College provides us with the knowledge and credibility that employers seek in this demanding world today. However a huge debate has to be brought to attention if going to college and receiving a bachelor’s degree should be a requirement to even get your foot in the door or be considered for a job. An interesting point of view on the bachelor’s degree being a job requirement is in the essay “Should The Obama Generation Drop Out?” by Charles Murray. Murray is a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, has written on social issues and published a book in 2008 regarding real education. I think Murray’s point of views will change a lot of people and the way they see education as a primary resource to qualify to get a good job.
D.Warholik English 255 February 23, 2011 Summary Of The Lure of the Body Image By Susan McClelland In the article “The Lure of the Body Image”, Susan McClelland examines the increasing awareness of an idealized male body image among men in modern society. She discovers an alarming rise in the number of young men using extreme measures to attain this body image. The author begins by introducing us to Ralph, a 30-year-old man who decided to lose some weight. Ralph claims that media has a huge impact on the way he sees his body. Modern society is surrounded with media, such as magazines, that depicts a certain body image; a body image that is “beefy and muscled.” The author then states that statistics “show an alarming number” of younger men using steroids to obtain this idealized look, but this is not the only concern.
You probably will not answer all these questions, and the paper should not be a string of answers. You will formulate a thesis that responds to one or two or even several of these questions. Your thesis will need to be an argument that can stand alone. " Weakness is the mother of justice " , I actually didn't think about this , till I read it here and I think I agree with it . Some people are just because they don't have enough power to change how people act or change anything around them .
According to Bird, college is “...a graceful way to get away from home and become independent without losing the financial support of their parents” (Point #15, Bird). Although her claim may be true in some cases, Bird cannot speak on behalf of college students worldwide. This is mainly because there are no statistics that show how many students “get away from home and become independent without losing the financial support of their parents”. Her claim is composed mainly of logical reasoning, therefore cannot be deemed valid when speaking for a large amount of persons. Bird also uses style in an attempt to convey her argument.
Is College Debt Worth It? We all grow up being exposed to the thought of college being full of parties, drinking, and a whole lot of sex. As a college student, I can attest that the exposure we’ve experienced is true, but there is one thing that the media has failed to mention: College debt is real and obtaining a degree doesn’t mean you’ll have employers throwing copious amounts of money at you. In the article “Debt Education: Bad for the Young, Bad for America”, written by Jeffrey J. Williams, data shows that tuition has increased at roughly three times the rate of inflation. Inflation aside, this means college is getting more expensive.
Students Should Not be above the Law The article by John Silber, former president of Boston University, argues that many college students shouldn’t be able to get away with some felonies they might have committed. Even though John Silber wasn’t a reporter for any type of newspaper or magazine, he makes a great point over a well written article. In the beginning of the article he compares two court systems that were used in the medieval time in which is a great way to start this article. With this information in mind, the reader can be able to compare the court system of today to the systems of the past. I’m not sure if he was trying to get the college students to be his primary audience, or if he was trying to inform other educators about the discipline of college students.
She states that if we continue to participate we will be a “repressive society” which to me seems very one sided, she speaks to everyone in this essay, because she wants everyone to know that if you participate in the pc, we are not only being ridiculous but we are being a “repressive society.” This essay, or what seems to be an essay, is not an effective argument because of the way she argues, she does not see things from both sides, but she chooses to voice her side and why she thinks it is ridiculous! By just reading the essay once, made me believe that this is not a great essay or argumentative essay why? Because she just argues her point and not seeing it through how other people think of it, just her point of view. As I have stated in my introduction,
In this other half of the argument it not only changed my opinion, but it also gave me a bigger picture of why banning laptops, is not a solution. Elena Choy’s article counters all of the statements in which Andrew Goldstein has stated. First, she responded to Andrew Goldstein first reason; she believes that the professors are nobody’s parents. So if a student wishes to do what he pleases, then that is entirely their choice. In her second response, she explains that students should train themselves to be more focused with the professor instead of another peer’s laptop.
Rules of ethics in United States colleges have changed drastically over the years. Universities today keep a tighter grip on what students and staff say about others then they did in the past. In some cases, colleges go too far and render their students rights to the second amendment, freedom of speech. Three specific examples of colleges that restrict and individuals right to freedom of speech are at Harvard University in an attempt to fight racial problems, the University of Michigan in its struggle with homosexual issues and the University of Washington were problems grow from a woman’s studies class. The first example from Dinesh D’souza’s book, Illiberal Education is from Harvard University, Stephan Thernstorm, a professor teaching “the peopling of America” class, was charged with “racial insensitivity” by three black students of his class.
Dear Honorable Titian: I understand the House of Representatives of the United States has just passed a bill which would do away with federal grants to college students. I am currently enrolled in college and depend greatly on the grants I receive. These grants allow great opportunity, for not just me, but for many other students as well. Taking them away would cause problems in several areas. The passage of the “Pick the Public’s Pocket No More” bill would lower college application rates, lower college graduation rates, and lower our country’s number of new college graduates for open positions in the work force.