One point he addresses is this generation focuses too much with online sites and needs to approach things as they did in the past. They need to approach situations by involving themselves physically and not online. Another point Friedman discusses is that the rising generation is putting themselves out there by exploring the world, and helping others. Finally, a third point he addresses is that “Generation Q” needs to be worried on problems from the past generation, “the Greediest Generation” (Friedman 8). If “Generation Q” does not approach and pay any attention to some of the issues from the past generation, people in the youth are going to waste most of their lives “digging out from the deficits” left behind from the previous generation (Friedman 8).
The conventions of college writing are very complex and if professors are more helpful and patient with first year students as they learn academic discourse, students will be better prepared for all future academic endeavors and they will have a better opportunity to strengthen and develop their voice. David Bartholomae, author of Inventing the University, is a professor who writes about the struggles that students face with transitioning into college level writing and learning to write with authority in academic discourse, all while maintaining a unique voice. I agree with Bartholomae’s views on the subject and his arguments are very valid because he speaks from the status and
A Change of Attitude Summary: In “A Change of Attitude” by Grant Berry, we appreciate a life of irresponsibility were high school is just like prison, but after a few years he decide to read were he look college whit other eyes. After finish high school he follows the examples that his father gives him, leave school and star working. Where he just loose years of learning to be someone in life, but he star thinking to be someone. Where he just spends minutes reading about self-help, positive mental attitude manuals, and he take a huge turn where he star reading everywhere. The reading gives him other eyes to see the world, the goal that will change his life, came back to college where he became a dedicated student.
Read: Read this story of a college freshman—let’s call him Raul—who moves back in with his parents for the summer after attending his first year of college out of state. Even though he feels close to his parents and wants and needs their support, he is also used to having more autonomy than they are used to giving him. (Perhaps your students will be able to relate to the predicament.) That situation activates the autonomy-connectedness dialectical tension for Raul. Instruction: After reading the story again generate eight different approaches Raul might take to dealing with the tension that correspond to the eight strategies identified by researchers: 1) denial: Raul thinks that his current situation is not as bad as it seems, because his parents are being his parents.
While in prison Malcolm would try to write letters to Elijah Mohammed but would become frustrated because all he knew was slang and street life.” I commanded attention when I said something. But now trying to write simple English, I not only wasn’t articulate, I wasn’t even functional’. Malcolm’s frustration prompted him seek and learn a Homemade Education while in prison. Malcolm X learned that the library was a breeding ground for knowledge. While serving time in Charleston Prison Malcolm x had a friend that was very knowledgeable and Malcolm envied that.
Just as the author, I have been alerted to grow up due to my transition as a high school student to a college student. Now as a college student I realize the value of time and my need to grow up to be more productive. Because when you grow up, productivity is what you learn and productive is what you learn to be. Here is where the author’s understanding of unproductivity also leads him to seeing the importance of productivity. Marginal places, people, and activities allow people to learn the meaning of productivity.
Although college is supposed to be used to help us prepare for our future careers and lives, many people get a lot of different life lessons out of it and in a way that is just as good as receiving their education. We as people do not all function the same way, so college works in different ways for all of us. I have had a chance to witness this on a personal level with two of my cousins. For one of my cousins’ college turned out to be a good
This can be very daunting, for very few have actually taken steps to ensure that they will become successful during their trials and tribulations of student life. So how could a student take a personal outlook on college success and make it so that they take responsibility for it? There are many steps that could be taken, but through personal involvement with school, this writer feels as though that there are three key elements to student success. If a student were to take a personal responsibility to prepare, evaluate, and plan their college requirements, they can guarantee his or her success while pursuing their education. Preparing for success in school might seem like an easy enough task, but when the responsibility finally falls on the student, he or she is often caught off guard.
All the policies and action Obama is taking, will make him transformational in the end. He understands if we keep ignoring problems in our society and keep letting them become bigger, then America could essential be in the worst shape it has ever been. We need major reform and we need it now. Obama is attempting to not make everyone equal, but build up the middle class again. Americans are growing further and further apart when it comes to money, and this is contributing to the major problems like: unemployment, education, and inequality.
College vs. High School By Erika Clough Many students, especially those who do not have a family member who has been to college, believe college is pretty much like high school, only bigger. In today’s modern society the two most popular forms of education are a high school education and a college education. More people than ever are striving to better themselves by achieving some form of college education. To be prepared, it helps to know what differences lay ahead. Though academic requirements and student life vary depending on the college you attend, there are basic differences that apply in almost every case.