transition from high school to college is a major step for students like myself, being that you have to get used to the change in the environment and study demands versus being in high school. College brings on a number of changes for teenagers, who may be leaving home for the first time. Author of “College Pressures” William Zinsser makes the argument that “economic, parental, peer, and self-induced pressures can have enormous impacts on college life as students” (452). Zinsser also believes that “there
February 19, 2015 All Kinds of Pressure The most important thing in these days is college; anywhere you go the first question you get asked is about your education. Just the idea of that puts a lot of pressure on college students, to think it is the one thing that decide if an individual is going to succeed or fail in life. By that I mean getting rich or not ignoring the things they love to do. In the essay “College Pressures,” William Zinsser claims that the pressure on college students is under four main
In William Zinsser’s, “College Pressures,” he talks about one of the pressures plaguing college students is self-induced pressure. I was so determined to write essays of excellence that I made mental errors that brought my grade down. As I have progressed through school writing has been my Achilles heel. I was never fond of writing and always dreaded the idea of writing essays. I was never a strong writer because I did not fully understand the process of writing well-rounded papers. I always considered
essay, Zinsser divided the pressure the college person experiences into four categories; economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure and self-induced pressure. I liked how Zinsser was able to connect to the current competitive society that influenced these pressures on the college student. The essay was inspiring, I was inspired by the essay to get out of my bubble and start exploring college and life. The essay was directed towards students who fell into the vicious traps of pressures, and