keep the country safe, whether that is fighting across seas or working on U.S. bases, deserve support from the government. However, it is not only that one person making sacrifices, it is the entire family. Home life for military families can be difficult. For example, many families have to drop everything and…

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Greek Philosopher, Plato wrote a symbolic depiction of people’s perception of reality in The Allegory of the Cave. Plato believed that true knowledge can only be found though education. He also believed that the role of teachers were to guide the scholar on the road to enlightenment, not direct their paths. The role of the government was also to be questioned to ensure that it was serving the greater good of the people. Plato wasn’t afraid to challenge the status quo and provided a powerful…

In English class we read and watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which is written by James Thurber. There were many things in this book that were different but there were a few you could compare. One thing that amazed me the most, is that the book and the movie both star Walter Mitty and his daydreams. In the book he daydreams while he does his daily tasks, but in the movie he actually goes on adventures and tries to save his job. Expanding on my theory of daydreams I believe that these are…

to college student. The website I chose relating to my master status is the UCF online Rules of Student Conduct and Online Expectations at https://online.ucf.edu/learn-online/online-course-protocols/. I feel that role expectations for a mature returning student participating in online classes, such as myself, are different from role expectations in a physical classroom. Some role expectations…