Ethic In College

1/ Please read the following text reproduced from Neil Postman 's Amusing Ourselves to Death (New York: Penguin, 1985. 127-128):

I am comfortable with cultural norms for college students. Dressing for comfort is more often to be seen on a college campus. I dress with the majority on campus. I dress for comfort rather than business. There is a sense of comfort when dressing with most of a population because there are less chances for people to critique your look. However, each person can dress with the majority and still express themselves uniquely. Not everyone has the same style which makes standing out easier than before. Cultural expectations do not affect me. Picking out new clothes and trying to find trendy clothes is half the fun of shopping. This often results in following cultural norms and wearing what is trendy.

As I’m slowly growing up and transitioning into a young adult, I’ve realized that i don’t want to finish high school, just to enroll in school again. I don’t want to be waking up spending my days working minimum wage. I see so many teens who graduate high school and end up working at Burger King and McDonalds, I’m not saying it’s a bad place to work but having our hours valued at eight or nine dollars is not how i want to be living. Majority of people are living paycheck to paycheck trying to make ends meet. I also chose this

In high school, students are at the age where their priorities are all about them and their whole world involves them, themselves and maybe friends. To say the least, their priorities are not well established or correct if they have any. When the student gets a part-time job, like at a fast food restaurant it helps put their priorities straight. The students start to realize in order to make the money they need to pay for what they want, they need to make time adjustment and make real priorities. Students will learn that in order to have this job they will need to work during the weekends since school during the weekday. Working they will

Throughout my high school career, I gradually took on more and more responsibilities in order to take full advantage of the time I had left in my parents’ house (where the bills pay themselves and there is no tuition to pay). The summer of sophomore year, I applied for a job at a local movie theater as a friendly popcorn salesman. From chatting with customers to enjoying my thirty minute break every work day, my minimum wage movie theater job

While working flag football 2-3 days a week and volunteering at the Morristown Interfaith Food Pantry once a week, it has often been overwhelming to strike a balance between working, and my family. Since my parents are divorced, I am tasked with driving my brothers home from school and making sure they’re where they need to be during the day, whether it be a tutor or a sports practice. Throughout the fall, I have often found myself driving one of my brothers around, then driving home my other brother, and finally racing to get to work on time. Despite often being short on time, devising a balance between work and family, in accordance with sports and school, has taught me to manage my time wisely, and make sure my family is taken care of, which will be stepping stones in my ability to succeed at Penn

The first years of high school the student should start planning to save up money for what eventually may lead to thousands of dollars every year. For example, a student can balance out school and works, like another in likelihood would do a sport, could work for about 20 hours a week and saving 6 dollars for every hour that saves up to a ton in the long run and may accumulate “...a slightly higher average GPA (2.72) than those who weren’t working student can become almost like a hobby. It is also an exciting new way to exploring new areas of interest and fresh ideas that lead up to a close perspective on what they would like to major

To pay for college, it was vital for me to work two jobs, both in restaurants, 75 hours a week. During the summer I earned all of the amount of money it cost to go to college, but it was still a requirement that I work for my food and rent.” he warned making sure I understood to prepare for college early and understand it is not free. “During the middle of college the hardest part was to stay motivated. This was because at college the teachers didn’t force you to stay in class. Also because you didn’t have parents making you wake up, get ready, and go to school.” He advised me to have a plan mapped out to stay motivated and focused on what is important. “Some advice I would give to people about college is to be ready for when it comes around by saving money early on. It’s also important to remember that nowadays a college degree is important to get a sustainable career. Back when I was in college you could still get a good job without a college degree, but now it is mostly an obligation to be able get a good job.” To sum up, college is a big step to adulthood and it requires an immense amount of preparation and motivation to gain what you need out of

Working during college is a big decision for many people. Some people have the ability to take on a bigger task in trying to balance academic success and job experience. I can relate to this issue for much, because I want to succeed in school but I also want to begin building my resume and learning on-the-job experience. I want to become more knowledgeable through the classroom material, but everyone always tells me that the best way to learn is to just go out there and do it. That is the issue for me, trying to make time for both school and work. Personally I need a lot of time to prepare for tests and exams and sometimes it is a struggle for me. I need time to prepare for school, but I still want to go out and learn through the field experience.

While I was in high school I wasn’t fully committed to my studies and believed I didn’t have the potential it took to get into college. I graduated high school early when I first turned 17 through a early graduated program because I followed the wrong crowd and believed I wouldn’t be accepted to a university anyways. After I graduated high school I wanted to move out on my own and get a low paying job and apartment so I could support myself because I was always worried about being a burden to my family. Struggling to make ends meet every month really gave me a good work ethic because this was the first time I experienced having to make ends-meet. I worked until the end of my 6-month lease and eventually ended up moving back in with my parents

Just imagine, waking up in the morning, then getting ready, get to school, then dismiss, going to work, then go home and sleep, wake up and do every one of the steps over and over. With teens, being high schoolers or college students, getting through their present school is very important toward their future and career. Although school is important, so is having a job. Jobs bring responsibilities and better yet, working at a job brings home money! Both going to school for all teens’ future and working at a job close to home is essential for every teen. Except it is very stressful to those students, it is difficult for them to work and balance school. Unless they have wealthy parents that can buy them

I think that higher education should promote better ethics. I feel if someone is going to try and better themselves and try and gain more knowledge then a little ethics refresher courses should help as well. I think that colleges should promote ethics. Reason being that people are going to college to train in the field that they are going to make a career out of which is where most people will spend their life doing. So they should help teach ethics to those that are planning on becoming an adult. High school prepares you for college but they don’t have ethics classes in high school too much. There are also a lot of families that unfortunately don’t teach their children moral and ethical values. So I think that colleges can help with

Students spend four years of their lives attending high school. Going through high school is mandatory as it prepares them for college and strength to face “the real world.” Having part-time jobs has become the phenomenon among high school students and many students follow this trend as well. Moreover, there are some pros and cons attached with it. Though it may seem like working throughout high school is a bad idea, it could better prepare students for “the real world.” Although some people believe that the primary duty of a student is studying, I am of the opposite position. I strongly support the idea that high school students should work throughout high school. This is because they can earn money, become responsible and get

Many times we don’t realize the small things you do for a coworker or friend add up in return, they will do something for you when needed. People feel an obligation to give back when they receive, if it’s a quality product or an attentive service was provided you are willing to pay for the quality or attention. Reciprocity may also be cumulative. When you regularly do small things to help others, you may not ask for anything in return yet build up credit and can ask for more significant help when you really need it. I recruit new patients for open research studies at my work. When I get praised for doing my job and meeting my goals, I strive to enroll more patients because that means a bigger bonus for me at the end of the quarter. Reciprocity

I work thrity-five hours a week at a warehouse in Ontario California. When I first registered for college classes, I figured college would be fairly easy to fit into my schedule. After all, I thought, college students are not in class all day, like high school students are. So, I assumed the twelve hours a week I’d spend in class wouldn’t be too much of a load. But I was in for a big surprise. My first semester at college showed me that students who work while going to college face problems at school, at work, and at home.