As stated before, Miller was once a project director for the Pew-sponsored National Forum on college level learning from 2002-2004, and a Curry School of Education professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She has experience in this area, as well as research from which conducted for a national education forum. In this work, Miller provides outside sources to represent families who do not have parents who attended college to compare to her own experiences, as well as the data she provides. Miller also uses: charts produced by Tom Mortenson, data released by Educational Testing Service (ETS), and National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), all credible sources. This essay appeals strongly to ethos.
In 1964, at the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, Malcolm X said “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” As a young college student, I often think about my future, some may say preemptively. Jorge Salles Diaz offers a perspective for current students who may be too focused on life after university in his essay, “Let’s be honest about why we’re here.” Diaz is currently a senior at Vanderbilt University. He describes himself as a ‘young intellectual eager to take the world by storm.’
The article, “Why we undervalue a liberal arts education” By Adam Chapnick written on March 6, 2013 is informative and insightful because the author talks about the importance of not undervaluing liberal arts. Chapnick tells you that at the end of the day science, technology, engineering and mathematics is what is really important. One of Adam Chapnick main idea is that the large public does not get the value of liberal arts. That it has no money value, it is just important.
The value of the STEM system (science, technology, engineering, and math) is steering the education world in a new and positive direction, although some may believe otherwise. In Lloyd Bentsen’s article, “the United States educational system will continue to fail our children,” he talks about how he disagrees with Zakaria, another writer stating his views on the STEM system. Bentsen believes the STEM system will benefit America. In Scott Gerber’s article, “How Liberal Arts Colleges Are Failing America,” he talks about how people can correlate their majors into entrepreneurship. Lastly, in Fareed Zakaria’s article, “Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous,” he shares his belief that our obsession with STEM is just a way to overlook
Nemko, Marty. " America 's Most Overrated Product: Higher Education". The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 2008, Web. Feb.28, 2017 Marty Nemko 's main argument in his article "America 's Most Overrated Product: Higher Education" is that college education is not necessarily needed in order to achieve a greater success in the future. He in fact argues that college education just creates a bigger debt that will be very hard to pay in the future for students.
In the quote by Kevin Abdulraham it explains that if an individual can take any disadvantage whether it is psychical or mental and turn it into an advantage can make the drive in the individual unstoppable. Additionally, Banks-Santilli (2015) explains that students who are entering college feel that they are breaking the continuation of their family’s values (Para. 2). This feeling of betrayal can put an emotional toll on the student if they feel that their family does not support their decisions. Additionally, in “First-Generation Undergraduate Students and the Impacts of the First Year of College” Ryan Padgett (2012) explained that students whose parents went to college scored higher on cognitive and critical thinking test than a first generation college student (p. 259). The study finds that the student begins college at a disadvantage than their counterparts because with no prior knowledge of their new surroundings, causing longer time to adapt.
In the article, “Achievement of Desire” by Richard Rodriguez, starts to discuss the conflict of scholarship boy between school life and his home life. When he starts to make progress in his education, he was becoming discouraged and embarrassed of his parents lack of education. Rodriguez admits his success is due to never forgetting his life before he became a scholarship boy, yet the new change that came from getting an education. After reading this article, I would have to agree with certain parts Rodriguez has to say, yet disagree after realizing individuals who take the values of academic culture will start to experience alienation from native communities. Richard Rodriguez describes the difficulties between balancing life in the academic world and life of a working class family.
I could recall myself as a kid occasionally feeling extremely isolated, then trying to fit in. Occasionally in class, I found myself holding back with academic questions, and concerns because I was afraid of being harassed. The fact that, I wanted to actually learn, was not considered popular. Therefore, when it came to college my question remained, what is college? In my family, college is not something that is anticipated, perhaps graduating high school.
The research data was read, reread, the results that was students was talking a about a desire for education, learning, personal goals, family goals or influence. Going to college that far away from home. If your parents drive you crazy and can’t seem to get away from the annoying sibling, college is the answer! Put as much distance between yourself and them. Sweep all your problems under the rug so you don’t have to deal with them.
The very controversial and widely known article “What College Can Mean to the Other America” under the authority of Mike Rose – for the sake of clarity and objectivity – touches upon three main points regarding formal education in America, which are: well-round education as whether a private or public good, governmental intervention in helping the less fortunate, and lastly, poverty in America is regarded, especially by the upper classes, as a prerequisite for social hierarchy and economic progression. Allow me to further elaborate and support these three main points, in my perspective anyway, throughout the paragraphs to follow. Rose under some instances in his article strongly advocated for government intervention in preventing or at least
College is one of the most significant times in a person’s life. Every year high school kids will visit many different colleges so that they can be confident in their college decision. Some kids will follow in their parent’s foot steps and base their decision on where their mom or dad went, though, not all kids are fortunate to have help from their parents. Many kids nowadays may be the first in their family to take on higher education. The article, “First Generation College Students: Unprepared and Behind” by Liz Riggs explains that kids who are the first in their family to take on college are at a disadvantage compared to kids with parents who attended college.
Nathan crafts her observations by interpreting of what international students generally saw in friends and family and what Americans students saw in terms of individualism and independence. In Rebekah Nathan’s book My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student, she writes “there's much more independence here. At home students live with their parents. Here families aren't tied together and they call their parents, maybe once a week” (Nathan 73) and the “international students generally saw family as more naturally integrated into their social life when you're not near your family” (Nathan 73). Nathan discovers that in America, the US students tend to only be friends on campus and not interfere or care about their friends’ situations or family matters.
Since I am first generation, obviously my mom did not attend college, so she is not directly able to emphasize with me over all of the challenges that college throws at me like the parents of many of my fellow students. She will always be there for me no matter what, but it just is not the same as having a parent who knows exactly what it is like having completed college themselves. Fortunately, my mom isn’t the only one who supports me in my college endeavors, I have friends, fellow students, and other supportive adults on this journey with me emphasize with me specifically about things like finals and picking classes that are only a phone call, message, or visit
It can be one of the best experiences in a person’s life, but it is a major adjustment from the life that most people live prior to it. With this adjustment comes many types of stress that a college student will face. Whether it is taking out a loan, trying to make my parents proud, or relearning how to make friends, there will always be some sort of stress that comes along with being a college student. The stress that the average college student will endure can seem to be overwhelming at times, but these stresses are part of the learning experience of college and overcoming them will teach us valuable lessons that will help us in whatever we
Students face various challenges throughout their college career. Thus, the problems that students have can range from balance, new lifestyle, to financial problems. Therefore, finding a balance between being a student, possibly working, and keeping up with their social life is a necessity. Similarly, others are away from home for the first time thus, they have a new responsibility with being on their own and findings ways to deal with homesickness. Likewise, being exposed to new financial situations is yet another challenge college students will need to learn how to cope with.
