Articles on College

Which of the articles did you find compelling? Why? What helped you relate to the writing? What did you find difficult to understand? Where there any terms you did not understand?


I really liked the “Going off to college for less” article; I found that one to be most interesting. I liked all the points the article made such as how European students pay little or no tuition and how Americans pay about what they would as out-of-state students at leading American public universities. I liked how the article made me think on how life would have been if I went back over to Europe again to study pre-med. I honestly don’t know how it would be, I just consider myself lucky to be here in the first place, maybe that why I am not letting my mind wonder too much about it.

The tuition crunch articles were really interesting as well because it pointed out the tuition increase in America. I didn’t realize how rapidly it is growing on us, it doesn’t make sense how the United States is letting that happen while the European Union is covering up their students. But it does make sense; here is an example, take a look at our healthcare system, point made.

The article, “Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor” was really interesting because people today do not realize this at all. This article was stuck in my mind the most because you always see movies where the rich parents always want their kids to go to the same school the parents went to. Big name schools from back in the day are not as powerful as all the schools now.


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Date: February 3, 2009

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A. What difficulties did you encounter in comprehending the articles on business? What did you do to resolve the difficulties? What was your general impression of the subject pattern?

There were no real difficulties in understanding the articles on business. I understood most of what was going on in the articles but if I heard something on television that caught my attention and look back onto the computer screen to continue I was pretty much lost so therefore I had to stay on focus and turn the television off for this one.

B. What strategies did you use in composing your draft of writing assignment 6? What challenges did you face?

When composing my draft for writing assignment 6 I first did a ton of research. I wanted to make sure that the facts I was going to bring up were true. I had the desire to shock my readers with the facts I brought up in my piece. After research, my goal was to connect with my readers. I listed the unemployment population in America which is 12.5 million.
I would have to say the research and making sure it was valid was my hardest challenge.

Date: March 31, 2009