Learning Your First Job By Robert Romnson Analysis

In “Preparing for a Career”, Derek Bok, president of Harvard Law School and author, argues how universities, more specifically liberal arts colleges, should include training for a certain occupation with regular college classes to better prepare a student for the real world after college. Considering that Bok has earned his degrees at some of the most well-known universities like Stanford University and Harvard, he has a better understanding at what students are missing and what they need to be successful. However, on the other hand, not many professors and students see or agree with Bok’s point of view. They do not agree that students need the vocational training during their years in a liberal arts college, even though students need both; an education that helps them become critical thinkers and skilled communicators as well as skilled workers in a certain career. So why not help students with their career along with their regular core courses?

Taking an honest interest and devoting one’s self to obtaining a true understanding of what is being is learned, was a point that was centralized on in the article. I agree with this

My selected article is Some Lessons From the Assembly Line by Andrew Braaksma. According to Andrew Braaksma having some experience in a real-world, this job setting helped him perceive the importance of education. He mentions that the lessons in his life that he learned were at the expense of others misfortunes. The individuals around him became the reason for his clarity and gratitude for the education he is receiving. The article's theme of the lessons that are learned through experience are well argued because the author incorporates challenges with the work-load the job came with, provides pros and cons of working at real world job, and mentally grasps the work ethic the factory taught him.

The salary rates the business is presently paying for the individual positions fall well within the wage cure; however, modifications will be as followed:

The third alternative was to perform a job analysis of the less competent employee to determine their place in the practice. The use of job analysis to determine if the job duties assigned to the employee are above their competency levels. I will also assess their ability to perform their job duties. Once the analysis is perform it can be questioned whether the person can be moved to another appropriate position to decrease the workload of other employees.

I have listed below some great tips for students to be successful while in college, please feel free to implement them as you feel needed:

Fridman defends “nerds” by comparing the extremes of how people are perceived as “nerds” or athletes”. In society “someone dedicated to pursuit of knowledge is compared to a freak biting the head off a live chicken”(10). This juxtaposition is used to emphasize the ridiculous way that someone who pursues knowledge is viewed. Fridman makes his point by taking a dictionary definition of something good and showing how extreme it is. He defends the “nerds” by going on to point out other statements that do not idolize nerds. In school, “nerds are ostracized while athletes are idolized”(17-18). Someone who is intellectually advanced is not valued as much as someone who shows physical strength. Fridman states this because of the irony of it, he thinks

We have come together, collaboratively and willingly, to write this letter to provide an alternative perspective to the learning experience within Dr. Alfred Pérez’ SW 5002 Fall 2016 course.

Matthew Simmons is one of the many students at Angelina College who struggle in finding a wonderful and quiet place to study. Matthew also struggles with completing his homework on time because he lacks the technology at home and he sometimes has trouble understanding certain concepts that his instructors give him. Various students have found college to be a bit challenging; a few of those students are unaware that the Angelina College library can help them with most of their problems. The AC Library is a great place to go study, complete homework assignments, and work on projects because it provides many services that help students, including computer services, study rooms, and tutoring (“Library”).

Before coming to Northeastern University, I was only encouraged by my teachers to read for content. I was participating in school in order to better understand ideas so that I would be able to achieve high marks in class. This approach proved to be very limited and detrimental. The distance between myself and what I was learning turned school into a burden rather than an opportunity to expand my horizons. When I came to college, my perspectives on the world had changed for the better. I began taking inspiration from my identity, culture, and passions in order to enhance my contributions to my courses. This in turn helped me develop a healthier relationship with academia and inspired me to take a more comprehensive approach to learning in general.

This chapter offers a higher level of education. From the high school student, college student to a part of Teacher Corps, and now Mike Rose works for EOP, becomes a tutor in UCLA. Throughout this chapter, I can see the view of education of the author changes time by time. He is now facing with the highly successful students and the main problem here is how unprepared they are. Actually, I used to have that problem, it is not easy to integrate into new environment. In addition, I was struggled and stressed so much when I got really bad result in the first few tests in the first year in high school even I kept asking question and memorizing the whole lecture but now, I understand the problem was all about the study styles. Besides, I find out

When you think of your first job, a lot of us think of our teenage years when we needed money to go out with friends and keep with the latest trends. During this time, we took any job we could get, from fast food

The first of our assignments, “7 Things Graduating Seniors Should Know About College” by Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman, taught me some of the beginning steps of how to be prepared for my first time at college. For example, I learned that you do not need to have a major picked out right away. As students grow through college, there are plenty of opportunities that arise that will make them want to change majors. I also learned that, unlike high school, college class attendance is critical for passing the classes. Professors have a limited amount of time to teach each topic and a student could miss a good portion of knowledge because he or she missed a handful of classes. These are only a few pieces of advice the article gives new college

The single most important lesson I learned from this assignment is confidence. Applying for a job similar to trying out for a sports team, the other applicants are the competition and you do not

Just right after graduate, some students might have hard time to find a professional position as an engineer. During the interview, this engineer suggests that from the different perspectives, the students should get employed first, then, think about their career. In “Your First Job Doesn’t (Really) Matter,” Jodi Glickman, a contributor to the Harvard Business Review, describes the pre-job training and knowledge that people learn should not be all for their professional learning. Indeed, she says what she did do is “learn a whole lot about myself, about relating to others, about adjusting expectations and managing difficult workplace environments” (Glickman). Same as what Glickman describes, Mr. King did not suggest that student should immediately get into their professional working when they get their first job or do not be too concerned about whether their first job is related to their major. For them, the most