The Real World

Adding on to the idea of real world experience. I spoke with Billy Willson, a former engineering students at Kansas State University. Billy completed the first semester of college with a spectacular 4.0 GPA. Billy believes that colleges do not benefit the students enough. Stating “You are being put thousands into debt to learn things you will never even use. Wasting 4 years of your life to be stuck at a pay check that grows slower than the rate of inflation. Paying $200 for a $6 textbook. Being…

Comparison of 2081 and real life has a big difference because there aren't cannot do. Although 2081 has a boring life, at least they can live and not be killed. Have you ever wondered what are the differences about 2081 and the real world? One similarity that they have is that you cannot take off your handicaps because they want everyone to be equal. Two similarities that the movie “2081” and the real world have is that they both have police, if both worlds did not have police everyone…

While it’s true that schools that are same gender can be effective however, same gender schools can keep students from learning about the real world. For instance in this article the author said “But, my school isolated me from the real world. The world isn’t just the kingdom of the legendary Amazons; men do exist. Instead of reenacting modern society inside the confines of school, where men and women can/do work together equally, I only really saw female laborers and female brainpowers…

Oligopoly is defined as having a few big sellers within a market. A real-world example of oligopoly would be fast food restaurant such as McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, and Dairy Queen, these fast food companies are constantly creating specials like 4 for $4 and $2 and $3 on certain items on their menu to attract customers. Each one of these consumers want to dominate the world of fast-food, but like everything we do in life there can only be one that’s on top at a time. McDonald’s, Wendy’s,…

it has not been modified in over 20 years, and everything in life is steady transitioning, becoming more effective in the real world. Going through grades 1-12, allows students to accept the fact that life continues to get more stressful, but does not realize the learning concepts are not beneficial in the real world. Schools do not prepare students for life in the real world, how well it fits in with other policies and strategies, and Should there be a National Curriculum; these are questions…

company, he grew up in a fake world of Sea Haven, never new anything different, un aware he was controlled by the director’s actions. Truman was not accustomed to this ‘fake world’ thinking everything was normal and he was in his own perfect world. until some surprising circumstances in certain episodes that distracted Truman from the fake world. Truman started to construct there were some curious events that made him believe there was something different with the world he was living in. Even…

someone who is of a lighter skin tone might be thought of as more intelligent or “wealthier” than their counterpart. Sometimes people are even able to downplay or use their race/ethnicity to their own advantage (Ferris, Kerry and Jill Stein. 2008. The Real World: an Introduction to Sociology. New York: W.W. Norton). Someone who knows that being Native American increases their chances of getting a scholarship can choose to push this part of themselves more than they normally would. That is all in…

Real World Example: Continuing with the Example at my current employer and the strategic plan to improve our customer service and increasing our Net Promoter Score (NPS). After all the interviews, roundtables, meetings, and surveys where compiled to determine what attributes our organization could change or stop to convey customer friendly encounters and processes. The organization decided to implement a hiring freeze and implemented aggressive re-training of the current customer-facing…

mathematical problem in the real world is better solved by using abstract math. Ed Yong from National Geographic states that “when learning math, abstract symbols work better than real world examples” due to important logical thinking skills learned (2008). Learning theory is considered how well a person can relate a topic and solve the problem at an understandable quicker rate. According to National Geographic, there was a new study that shows that students who are “fed a diet of real-world…

is the ability to connect concepts learned in class to real life situations. In this day and age I see an America full of citizens that in my opinion lack the ability to critically think about the problems in this world. My job though, is to generate a new kind of breed that will help students achieve better results that in turn will lead to better decision making. Some of the strategies I have in mind is about looking at issues across the world such as war in the Middle East. Since, my area…