Let Teen-Agers With Adulthood question 1

         I think in Leon Botstein essay “Let Teen-agers Try Adulthood” he is trying to talk to the adults that run school and older people that is not in high school. He is trying to talk the people that can change something in the high school program and purpose and not people that cant do anything to change the high school program for the future.


         I think that his appeal is some what effective. I think that if you believe in this concept than you will believe in it. If you oppose it then you will get mad and throw some what of a fit because Botstein did not use any information from the other side to give pros and cons about the whole topic and he does not list or say anything of why it does help students or why they are ready to inter the real world yet, or how they are not mature enough for high shool when they are in sixth grade.          Botstein structures his essay to be one sided and to get people to agree with him and to get them to agree with him or to see his point of view. He makes it one sided and does not get any facts about the other side so that you only think about the way he feels so that you don’t want to think about the other side either. But also if you have not thought about this subject of changing the high school program so that you can feel more to be on his side and not on the other.

Why College Fails Us question #1

            In college in the brief time I have been in college I have experiences a lot of different things. I have experienced that you can spend a lot more time with your friends than you could in high school because you live with them. I also have experienced that teachers are a lot better than the teachers that you have in high school and you lean more and have a lot more homework than in high school. In college you have a lot of freedom and a lot less time in class. But I feel that I have already doubled my knowledge in English and computer applications and how too study and prepare my self for homework and tests.
           
           I came to college for many reasons. I came because I want a good job although college does not garintee a good job. I also came because I like learning new things even if it is hard for me to understand it, but I dedicate myself to what ever I do and I am not a quitter.

             I do believe college is worth the time, effort, and expense. I think it is worth the time because you meet some really great people and make some good friends. I think college is worth the effort because you will hopefully know how to make yourself do your job when you get out even if it is not in your major. Hopefully the expense is worth it as long as you end up with a descent job and can pay for the loans in the future.              

• What is the thesis for your paper?
• He worked very hard to make sure i would go to college, so that I would not have the same problems he had when I decide I want to start a family.
• List the main points you make in your paper.
•  my father not graduating
• working many jobs due to not having an education
• how he thinks education is really important
• What was the most helpful advice you received from your peer evaluation?
• Two of the most helpful peer reveiw things are to not repat my self and fixing my grammer errors.
• What was the most helpful information you received in class for your paper?
• I think the most helpful informtion i receved was how to set up my outline because once i set that up I just started writing my paper with very little problems.
• How many drafts of this paper do you think you wrote and how/when did you write them? For example, did you compose at the keyboard, did you write lots of notes to yourself, did you pre-write or outline, did you write in small chunks of time or sit down and produce an entire draft at one sitting?
• Well I started off with an outline the I sat down at my computer and typed the whole thing up and i made revicements mutiple times.
• What would you do differently with this paper to make it more effectively, or what did you try to do that you just don’t think you got a good handle on?
• I feel that i did not discribe enough on the how my father feels about education.
• What are most pleased with about this paper?
• I am pleased that every one that read it liked it and i feel that i did a good job on the paper as a whole.

Interview Quetions

What questions still remain?
I feel that all my questions were anserwed.
How did it go?
I feel that it went good and I learned alot about my dad.
Where did you conduct it?
I conducted it on Facebook for like 3 hours.
What did you learn?
I learned that my dad my dad's family did not help him get a diploma after all the work he put into getting one.
How do you intend to transition to the writing process?
I will make an outline and then make a paper based on the outline.
What concerns do you have?
The only concern i have is getting a good grade.
How do you expect to overcome them?
i Hope for a better grade than the last paper.

sorry this was posted so late i had a problem posting it.

Becoming Educated Question 2

Back in high school the teachers always tried to scare me with college to make it seem like it would be the hardest thing I would have ever seen. I found out they were half right. Yes college is hard, but I think it could have been harder if I did not have a tutoring place that I can go to whenever I need help and I would make friends in the class that I would be able get help from them as well. Also it is not so bad because if you pay attention to the instructor and take good notes you will be fine. I also did not expect all of the teachers to be as good as they are. i did not have very many teachers that taught as well as the teachers in college do.

Well as this is my first time at college and I do not have very much college experience I think it is hard for me to say we have similarities. But I guess there are some I have been thought of as a stupid person by some teachers and when I would be struggling in a class I would had a teacher that thought it was fun to call on me. Even though she knew I did not know the answer to what she was asking, she called on me anyways. Because they were bad teachers most of the class and I did not learn anything and they never did anything about it.