Thursday, October 15, 2009
Argument:Are Men smarter than Women
Studies show that on average, women underestimate their IQ scores by about five points while men overestimate their own IQs by at least that much. Because the studies were international, the results were the same whether the people were from the United States or Japan, Argentina or Zimbabwe,but not only do men think that men are smarter, surprisingly even the women in these studies perceive men to be smarter. Both sexes believe their fathers are smarter than their mothers and, if there are children, both men and women think their sons are brighter than their daughters.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Work Citied Page
Work Cited
"ACT news." http://www.act.org/news/releases/1998/04-01-98.html. April 1, 1998. Web. 5 Oct 2009.
Beauprez, Jennifer. "Article: Survey Shows College Students Integrate Video Games into Daily Life. . .” Highbeam Research. Article date: July 8, 2003. Tuesday, July 8, Web. 2 Oct 2009.
Bennett, Jeff. "Hints on How to Succeed in College Classes." (2000): 1. Web. 5 Oct 2009.
"Causes of Failure in College." The University of Alabama. Web. 5 Oct 2009.
Whitbourne, Jonathan. "The dropout dilemma: One in four college freshmen drop out. What is going
on here? What does it take to stay in?." Business Publications (2002): 1-7. Web. 4 Oct 2009.
"ACT news." http://www.act.org/news/releases/1998/04-01-98.html. April 1, 1998. Web. 5 Oct 2009.
Beauprez, Jennifer. "Article: Survey Shows College Students Integrate Video Games into Daily Life. . .” Highbeam Research. Article date: July 8, 2003. Tuesday, July 8, Web. 2 Oct 2009.
Bennett, Jeff. "Hints on How to Succeed in College Classes." (2000): 1. Web. 5 Oct 2009.
"Causes of Failure in College." The University of Alabama. Web. 5 Oct 2009.
Whitbourne, Jonathan. "The dropout dilemma: One in four college freshmen drop out. What is going
on here? What does it take to stay in?." Business Publications (2002): 1-7. Web. 4 Oct 2009.
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Copeland 1
Chris Copeland
Mr. Elliott
Eng 100-56
7 October 2009
Success…Why Failure
Many students get the wrong idea when they think about college. They tend to think the work you do will be so overwhelming, but it reality if you use your time wisely it can be done. The main thing is to know when to party and when to study. You shouldn’t party all night knowing you have a test in the morning, your already setting yourself up to fail. You have to make yourself go to class even when you don’t feel like going. You’re slowly wasting money when you skip class. Most likely you won’t be prepared enough for your test or exam. You’ll end up retaking the class, which causes you to take longer to graduate and the money just flies out the window.
Estimates place student aid about 68 billion during the years of 1999-2000 which includes federal loans, subsidies, state grants and students loans. The last thing you want to do is spend more money because you decided to play around your first year in school. States contribute another 60 million directly to colleges so that state schools could offer lower tuition to their students. You have to be organized also, because you can easily fall behind, and it will take you a long time to catch up. Close to half of the students at four year colleges in the U.S. fail to graduate within six years of entering.
As one would know the more prestigious schools will have a higher graduation rate. For example, the University of Louisville has a 44% graduation rate, while James Madison University in Virginia graduates 81%. In 2002 74% of first year students returned for their second year of school, but as the work load and difficulty increases this causes the rate of students that actually graduate to drop to only about 50%. More than 70% of students attending four year institutions spend 8,000 or less a year on tuition and fees, but only 9% pay more than 20,000 according to College Board figures.
When you get to college you have to be more mature about the task at hand. Be sure to stay on top of things don’t wait until the last minute to do things, get it done while it’s still fresh on your mind. Make sure you choose a major that you are interested in, don’t do it because someone else is taking it, because ultimately if you don’t care for it you won’t put the effort in to it that you need to pass. As long as you go to class and take some time to study, instead of wasting time you should be fine. There’s always something going on so you’ll still be able to have plenty of fun. Among high school students who graduated at the bottom 40% of their classes, two-thirds had not earned a diploma 8 and a half years later. No matter how you were in high school you can still succeed in college. You don’t have to be a straight A student to be able to graduate from college. Some students that had straight A’s is high school may not even finish college, because they can’t take the fact that things are more difficult and that you can’t always get an A, but that doesn’t mean u didn’t pass. You just have to be strong and be able to deal with adversity.
Everything is not always going to go the way you want it. The only way you fail is by being lazy and not taking care of your responsibilities. College is supposed to be some of the best times of your life. You are the only one that can control what happens. This is the time you really grow up and mature and learn how to handle things without someone having to tell you to do so. What you do in college will affect the rest of your life.
Chris Copeland
Mr. Elliott
Eng 100-56
7 October 2009
Success…Why Failure
Many students get the wrong idea when they think about college. They tend to think the work you do will be so overwhelming, but it reality if you use your time wisely it can be done. The main thing is to know when to party and when to study. You shouldn’t party all night knowing you have a test in the morning, your already setting yourself up to fail. You have to make yourself go to class even when you don’t feel like going. You’re slowly wasting money when you skip class. Most likely you won’t be prepared enough for your test or exam. You’ll end up retaking the class, which causes you to take longer to graduate and the money just flies out the window.
Estimates place student aid about 68 billion during the years of 1999-2000 which includes federal loans, subsidies, state grants and students loans. The last thing you want to do is spend more money because you decided to play around your first year in school. States contribute another 60 million directly to colleges so that state schools could offer lower tuition to their students. You have to be organized also, because you can easily fall behind, and it will take you a long time to catch up. Close to half of the students at four year colleges in the U.S. fail to graduate within six years of entering.
As one would know the more prestigious schools will have a higher graduation rate. For example, the University of Louisville has a 44% graduation rate, while James Madison University in Virginia graduates 81%. In 2002 74% of first year students returned for their second year of school, but as the work load and difficulty increases this causes the rate of students that actually graduate to drop to only about 50%. More than 70% of students attending four year institutions spend 8,000 or less a year on tuition and fees, but only 9% pay more than 20,000 according to College Board figures.
When you get to college you have to be more mature about the task at hand. Be sure to stay on top of things don’t wait until the last minute to do things, get it done while it’s still fresh on your mind. Make sure you choose a major that you are interested in, don’t do it because someone else is taking it, because ultimately if you don’t care for it you won’t put the effort in to it that you need to pass. As long as you go to class and take some time to study, instead of wasting time you should be fine. There’s always something going on so you’ll still be able to have plenty of fun. Among high school students who graduated at the bottom 40% of their classes, two-thirds had not earned a diploma 8 and a half years later. No matter how you were in high school you can still succeed in college. You don’t have to be a straight A student to be able to graduate from college. Some students that had straight A’s is high school may not even finish college, because they can’t take the fact that things are more difficult and that you can’t always get an A, but that doesn’t mean u didn’t pass. You just have to be strong and be able to deal with adversity.
Everything is not always going to go the way you want it. The only way you fail is by being lazy and not taking care of your responsibilities. College is supposed to be some of the best times of your life. You are the only one that can control what happens. This is the time you really grow up and mature and learn how to handle things without someone having to tell you to do so. What you do in college will affect the rest of your life.
Monday, October 5, 2009
1-9 Reflection Questions
1. I've learned that there is only a low percentage of people who actually graduate from college even after being a student for a year. College is a place to learn responsibility and some people are just not ready to take on the task at hand.
2.You have to be focused and be mature and get done what needs to be done. Don't procrastinate so things won't be so overwhelming when the time gets closer.
3. I will be able to write a more developed paper, because i know how to search more in depth. This way I am able to get more results. I can ask my own questions that could help me expand my paper.
4.Yes, because everything isn't always given to you the first time around. Sometime you have to search for what your looking for, more than just once.
5. I've learned many reasons why students fail and succeed, and that there is a good percentage of students that return to school after there first year. Most of the reasons students fail are very similar no matter where the resource came from.
6.I found out almost half the students don't even graduate. They lack the mind set of I'm growing up and that they are now on their own.
7. I seemed to get stuck with the same information at one point. All the resources were basically saying the same things.
8.I used some of the tools I learned in class about how to find information in different ways, and also how to be able to search in more detail.
9.I can actually put together a decent paper with the right tools. I learned not to just scan over the surface of things. I can write better, if i go to the lab right after class rather than waiting and end up being hesitant on what I'm suppose to do. I try to get a head start of what I have do to and not have to rush at the last minute all the time. The best time for me to work is in between classes.
2.You have to be focused and be mature and get done what needs to be done. Don't procrastinate so things won't be so overwhelming when the time gets closer.
3. I will be able to write a more developed paper, because i know how to search more in depth. This way I am able to get more results. I can ask my own questions that could help me expand my paper.
4.Yes, because everything isn't always given to you the first time around. Sometime you have to search for what your looking for, more than just once.
5. I've learned many reasons why students fail and succeed, and that there is a good percentage of students that return to school after there first year. Most of the reasons students fail are very similar no matter where the resource came from.
6.I found out almost half the students don't even graduate. They lack the mind set of I'm growing up and that they are now on their own.
7. I seemed to get stuck with the same information at one point. All the resources were basically saying the same things.
8.I used some of the tools I learned in class about how to find information in different ways, and also how to be able to search in more detail.
9.I can actually put together a decent paper with the right tools. I learned not to just scan over the surface of things. I can write better, if i go to the lab right after class rather than waiting and end up being hesitant on what I'm suppose to do. I try to get a head start of what I have do to and not have to rush at the last minute all the time. The best time for me to work is in between classes.
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