Everyone knows that students, especially college students, have very little to no money, and to fix that problem many of them get jobs to support themselves so that they can have money to pay bills or simply go out on the town every once in a while. Although for some people, whose parents have money, do not face these sort of problems. They have the opportunity to focus on their studies and do pretty much whatever they want without having to worry about the financial aspect of things. I realize that many parents want their children to get the best education possible without having to worry about anything else but on the other hand I truly believe that working while being school is extremely beneficial to the student. It not only helps the student realize the value of money but of the hard work it takes to earn that money as well the responsibilities of having a job and all that goes with it.
I say this because when I went through school I had a job first in the summer but when my senior year came around I got a job after school, although it was only part time I learned a great deal about what it takes to pay for my own gas, car insurance, cell phone payments, etc; and without having worked I would not have learned what it means to budget or manage my with the many other activities I had on top of work and school. Even though I did not have to work, because I was already spoiled by my parents, I am very glad I had that experience so I am better prepared for life after school and away from the parents.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Procrastination in college
Procrastination is one of the many problems college students in particular deal with on a daily basis. They know that they have a research paper due next week that they had assigned two months prior, but do they do anything, I think not. They keep going on about their business doing whatever they want carefree of their responsibilities to their studies. They will put their work off to the very last second, then they scramble to get it done only doing a mediocre job at best. Why do they do this to themselves? Are they under the notion that procrastinating is benefiting them?
Well to be honest I do not think that there is any discernible reason why people procrastinate except that they are simply lazy bums who want to do the least work possible. I would know because I am the worst procrastinator ever! For example I had to have thirty blogs written by April 29 and I knew all year that this was going to be due but instead of doing two blogs a day and getting it done with, I put it off and now I have to write fifteen blogs in one week. I have no excuse for putting it off except that I did not want to do them. I now wish I would have done the work gradually instead of putting it all off and cramming it into a week.
This example shows the brilliant decision making that most students make in college. Scholars wonder why most percentage of freshman fail their first year in college, well there is the answer; because students are lazy and they procrastinate to the very last second causing them to fail. If they would simply do their work I would easily surmise that more students would graduate. The lesson here of course is, do not procrastinate!
Well to be honest I do not think that there is any discernible reason why people procrastinate except that they are simply lazy bums who want to do the least work possible. I would know because I am the worst procrastinator ever! For example I had to have thirty blogs written by April 29 and I knew all year that this was going to be due but instead of doing two blogs a day and getting it done with, I put it off and now I have to write fifteen blogs in one week. I have no excuse for putting it off except that I did not want to do them. I now wish I would have done the work gradually instead of putting it all off and cramming it into a week.
This example shows the brilliant decision making that most students make in college. Scholars wonder why most percentage of freshman fail their first year in college, well there is the answer; because students are lazy and they procrastinate to the very last second causing them to fail. If they would simply do their work I would easily surmise that more students would graduate. The lesson here of course is, do not procrastinate!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Should all college courses be related to your future occupation?
As a college student with the goal of one day becoming a doctor, I find myself strategically selecting the courses I will need for this future career. However, after reviewing many schools' course requirements for this field of study, I begin to wonder why we must take all of the classes they require. The countless Literature, History, and Math classes we must take tend to be somewhat irrelevant.
Many students go in to school knowing exactly what they want to do with the rest of their life, yet they must go through four years of college, studying completely irrelevant subjects, that more than likely will never be used again. We should not be required to spend countless hours studying, and even years of schooling, on top of all the money for tuition, to take classes unrelated to what our major focus is. Rather, we should spend more time focusing on what we plan to have a career in.
I have argued this with many adults, who tell me that colleges require you to take these core classes so we will have a basic knowledge of these subjects. But I'd like to argue that we gain the basics in high school classes. Why repeat this at such a high cost to the wallet? My senior year in high school was a total waste of time because I have basically gone over the exact same thing my first year in college. Instead of wasting my time retaking courses I have already taken, I should be devoting my time learning new material.
If colleges adopted this new standard then the chances are more people would want to attend college and get a better education instead of skipping out on it and starting a career right out of high school. This would promote a more knowledgeable society who are not blanketed by ignorance.
Many students go in to school knowing exactly what they want to do with the rest of their life, yet they must go through four years of college, studying completely irrelevant subjects, that more than likely will never be used again. We should not be required to spend countless hours studying, and even years of schooling, on top of all the money for tuition, to take classes unrelated to what our major focus is. Rather, we should spend more time focusing on what we plan to have a career in.
I have argued this with many adults, who tell me that colleges require you to take these core classes so we will have a basic knowledge of these subjects. But I'd like to argue that we gain the basics in high school classes. Why repeat this at such a high cost to the wallet? My senior year in high school was a total waste of time because I have basically gone over the exact same thing my first year in college. Instead of wasting my time retaking courses I have already taken, I should be devoting my time learning new material.
If colleges adopted this new standard then the chances are more people would want to attend college and get a better education instead of skipping out on it and starting a career right out of high school. This would promote a more knowledgeable society who are not blanketed by ignorance.
Summer Vacation? Should it be removed?
Summer has always been a time that has brought great joy to all the kids and teachers in America. It is a time to finally stop worrying about all the grueling school work and just relax by the pool and take in the next couple months of freedom. Although I love summer as much as the next guy, does it really benefit society to take all that time off of school?
With the summer vacation students have a couple months to forget everything they had previously learned in the last 8 or so months in school. Then when they get back to school they have to spend at least a good month to catch back up so they can remember everything that they had forgot while vacationing in the summer. We all know that the more people use the knowledge they have the less likely they will forget about it in the future; so why not cut summer vacation entirely and just have school year around? It would not of course be twelve straight months of school. There would would weeks off intermittently where kids can relax, but not the a huge amount of time like in the summer. This way kids can have their time off but not have to waste time making up what they forgot in the summer; and the teachers will be able to fit in more material.
Although this seems all nice and dandy would it really work? I believe it would definitely be hard for the American society to grasp since they are so used to having their summers off. Plus Although summer vacation might hinder the learning curb for some students there are tons of summer camps and other activities for kids to learn from and make themselves better citizens that kids could not otherwise do in school. Also kids need a break from the pressures of school and have time to relax. In the end I believe taking away summer vacation would not be as beneficial as keeping it.
With the summer vacation students have a couple months to forget everything they had previously learned in the last 8 or so months in school. Then when they get back to school they have to spend at least a good month to catch back up so they can remember everything that they had forgot while vacationing in the summer. We all know that the more people use the knowledge they have the less likely they will forget about it in the future; so why not cut summer vacation entirely and just have school year around? It would not of course be twelve straight months of school. There would would weeks off intermittently where kids can relax, but not the a huge amount of time like in the summer. This way kids can have their time off but not have to waste time making up what they forgot in the summer; and the teachers will be able to fit in more material.
Although this seems all nice and dandy would it really work? I believe it would definitely be hard for the American society to grasp since they are so used to having their summers off. Plus Although summer vacation might hinder the learning curb for some students there are tons of summer camps and other activities for kids to learn from and make themselves better citizens that kids could not otherwise do in school. Also kids need a break from the pressures of school and have time to relax. In the end I believe taking away summer vacation would not be as beneficial as keeping it.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Child discipline
It seems to me that children in today's day and age are rather spoiled, impolite, and rebellious. As I work around kids almost all day I see many different kids and their behavior not only to their superiors such as their parents or me, but to the other children they play with as well. I am not saying all kids are brats. I am merely stating the obvious increased trend of unruly children. I believe this is due to a lack of enforcement of the rules on behalf of the parent. Parents are too concerned about either their own personal lives or their child's view of them to discipline their children properly when they misbehave. Also when they do punish them for their behavior it is not strict enough so the kids do not really understand the magnitude of the situation. Saying all of that brings me to the point of how should you punish your child, and what is socially acceptable now and days as a punishment. I am fully aware that I do not personal have any children of my own so I do not know first hand what it is like to be a parent but like everyone I was a kid once too and I know what my parents did in order to make me behave; plus I have some experience since I work with kids as my job.
I have always thought that good old fashion spankings could never fail to get the point across when a child has misbehaved. Unfortunately if parents start going around spanking their kids, especially in public, they could find themselves in an unwanted situation. I have seen it happen when a parent spanks their child in public for being bad then out of nowhere some liberal stranger who thinks it is wrong to spank their child sees it and calls the police claiming the parent is abusing their kid. Yes, there might be an extremely few cases of that but the majority of the time the parent was right to do what they did and it is no ones business to interfere with the rearing of someone's child. If physical punishment works best to teach the child not to misbehave then that is what needs to happen but there are other ways which society these days has deemed more acceptable. Now parents instead of physically punishing their child parents opt to take away things the child has or likes to do such as a toy, television, or fun event. They believe that this way the child wants to be better than in order to receive the thing they want most.
Both ways are good in that they get the point across but like we all know all kids are different and respond in totally different ways. What works for one child might not work for another child, so they parent has to change things up a little. The only thing is that parents should not be monitored by strangers and called into the cops for doing something that parents have been doing since the beginning of time. People just need to accept that some people discipline their children differently and not interfere, except if it is an extreme situation.
I have always thought that good old fashion spankings could never fail to get the point across when a child has misbehaved. Unfortunately if parents start going around spanking their kids, especially in public, they could find themselves in an unwanted situation. I have seen it happen when a parent spanks their child in public for being bad then out of nowhere some liberal stranger who thinks it is wrong to spank their child sees it and calls the police claiming the parent is abusing their kid. Yes, there might be an extremely few cases of that but the majority of the time the parent was right to do what they did and it is no ones business to interfere with the rearing of someone's child. If physical punishment works best to teach the child not to misbehave then that is what needs to happen but there are other ways which society these days has deemed more acceptable. Now parents instead of physically punishing their child parents opt to take away things the child has or likes to do such as a toy, television, or fun event. They believe that this way the child wants to be better than in order to receive the thing they want most.
Both ways are good in that they get the point across but like we all know all kids are different and respond in totally different ways. What works for one child might not work for another child, so they parent has to change things up a little. The only thing is that parents should not be monitored by strangers and called into the cops for doing something that parents have been doing since the beginning of time. People just need to accept that some people discipline their children differently and not interfere, except if it is an extreme situation.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Why have an Abortion?
In the eyes of many the biggest fear of having sex is having a baby. Unfortunately they have developed a method to abort a pregnancy and relieve the minds and lives of many who do not want their baby. The reasons for abortion are as numerous as can be thought of, but should abortion really be allowed? Everyone knows that having an abortion is ending a life, a life that could have had a chance to live but because of some parents choices are quickly squelched. I am aware that due to extenuating circumstances such as rape, many parents/women would want to have an abortion...but for all the parents who do not want to have a baby due to selfish reasons, why destroy a life?
Americans, specifically, these days put too much emphasis on what their own personal happiness, rather than the older values of responsibility and integrity. We all know in the 1950s if you had a kid you were stuck with it forever, but now if a woman gets pregnant she can just run down to the nearest clinic and have the child aborted without a second thought. Is that really what America has come too, a bunch of self-centered people who if inconvenienced just look for the easy way out instead of owning up to their problems?
I believe that abortion should not be allowed except for certain situations because people these days have been shirking out of their responsibilities as parents due to their own selfish desires. The government should regulate and go through each case individually to make sure that parents are held responsible for their actions. Also there are thousands of couples around the country who are unable to have their own child and would be very excited to have the chance to be a parent. In the end what reasons are their to end a life?
Americans, specifically, these days put too much emphasis on what their own personal happiness, rather than the older values of responsibility and integrity. We all know in the 1950s if you had a kid you were stuck with it forever, but now if a woman gets pregnant she can just run down to the nearest clinic and have the child aborted without a second thought. Is that really what America has come too, a bunch of self-centered people who if inconvenienced just look for the easy way out instead of owning up to their problems?
I believe that abortion should not be allowed except for certain situations because people these days have been shirking out of their responsibilities as parents due to their own selfish desires. The government should regulate and go through each case individually to make sure that parents are held responsible for their actions. Also there are thousands of couples around the country who are unable to have their own child and would be very excited to have the chance to be a parent. In the end what reasons are their to end a life?
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Gay Marriage
With the rise of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s gay and lesbian relationships started to come out and speak for their rights as homosexuals. Though at first there were not enough people to obtain social support for their cause and to change societies mind about homosexuals but as social norms have changed so has societies view of gay rights. As more and more homosexuals speak out for gay rights society has been forced to deal with the issues.
With the implementation of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), signed by Bill Clinton, the right to gay marriage has been given to the states but protects the rights of all the other states when it comes to gay marriage, although this is not enough for some people. Citizens who do agree argue that by allowing gay marriages we, as citizens, are skewing the original meaning of the institution of marriage which is to be with one man and one woman. By allowing gay marriage we are permitting the fundamental values of marriage to be forever altered, and if we can so easily alter the values of marriage what stops it from being altered again and again? They believe that the values that were originally meant for union between a man and a woman be protected and not be changed to include the new false idea of what marriage should be. That is why many support the implementation of a federal amendment to halt infringements upon the institution of marriage and set the record straight that marriage is between a man and a woman.
On the other hand supporters of gay marriage want the rights and privileges that are set forth in Article IV in the constitution relating to individual rights and liberties and Article X talking about the rights given to the states. They argue that they are equal citizens who fight for their country and deserve equal rights and benefits of marriage just as does everyone else. They don’t want to be discriminated because they happen to love someone of the same sex just accepted for who they are. It is their belief that an adaptation to the constitution with an amendment saying that it is illegal to marry someone of the same sex is against the constitution and against what America, the land of the free, stands for.
I believe that homosexuals have their right to love whomever they wish and no one should stop them from doing so but I personally don’t approve of them violating the sacred bond of marriage which should be held between man and woman. I would definitely vote for an amendment to the constitution which prohibits gay marriage because I believe the institution of marriage should not be changed and the benefits should be reserved for those who have upheld those God given values.
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