Learning Against Grades In this society, students are encouraged to pursue a higher education after graduating from high school. Yet, each individual has a different reason for desiring to move on to college. Students attend college either because they want to increase their knowledge, get a decent paying job after college, or they just want to get the “college” experience instead of going on to the working force after high school. As a first-year college student, I pictured college to be a “… place for learning and growth…” (Jerry Faber, 387), but I was slightly wrong. Everyday I stress over earning a good grade in my classes, instead of being driven to learn the material of the course.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES - BA 2101, SECTION 011 FINAL ESSAY – 3/7/2013 INSTRUCTOR: Lindsay R. Teich Major in Success College students need more guidance in how to turn their talents, curiosity, and passions into successful careers. Most guidance offices and books on the subject will be inadequate for these purposes. The writing style is witty and engaging, and the examples are interesting and relevant. Repetition does occur in using the examples, but it's not too bad. While this book has some weaknesses in helping you select the direction you should go in, it is superb in helping you pursue your goals once they are set.
You get to meet new people and actually be in the real world. It makes me have different views about my life other than what I had in my head about three years ago. I hope that my college life will be successful and I will learn lots of new things within the years. Now my last English experience was kind of a disaster, but I did learn a few things that I didn’t know that was important. I learned how to write a topic sentence and what its purpose was to it.
Is College even ‘Relevant’ Today? In a January 3,2010 article titled “Making College ‘Relevant’,” written by Kate Zernike, and published by the New York Times, shows how colleges and universities across the country are shedding light on majors that are not as popular as they were before, for example: paleontology. The articles main focus is how today’s college students are only planning for a well paid career and not allowing time for self-development in college. “Katherine Brooks, director of liberal arts career center at University of Texas states, ‘students think too much about majors. But the major isn’t nearly as important as the toolbox of skills you come out with and the experiences you have’”(Zernike).
Then the student decides to drop to a part-time worker, register for less class hours to find more time to work on improving their grades. But what they soon fail to realize, is that now they will have to hold off on graduation a little longer. Also there are other students who just can’t afford the expenses of college, so they may end up dropping out before they even reach the second semester. These are all real examples of what many college students go through, across the
She explains how her son’s English teacher with unusual way instead of moving him to front row made him to be more serious about learning and specific English .The result was unbelievable, he finished that class with A grade .First Sherry was shocked when the teacher said “I flunk them” then she realized that would be helpful for her son. There are many styles for teaching which looks not proper for first time then after a while when you understand how that help to improve majority of students grades, you will start to believe that style’s advantage. So now we can say F word which author is used in her essay’s title is “Flunk.” Author explains about students who sadly have no motivation to continue their education and are resentful for passing any test which in their mentality they are already
There are many contradictions about whether or not college students are able to obtain a job in their chosen field. Lacey Johnson in her article, “Many with New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling,” believes that employment for graduates is discouraging. While Catherine Rampell in her essay, “Job Outlook for College Graduates Is Slowly Improving,” believes that graduates have a promising future finding good jobs. There are many factors that effect a college graduate’s ability to obtain a job in their field of study; other factors affect the success a graduate has after graduating depending on their degree. To begin with, it depends on the degree you obtained and the degree required to obtain a well-paying jobs in the chosen field.
Outside of the U.S., a much smaller percentage of students attend college. Half of the students who enroll in college do not complete their degree. Secondary schools are primarily designed to prepare students who are planning to attend college, and are not nearly as good at preparing students for a career that does not include college. Having degree is a screening device for future employers. The college you got into says a lot about your ability and how a student stuck it out for four years, but the degree itself doesn’t qualify the graduate for anything.
Senior year is finally here; a time to relax and have fun before the next step in our lives. Not so fast! This common attitude affecting high school seniors is known as senioritis. Senioritis is the absence of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary). Senioritis not only has a strong impact on student performance in high school, but it also has a large impact on college bound students.
College right after highs school is not for everyone. I do believe that all people can benefit from a college degree when the time is right for them. Returning to college later in life can be the result of real life career experience and the realization of what it really takes to get ahead in life. Motivation, learning style, and career goals can have a great impact on your success or failure as an adult student. I tried college right after high school but dropped out because I felt like I was wasting time and money.