------------------------------------------------- College Pressures In the article‚ College Pressures‚ William Zinsser shows parents the burdens that college students have while they are in school. In the essay he states the four pressures that the students face: economic‚ parental‚ peer‚ and self-induced. The reader can be easily confused when Zinsser first begins the essay. It starts off with someone writing notes to someone else‚ but who is speaking? Zinsser then follows this by fully explaining who is writing the notes‚ a student
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I was intrigued with the article “College Pressures” written by William Zinsser. I was fascinated by the way Zinsser exposed the true thoughts and emotions of not only the students‚ but professors or anyone who deals with students. This article was interesting because it is relatable to many students. I liked this article because I connected with it on a personal level. The way he started off the article was genius. He really portrayed how the students pestered the dean with excuses and problems
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Due to my uncanny similarity with the group of college students William Zinsser described in his essay “College Pressures‚” his words induced within me feelings of guilt and regret. Throughout my years of schooling‚ there have been many occasions in which I have labored to a maximum which resulted in an almost unbearable amount of stress and panic. Oftentimes‚ I credited this anxiety to my teachers who assigned many projects and tests; or to the School Board that made continuous changes to the learning
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After reading chapters 1‚2‚3‚ & 7 of On Writing Well by William Zinsser‚ I found that his stance on the importance of simplicity in writing very impactful as not only does this pertain to writing but to lots of other aspects of life. Zinsser believes in the importance of routine‚ this applies to my life as almost everything I do daily is routine based. Without a solid foundation and consistency‚ I believe everything we wish to accomplish cannot be done successfully without it. For example‚ every
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English Essay 3 November 5‚ 2022 College pressure William Zinsser’s in his essay “College Pressure” published 1979‚ describes the pressures Yale students have economic‚ parental‚ and peer/self- induced. He says that these pressures make students afraid to take a risk and to try to take different paths. He wants them to believe in themselves and to try to enjoy their time in college. I have been a student at Reedley Community College for two years and the pressure I experience
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period for college students and will therefore undergo a mental illness created by stress. William Zinsser’s essay “College Pressures” focuses on four main pressures faced by Harvard students in 1979. Economic pressure‚ parental pressure‚ peer pressure‚ and self-induced pressure are the pressures students experience as they transition to the college realm and continue to affect college students today. Zinsser was a lifelong journalist‚ nonfiction writer‚ and taught writing at Yale University. These
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In Williams Zinsser’s article “College Pressures” he argues that college causes a lot of pressure on students in the 1970’s. He explains that there is so much expected from students that they just get so overwhelmed. Zinsser explains how there are different types of pressure put on students. Whether it’s economic pressure‚ parental pressure‚ peer pressure‚ and self- induced pressure. Even when they have other things to do outside of school they still have to worry about their school work. He is a
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As William Zinsser explains in his essay “The Right to Fail”‚ he emphasizes the modern definition of the American Dream by stating that no person or group of people have the right to say what is the “right path to the top‚ or even to say what the top consist of” (Zinsser-89). Zinsser’s essay addresses that failure isn’t bad and success is another option‚ because “success and failure are again becoming individual visions” (Zinsser-89). This upgraded ideal of the American
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After reading the introduction and chapter 21 of the memoir On Writing Well by William Zinsser‚ the importance of a self-assured mindset and lifestyle regarding ones writing abilities is essential to ones overall growth as a writer. In the memoir‚ the author expresses the need to find an idea‚ moment‚ or theme from your personal experience to help provide you with the confidence and motivation one needs in order to conduct said piece they are trying to write. Personally‚ I am not much of a writer
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society‚ we have a strict idea of what this route to success should look like and who these successful people should look like. In the essay "The Right to Fail" by William Zinsser‚ the idea of failure in American society is determined to be extraordinarily shameful‚ and many people view it as the termination of a chance to a fruitful life. Zinsser goes on to explain‚ "A boy or girl who leaves college is branded a failure- and the right to fail is one of the few freedoms that this country does not grant
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