The main aim of this summary was to explore the learning styles and life in general of students in Midwest University. The writer begins by thanking the students who made their accommodation at the campus possible. Usually, the school will cater only for its students with no visitors in mind. But some students were generous enough to offer their rooms for the academic year so that the writers would do their research comfortably. To be able to do so, they first needed permission from the relevant authorities in the campus. Also, they could not entirely fund the research on their own. The Spencer Foundation came in and funded them so that they would be able to collect the required data for their research. The primary purpose of this writers was …show more content…
They managed to interview several people, among them lecturers and students. One particular character who attracted my attention was Elizabeth, who is supported by both her parents in terms of school fees and general survival in the campus. She is one of the few students who is lucky to have support from her family and friends. In fact, she seems to be very grateful for the support she gets as no every person can get such. She is also grateful for having made friends who are able to assist her in her day to day life on campus by participating in discussions, lending her books, participating in various games and also spending their free time with her. Another captivating character was Laura, a Ph.D. holder, who works at the University. Laura explains her life up to when she got married to the husband and started a family. She made all this progress soon after obtaining her Ph.D., which she claims were quite challenging. She endured the challenges so that she could get to where she is today. In her experience, the most challenging bit was learning and having to grasp everything before the random tests and the final exam. All in all, she never quit halfway as she was motivated to finish her
The article “The (Mis) Education of Monica and Karen” illustrated the lives of these two women in their first year at a Midwestern University. Monica and Karen both grew up in the same small struggling mid-western town. Monica was from a working-class family and she worked a full-time job so that she could afford in state student fees so that she would
In the essay, Two Years Are Better Than Four, the author, Liz Addison, gives her opinion on the importance of community college. The main point that she is trying to convey to her audience is that going to a community college is not harming the essential college experience. For some individuals, such as herself, the two-year college experience is exactly what they need to further their education. Community college is an affordable place that can “foster dreams (Addison)”. Throughout the reading, Addison makes compelling statements to prove the point which she is trying to make.
The steps listed below served as a guide showing how the company went about improving the current work flow:
Throughout his four years at the university, he lives at home and commutes in a car pool with other students from Belleville. Although this limits his social life on the campus, the education he receives is outstanding. In addition to being prepared to teach his subject matter, he receives inspiration from several of
In Barszczs’ essay conclusion, he gives poetically clear examples why students will benefit from taking campus-based courses. He stresses the value of face to face interaction between the students and the faculty. Being late to a class, or missing an assignment has a stronger effect if the student has to personally interact with the instructor. Barszcz defines the word education as a process of “drawing out”, stating that campus life can “draw out, from within a person, qualities of intellect and character that would have otherwise remained hidden or dormant.” (8).
These hours with Jerry, waiting for a ride home, or the hour we took for lunch, proved to be my favorite time of day. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College I was desperate to go back to school, I spent hours a day applying to graduate school (for two years in a row), I wrote personal statements and essays about my academic pursuits, I wrote about the importance of an academic community for personal growth without really realizing that I was already enrolled in Professor Jarrell Jackman’s seminar “Tips to live a successful and rewarding
Throughout the piece, he explains the struggles of a college student and how a home strongly differs from on-campus living. In doing so, he leads his audience to feel for the students, making them and want to bring about change that will allow the college students to transition better into a setting that is unfamiliar. While, as stated in the article, many continue to believe that living on a college campus becomes a home to students, Friedersdorf argues that it “cannot be.” His argument about how “college is not a home” was written to convince the reader to agree with him and generate change. To do so, he targets college administrators and those who can make a difference towards the views of administrators, as they can bring about change in the current ways of how on-campus living is construed. Therefore, it is clear that Friedersdorf did not write this article for the sole purpose of making his opinion known to a general audience. Instead, he targets this specific discourse community and stresses the emotions that will specifically appeal to its members. By using emotional appeal in a way that focuses on his specific audience, Friedersdorf works to encourage his audience to enforce change in current college
Who is Chad Richmond? Why am I in the field of student affairs? Why am I at the University of Iowa? These are questions that I have to ask myself everyday and I typically answers them a different way every time. It has been a long journey for me to get where I am today and this paper will discuss those aspects that have both helped and even hindered my path at times. Many different people, events, goals and problems have helped shaped who I am today, but they are all important to who I am today.
In addition to professors, students also lack enthusiasm while attending college. Although the overall atmosphere is friendly, quite often students are unable to fully engage while on campus. Often I hear how Cleveland State feels too much like a community college, partially because over half of the student body are commuters and are unable to stay for long periods of time. This circumstance does not always help improve relations between student’s faculty, and administration. For example, issues such as time management, communication, and stress are some of the main complaints from all three sides. As a result, student motivation to finish college at Cleveland State can drop drastically, which reflects the thirty-three percentage of alumni.
College is an opportunity for us to discover and cultivate ourselves. This is why I value a tight-knit community that appreciates exploration, curiosity and inclusion. Swarthmore embodies these concepts in all aspects of its experience. In a college that highlights intellectual curiosity through learning with practices like “Pass and Fail First Semester”, I can truly pursue knowledge. Through Swarthmore’s diverse courses and support for interdisciplinarity, I can double major or design my own major to quench my thirst for knowledge. With the support for intellectual inquiry I’ve never had before, I’ll search for the answers that have never been found. In a tight-knit college setting focused on undergraduates, I can to do research with my professors
This study was conducted to determine how students at Concordia College liked their college experience. Participants were all over 18 years of age and understood their rights to refuse participation in the survey at any time.
This paper will be discussing what I have learned throughout my five years in college. Throughout this paper I will be going through my various college experiences, starting from my first year at Mercyhurst University, onto my next two years at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, and finally, and my final years at Clarion University. With each of these experiences, I will be describing the assignments I completed in these schools, as well as the skills and lessons I have learned. I will apply various readings to these learnings and describe how I personally benefited from each of these experiences.
It’s almost surreal that 10 years after visiting Creighton University with my family, that I’m writing this essay explaining why I want to attend. Of all the colleges I visited, Creighton feels the most familiar due to the influence of my family. My grandfather graduated from Creighton with his JD in 1952. Similarly a great uncle also received his JD from Creighton in 1977. Finally, my mother and her brother both attended in the late 80’s. The many stories I heard about Creighton helped me paint of picture of the university. When I visited Creighton at the age of seven, I found more interest in the Henry Doorly Zoo and the site of the college world series; however, visiting the campus this past summer allowed me to have a greater appreciation for Creighton.
Ever since the mid-20th century, Liberal education has been the main course of education to much undergraduate institute in the United States include the University of South Dakota. When the 21st century come, with broad goals of to helps students develop a sense of social responsibility, as well as strong and transferable intellectual and practical skills to apply knowledge and skills in real-world settings, liberal education embraces the practice of both academic and out-of-class activities. However, I believe the community and extracurricular involvement in the university are becoming more important for the student today.
Imagine Sergeant John Hopkins of the Ontario Provincial Police has just called you in for an interrogation. Knowing that you did not commit a crime, you enter the isolated and boring interrogation room. Now stuck in a room being completely bombarded by questions and accusations, thinking that hopefully someone could see what was happening to you inside this room. They keep you their for six hours, tired both physically and mentally exhausted. All you can think of, to get out of this situation, is to confess to them what they want to hear. Suddenly, you confess to a murder charge. This scenario has happened several times in police interrogation rooms, to many innocent individuals. Thankfully, with the introduction of psychology working with law many changes have occurred to protect people from this type of confession. By comparing multiple psychological journals to a current article about a murder trial. The focus will be on the tactics being used in to combat false confessions in an interrogation.