An Egyptian Student Wanting To Study Engineering in the UK

Before this course, I had no clue how I was going to manage learning in college. All I knew, I wanted to go. I wanted to improve myself no matter how naive I was. Presently, it is the end of the class. But it is only the beginning for me at Walden University, and because of this course, I now know what to expect and what to do to be a successful Walden student ( State tax liens - myFICO® Forums. (n.d.)). In this essay, I will describe what HMNT 1001-10 Living and Learning in a technical world has taught me in the last six weeks.

At the beginning of the article, Crawford outlined the increased of demand for technical jobs, "making the manual trades- plumbing, electrical work, car repair- more attractive as careers” (n.p). Although it is idealized as "the salt of the earth", in reality, workers are prevented from joining this field by family members (n.p). Believed to be no-brain work, the author argued that trades turn out to require a lot of effort and “metacognition” in order to “eliminate variables…The gap between theory and practice stretches

Through the progression of history the need for the principles articulated in Engineers’ Case was both necessary and appropriate. Callinan J in Workchoices’ Case made

Moreover, my potential challenges will be to prove the author 's purposes for writing, "Some Lessons from the Assembly Line." Adjacent, to helping the readers attain a more detail vision of this article. In addition, to convincing the readers to agree with my view of the key points of "Some Lessons from the Assembly Line" by using evidence from the article itself. Like the author being taught lessons that made him appreciate his time spent at college. I will use evidence such as the author 's own statements about his day 's in the factory and college. To support my argument that the author proved his purposes in his article.

Saint Augustine, a well-known philosopher, once said “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page”. This year, I learned that a book is much more than a bunch of words with a cover, I figured out that books are meant to widen your knowledge, change your perspective and teach you a lesson for life. The values, perspectives, and positions I will present in front of you today are lessons for life I learned throughout this year and this class.

It is not enough to be content with what I have already known. In order to reach my maximum potential, I attempt to deepen my understanding of the world. Sometimes it can be overwhelming with all the knowledge there is in the world, so I ask myself the question “What knowledge will help me move ahead?”

The above thought always instils within me, the need to balance my extracurricular with my academics, building prowess in creativity and originality on both fronts. Though I have been profusely involved in extracurricular activity throughout my under graduation and graduation, I have always focused on my academics and strived to maintain a balance between the two. I am an Architect and nurture a passion in building constructions. Being an architect has shaped my personality and inculcated sensitivities into me to perceive built spaces and enrich my knowledge of the construction industry. This drove me to pursue my master’s in construction management. I am elated that the Graduate program in Construction Management at Texas A&M University is providing me with tools to satisfy my innate desire of contributing to construction of facilities and blending my skills as a student of architecture. Currently I am pursuing my research in the field of value stream mapping of RFID technology in capital projects. It is a cutting edge technology in the construction field and it excites me to be analyzing it and putting forth my evaluation on making it work better in the industry that could actually impact the way passive RFID system are been viewed in the industry.

1. Choose any topic from the text, encompass the topic in a real world situation such as an industry.

First, what will be explained is structure and discipline will be given their definitions and be compared and contrast. Then, my personal Life will be explored with structure and discipline and will also be connected along

At an early age, I gravitated towards electronics as a means of distraction. However, my curiosity grew immensely when I understood that technology had the potential to solve many real-world problems. My interest in engineering was inspired by my father who devoted his life as a mechanic for twenty years. As an expert in his field, he taught me about the

Within society today, many companies utilize technique which is a mode of problem solving that is used to find the one best method through efficiency and rationality. In his article Understanding Our Age, Jacques Ellul states that “we are bound to see that in a society which has become extremely technical, the determining factor is both scientific research and the application of science in the form of technique” (Ellul 27). Society’s obsession with efficiency and rationality has succumbed workers to solutions that do not focus on their needs but rather on the fastest method possible to get the task accomplished. When a systemic problem arises, society’s first response is to fix that problem with a technical solution which only fuels the unending cycle of technical solutions generating additional technical problems.

I thrive on gaining knowledge. Even now, as a non-traditional student and busy mother to two young children, learning excites me. As an 18-year-old in Germany, I began a 10-year career as a military analyst that honed my ability to think critically, pay attention to detail, and visualize holistic solutions to unique problems. However, I spent my free time riding a bike along The Rhine searching for a quiet space to settle in with the wisdom of books such as The Art of Happiness and The Elegant Universe. There, on those riverbanks, I discovered within myself an innate curiosity of the mind and the fundamental nature of the world.

The first activity that morning was to solve a Euclidean algorithm problem that I wrote on the Smart Board. I swear when I designed the problem, I was thinking of the Gordian knot and was confident it would have even challenged Euclid, at least I thought. However, I was so wrong. Before, the other students could pick up their pencils, Arabella had solved the problem.” Thomas, a close friend interjected in a joking manner, “Maybe your knot was not truly a knot, perhaps it was just a clump of string that gave the appearance of a knot.” Laughing, she said, “You would think, since I hold a Ph.D. in Advanced Mathematics from MIT, I could outsmart a five-year-old child. Go figure!” Laughter fills the room and when it fades, she continues, “It is easy to see she lives up to her IQ of 171+, Arabella not only thinks outside the box, but lives there as well. Over the past four years, the facility has had to burn gallons of midnight oil to keep one-step ahead of Arabella. On numerous occasions, she has said history is her favorite subject and that Fred Carrier was her favorite teacher.” She glances at Fred, warmly smiles and says, “You hold a Ph.D. from Oxford in History and not long ago you told me that her sharp analytical ability, in addition to her

I have an aptitude for science and mathematics as evidenced by my high school record. There has never been a doubt in my mind: I am destined to be an engineer. I inherited this from my father's family of engineers whose background is in the farming and construction industries. But, my interest in engineering developed further after several trips to visit my mother's family in Honduras. I began thinking about the poverty, crime, and poor infrastructure. This triggered a question and interest in me: How can I help improve Third World countries using engineering advancements? I had never been exposed to the level of poverty and fear of violence that I saw when we made our first trip to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Honduras is now known as the murder capital of the world, and, as we drove through my mother's beautiful country, I was impacted by how privileged we are to

Books are the foundation on which knowledge is built. My bookshelf is not a library but a row of literature crafted to my specific liking. In my collection there are three literary works of art that have had a significant impact on the way I view the world, 1984 by George Orwell, The Complete fiction of H.P. Lovecraft, and The Power of Awareness by Neville Goddard. These three books have provided me with a range of insight, perseverance, and an escape from reality. Without these texts my mind may have become acceptant to the mundane world which surrounds me.