For first year students, college is new for them and going through college they are exploring themselves. In…
Each falls many young people are faced with the challenges that college life presents. Many of the responsibilities that were previously d...…
Rebekah Nathan, a professor at AnyU and author of "My Freshman Year", looks into the life of a college undergraduate student. Nathan's primary methodology was participant observation (p. 5). By going from being a professor to an undergraduate student, the little things had to change. She turned into a piece of the field work, needed to utilize individual exposure, and needed to lose objectivity in order to stay focused and on track with her research. Nathan came across a few difficulties along the way due to her choice of methodology and the fact that she was much older than the average college undergraduate student. However, going through the challenges she had to face lead her to some discoveries about students of the college while also living as a student herself.…
Over the years, college has shifted from a place of learning where individuals go to voluntarily learn more about a field of study that they want to pursue, to a place that young people feel like they are forced to go to land a job or impress their parents. Known author, Caroline Bird, argues that our generation is only attending college for reasons that are “entirely irrelevant to the course of studies for which college is supposedly organized.” Bird concludes that the new generation of college students only enrolls to impress their parents or have a good time away from home. I have come to the conclusion that Bird is correct in assuming that our generation is attending college for all the wrong reasons based on an overwhelming amount of…
Although I agree with the vast majority of Frank Bruni’s claims about the benefits of the ideas of community and diversity, I believe some of his prescriptions in Demanding More From College to solve the polarizing and alienating effect of the internet on the individual in our modern society are perhaps a bit naive and misguided although for the most part a good first step. Most people agree that college is supposed to be one of the most fun times of one’s fine where one meets those who are to be one’ friends for the rest of one’ life, the Frank Bruni, author of Demanding More From College thinks “there’s another dimension to college.” In our politically bipolar landscape, Bruni suggests that college students are a crucial part of solving the problem. Bruni say that we must “confront and change political and social aspects of American life that are as troubling as the economy.” I completely agree, seeing as how…
The idea of going to college frightens most high school students, but it should not, and here is why. In the article “Your First Year of College: 25 strategies and Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond” by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D helpfully walked through 25 grand tips and tricks to help college students push through their years on a campus. Not only an empowering entrepreneur, Randall S. Hansen also focuses on health, wellness and college success. Randall S. Hansen stated that one of his students once said “his technique in the first week of classes was to meet at least one new person in each of his classes,” as a result of doing this he expanded his network of friends and it was always nice to have study partners.…
Lee described how her child grew up and “graduated” on time (par. 14). In her motherly aspect, this is positive; however, kids grow to be mature at different rates and the further mature kids do have an easier time succeeding in college. The mature college kids do not think of college as a time to beige drink, oversleep, or drive recklessly as individuals may label the college experience (par 10).…
This essay is composed by author Mark Edmundson. The primary thought this essay was attempting to get to was that in college there are a wide range of courses in which you could turn into a part of and our general surroundings has been setting us up for this phase in our lives. In any case, how was this conveyed in the essay? The author goes ahead about family, companions, teachers, and powerful individuals from the past, and himself. He goes ahead to clarify the part each of these individuals have in your college phase of life. Whether it be the teacher knowing who cheats to a father who needs his child to be much the same as him. The society around us is the thing that has us to urge us to do what must be done to succeed. At that point there…
This is my second year at Cypress College, I am looking to major in Business Marketing. I attended two high schools during my 4-year education, Roosevelt High, and Bell Gardens High. They were both equally great but ended up transferring due to location. I currently live in Stanton, in which I plan on staying for a while longer. My future goals involve graduating from a Cal State, getting a job, which I know will be much work but really looking forward to it. Overall, I am looking forward to taking this course and learning more about music, and you…
I believe this passage gives you a brief overview of the growth one would expect to have while attending college classes. Learning to look at a situation in a different way or hear a viewpoint one, may not be familiar with, exposes an individual to a whole new life. Once your mind has expanded it can never go back. Taking classes, experiencing different events on or off campus, meeting people from places foreign to our own shapes who we are and who we will be as individuals.…
When I evaluate my school year, many things come to mind. I think about friends. I think about the high and lows. I also think about how I grow. My 7th grade year at cms was full of concepts learned, memorable experiences, and personal growth.…
Obstacles and hardships are what shape a person. One of my many obstacles I had to face was getting use to my freshman year in high school. Due to me going to an Early college my freshman experience may have been a little different. Transitioning was one of the most difficult parts of the whole experience due to me not being able to really grasp what I had gotten myself into. My teachers were very firm in conducting their teaching strategies. I can recall a moment in time where I had turned in one of my first papers for my English class I was so excited for her to read it because I had worked all night on it trying to perfect it. A couple days passed and I got the paper back it was so many read marks on it if I didn't know any better I would…
School is place where I have met different people with different ways of culture and living. I have found it interesting meeting new people that don’t share the same beliefs as me because I get to know more about where they came from and what their beliefs are.…
The article “Message to my Freshman Students” was posted on May 5, 2015. The authors name is Keith M. Parsons. Mr. Parsons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Huston. The way that he implemented his logic of how high school is not the same as a university. What he is trying to tell his new students is to adapt to a new way of learning because its not going to be the same like it was in high school. The things that parson talks about in his article are, first the importance of attending class, second the difference between a college professor and a high school teacher, and last a different way of learning from high school to college.…
During my Sophomore year at South Whidbey High School, I had struggles in math as do all students do but I didn’t be a failed class to hold me back from taking other classes that I was interesting in like Agriculture. With the new move of SWA to a closer location from the High School I was easily able to explore my option into different teaching styles like online math that SWA gives, and with that I was able to take all my math credits at SWA while still continuing my Agricultural Classes at the High School, this was very exciting for me to be able to have semi freedom between two school and the option of class and school environment which was a big part in my wanting to go to SWA. Even though I had most of my friends at the High School I…