Going to college is an experience that will help you shape your personality and build a better future for yourself. It is import...…
Attending college can be intimidating, but it can be exciting also. In addition to the formal education a good school offers, it is also a time to learn some important life skills. It isn't always easy to strike a balance when you live...…
You can learn lots in college. It is not only a great place to get an academic education, but you can get a social education, too. When you use the advice from this article, you can make your time in college success and productive and the best time of your life.…
In an article entitled “University Greek Life”, Lucier discusses that for many students, one of the highlights of their time in school is their experience with and membership in a fraternity or sorority. She states that joining a fraternity or sorority during your college years is a big decision. In addition, she feels that since someone is in college, they know how important it is to research and think critically before making a decision one way or the other. Lucier also identifies that even if you have the most positive, supportive fraternity or sorority in mind, there has been a culture that has historically supports hazing in higher education. (Lucier)…
Orientalism, simply put, is the perception the West has of the East. The concept was mapped out by Edward Said in his book Orientalism, where he explores the concept, its origin, and how it functions. Said states that Orientalism is "the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient - dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of it, describing it, by teaching it, settling it, [and] ruling over it" (3). However, Said points out that even if Orientalism from the beginning was not "a creation with no corresponding reality" the concept he studies in the book is that of "the internal consistency of Orientalism and its ideas about the Orient ... despite or beyond any correspondence" with the "real" Orient (5). What Said is saying is that the characteristics drawn up about the Orient within Orientalism ar not necessarily compatible with reality. The Western eagerness to characterize the Oriental came from the desire to put a face to the unknown, becoming "a political vision of reality whose structure promoted the difference between" East and West, them and us, "the familiar and the strange" (43). Orientalism became a dictionary displaying the characteristics of the Oriental subject, characteristics that were fixed and unchangeable (42, 70).…
Yes, twenty four hour visitation is something all the students wish to have at some colleges but it’s not for all colleges. Some college students always look forward into having fun, playing, and being interactive with the opposite sex. You would never have any privacy time someone would always be in the suite with your roommate or out in the always making loud and disturbing noises. As she said,”Most of college students like to relax in nightgowns, T-shirts, or underwear in their rooms or halls.” Relationships could also become a distraction to the person that is trying to do homework, or trying to study for that big test in the morning. That person who is in that relationship may have that boy or girl in their room to talk or do anything they was planning on doing. So there would be no privacy for yourself not even for work you just might want to take a quick nap, or just relax and watch some television.…
Laura Vanderkam writes the essay, “Hookups Starve the Soul”. The essay explains the reality of most college students, the hookup. The main focus of the essay is to demonstrate that hookups may satisfy our physical needs, but they do not satisfy our emotional needs. Vanderkam mentions that the causes behind this could include sexual revolution or co-ed dorms and alcohol abuse, but she insists that there is a bigger picture behind all of this. Vanderkam defines the hookup and uses various definitions, stats, personal examples, experts, and examples from film and literature to support her thesis.…
Andrea Mcneely, et al. "Beliefs About Romantic Relationships: Gender Differences Among Undergraduates." College Student Journal43.2 (2009): 276-284. Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 Nov. 2011.…
After reading the article Dating Violence Among College Students: The Risk and Protective Factors by Catherine Kaukinen the two issues that impacted me were the risk and protective factors such as gender, violence in the family of origin, emotional states and mental health, substance use and abuse, sexual risk taking, nature of intimate relationships, and academic engagement. The author explores each of these factors by looking at other research to gain an understanding and to bring awareness about dating violence among college students. Additionally, ideas are presented on how to prevent or reduce dating violence among college students. The major findings that the article were provided from various researchers that conducted studies to find…
The features of this behavior are respect, leadership, multicultural experience, solution of conflicts, etc. College education produces lower crime, better health, greater productivity and better citizen according to Henry Bienan. Therefore, college graduates tend to participate in activities as volunteer to help other people. As illustration of that, while the person is studying, she or he meets plenty people. Probably, these people have a different perception of life or harder story. It will open the hearth of the student who listens it and encourages him or her to enjoy in projects to collaborate with the society. Being a better person, which means being respectful, honest and responsible, guarantees a world without violence when there is a…
College is advertised as a place where you learn to grow up and become an independent adult. A place with a variety of freedom. All the perks seem to be there except the one that has followed us since elementary school, the freedom of class selection. It may seem that we get freedom of class selection but there is always that catch, General Education. The monster that has haunted us since the beginning of our education journey. If society wants to use college to treat us like adults by giving us freedom then they should start with giving us full freedom not partial.…
Teenagers, especially those nearing the end of their high school career, are often diagnosed with a disease commonly known as senioritis. Senioritis, a mental virus curable only by a high school graduation ceremony and a diploma, is characterized by a strong desire to be out of high school and into the real world. Teens with senioritis tend to have a utopia-esque vision of college; they see college as a place where they can finally escape the confines of their hometown, a haven where they can safely be themselves and do what they want to do. However, college is nowhere near as secure as teens are tricked to believe and many naive teenagers fall prey to menacing older students. Despite the laws prohibiting sexual harassment at United States…
The college divides America into 2 sides: the Republic side and the Democratic side. The college is supposed to unite America but instead causes tension between the 2 political parties which can lead to violence. For example, this year during the 2016 election there were many fist fights and insults thrown between the parties. Trump, a republican, threw insults at Hillary Clinton, a democrat, and his insults ignited even more fights causing the the Republicans to fight the democrats. Hillary Clinton also exchanged insults with Trump making the Democrats angry and the causing the democrats to fight back. This resulted in a huge divide in America because both the parties were angry at each other.…
According to a recent survey conducted by Student Monitor, a college market research company, college student’s state that the three biggest problems on college campuses are the cost, stress and drinking. Now more than ever, college binge drinking is becoming a relevant issue and it is often linked to rape and sexual assault. A recent study conducted by, The Maryland Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems, found “that alcohol use of any kind on campuses across the country each year results in 1,800 deaths; 600,000 injuries; 700,000 assaults by someone under the influence; and nearly 1 million rapes and sexual assaults”. There have been initiatives to lower college tuition and support systems to cope with the stress of school, but no specific and universal…
College helps people to mature and grow, while also teaching important life skills. About 69% of college graduates say college helped them to grow as a person (Source F). A college education also forms traits, habits, and skills to help a person display better character and learn how to face some of the realities of life after college. College education learning can “result in combinations of focus and flexibility that make for intelligent, and sometimes courageous risk taking [students]” (Source B). This proves college to be a very crucial aspect of developing a student’s morals, beliefs, and character while also preparing them for life after school. In addition, college teaches skills in time management, people skills, work ethic, punctuality, professionality, and skills in living on your own to students. These skills help students to grow and learn to face the realities of life after…