Blog 6

From the articles that we have read in class, I feel that a lot of people are indeed going to college, its not for everyone and a lot of students may end up dropping out and still owing a bunch of money to the school. Some people are just better off going to a trade school for a couple of years and then excel at a profession of their choice. College is not easy and in the end you will still end up owing a bunch of money so I do believe that way too many people are under the impression that going to college and earning a degree will equal success. I really don't like the fact that many young people all choose to go to college because it was engraved in their head that going to college will make them successful in the future, that is not true in many cases, especially in the time that were in right now where many people with degrees are unemployed and are still looking for their dream job. The value of a degree is dropping, but that shouldn't stop anyone from following their dream.

Blog 7 "Reflection"

Looking back to my first blog post, I would say that not much about my writing has changed, I haven't learned many new skills, I've just done a bunch of blogs that I personally do not think are very relevant to the class. The blogs are not teaching me new writing techniques and a bunch of essays aren't going to do much for me if I don't have a real professional grading my rough drafts instead of my colleagues. I don't feel that there has been much change to my writing style since the beginning of the semester. Hopefully in the next eight weeks I can learn how to become a better writer. I felt the summarizing and synthesizing assignment was a bit odd and new to me, but hopefully I will learn something from it that I can use in the near future. One thing that I would like to see in this class is a lecture once in a while to talk about how we can become better writers and maybe some tips that we can use while writing an essay. I am looking forward to the next eight weeks of class because I do want to become a better writer and I'm hoping this class can help get me there.

More practice summarizing

One belief that I have seen a lot lately is not hitting a child no matter how much trouble they are causing. Apparently parents now a days don't believe in discipline. I see it and hear it, I see a child misbehaving and the parent refuses to spank them, then everyone wonders why kids are running around out of control. I disagree with this belief because I do believe that a child should be disciplined when he or she is misbehaving, if they are not, then they will do whatever they want. Growing up I would always be disciplined every time I misbehaved, it taught me to think before I act and taught me to be responsible. I believe a child should be disciplined but to a certain extent, there has to be a balance between love, discipline and rewarding the child for their act of kindness.