Professor Tapleshay: Article Analysis

Effective participation in class requires that you read the required materials prior to coming to class and that you have completed all assignments that are due. In addition, I expect you to contribute honestly and thoughtfully to class discussions. Late or missed assignments, and/or response papers will be accepted only during the next class meeting. 2 points will be deducted for late response papers or late assignments. No late final papers will be accepted, and missed quizzes cannot be made up. Electronic devices such as iPods or cell phones should be ‘turned off’ prior to the start of class.

Before my admission to Houston Community College, I was lost on how to succeed in my courses. However, my admission to this institute exposed me to different courses which educated me on different lessons on how not only to survive in college, but also how to succeed in my classwork. There are two main lessons that I wish to pass on to other students on how they can flourish in their courses.

I think that it’s great that this man did something that he struggled with and persevered to learn how to read. So many people would have just called it good and never learned how to read, and it’s very encouraging that he did learn how to read. This article also makes me question our education system a little bit. I do not think that it’s a good sign that this man made it all the way through school not knowing how to read. Did teachers just not notice or did they just not care? Either way no student should attend school ant not learn how to read at some point. Over all, I think that it’s great that this man learned how to read. It is never to late to learn something new, no matter wat that might be.

Ever since I stepped foot into this english class, I knew that it would be completely different from my previous english classes. It was evident that the lessons learned within these four walls were going to carry through into the real world. If not all, then most of the activities we have completed has influenced us in was we have never been before. One activity in particular was the Stereotype Activity with Ms. Wolder.

To begin her Talladega College experience correctly, Pauline has had the pleasure of sustaining impressive grades in every class. She is able to keep her overall class scores up by committing as much time as needed to complete all of her assignments. For instance, when she was assigned a personal essay by her English teacher, Ms. Lawler, instead of waiting until the night before to start on the paper, she began the same day that it was assigned. By doing this, Pauline was making sure that she had an ample amount of time to get her work done, and was still able to finalize the essay and make any changes that were required. Also, keeping high grades in her courses can be credited to Pauline not being afraid of asking questions and seeking help

Throughout these five articles there are many different connections between the patterns of destructive behaviors or problems which nobody is free of. All these articles contain the ideas of people's freedoms, following the government, thinking for yourself, and stand up for what you believe in.

For this op-ed article, I wanted to get the perspective of a Brandeis student who lived through the natural disaster of Hurricane Harvey. I thought the Brandeis institution had not done enough to help the students who found themselves in the most precarious situation. The disaster occurred at a transitioning time, when students were coming back to campus after the summer. Thus, I thought, why not write an op-ed about how can further responses from the administration can change for the sake of improvement. Also, I wanted to get a student’s perspective out there. I really did not see anybody talking about what was affecting some of our peers in other parts of the country, I thought it needed to be talked about.

Alison’s article is about Japanese mothers who are into educating their children. Main point of this article is that how Japanese people care so much about education success and how much it affect to children. Alison’s main argument is Japanese school system only cares about children’s ability to perform what a school wants instead of what children can actually do. Alison’s analysis about Japanese society is basically programming children into productive machine rather than human with intelligence mind. It seems Alison’s point definitely on right track. Based on how Japan managed to improve their economic situation, Japan won’t change their way of educating children.

My conception of the class, before entering, was that a struggling writer turned professor would be going to great lengths telling us how to write and how not to write. Of course, with me being a veritable writer who happened to need to take a writing related course not for the improvement of my writing, but for the acquisition of the credential. I was going to stubbornly disregard all reproaches, suggestions, and ‘improvements’ and trudge forward headstrong in my unalterable style.

In this section, we reviewed and learned a lot of things that will help better prepare me in the future. We learned about different reading, writing, listening and speaking strategies. In U1A3 we learned about both listening and speaking strategies which I feel go hand in hand. This is because to be able to communicate effectively you need to be able to here exactly what the person is saying to respond back to them appropriately. In assignment U1A3 we watched a video titled Ricks Rants. In this assignment, I analyzed the video and made commentary based on how I felt he portrayed the learned speaking strategies. In assignment U1A3 you can see the process of this, and how my understanding of the speaking strategies helped me

When Mr. Simmons approached the class he very well dressed and profession, even though it was a class room setting. In a sense, he was serious with the class as if he was a strict parent, yet subtle as if he was a close friend. For me, I appreciated his approach because most speakers would be carless to inform the future generation in an effective

This class will be interesting when we begin to learn about health and human services issues that have made an impact in the world. This class will be interesting when we begin to write down our feelings and express our own ideas and thoughts in writing. This class will be educational when we begin to proof read our essays and we begin to note and learn from our mistakes as we continue to write second, third and fourth drafts of our essays. This class will be enlightening when we begin to learn something new in each class meeting. This class will be educational when I successfully will read and annotate the chapters that I’m asked to complete for homework. If I successfully turn in every assignment that I am asked to complete the class will

As we come to an end for the first marking period of the school year I can say that I have done pretty well in Horror Fiction and Film Class. Even though I’m doing well so far I know there are a few things that I can improve on to be the best that I can be in this class. Starting with some basics such as attendance and class participation. I feel that I can do better in this class by starting with small tasks such as not missing any days of class unless it is absolutely required and necessary. By doing this I won't miss assignments and also won't miss the instruction time. This in turn will boost my grade and also expand my knowledge in Senior Symposium. Another way I can improve myself in Senior Symposium is by participating more in class which will help me better understand the ideals taught but also

The article begins with the author stating that college is very different than high school. First, the author states that the difference between teachers and professors is that professors have no obligation whatsoever to make sure that students pass or make any particular grade, where a high school teacher is evaluated on their students’ test scores, causing them to continuously make them learn for their own sake. I believe that students begin to take advantage of this help and become fully dependent on their teachers, causing their level of independence in their classes to drop tremendously. I do not believe he says this to scare them; rather he is trying to warn them about the changes from high school to college and possibly preventing failing grades and unproductive studying. Although he is very blunt, he uses this as a way to make his students understand the importance of his lectures instead of just hearing what the teacher is saying. I initially was a little bothered by how blunt this article was and didn't feel like this was an accurate representation of all college

Each week we will have an online discussion of the material assigned – text chapters, videos, audios, articles, etc. ‐‐by your instructor. These discussions are for the purpose of exploring the assignments, the ideas presented, your