In Rosalind Wiseman’s essay “Queen Bee in Her Court”, Wiseman writes; “ I call her the Queen Bee.” “Through a combination of charisma, force, money, looks, will, and manipulation, this girl remains supreme over other girls and weakens their friendships with others, thereby strengthening her own power and influence. Indeed, she appears omnipotent. Never underestimate her power over other girls (and boys as well)(Wiseman 346).” This type of negative peer influence is what comes to mind when most
as an early Christmas present his parents gave him two hundred dollars to spend at the mall, he just cannot wait for the weekend and then he heard this, “The homework for the week will be a 5-10 thousand word essay on how ‘The Happy Birthday song’ was made and it will count as a test grade.” In his mind, he feels upset and realized his weekend is ruined. Cris cannot do anything because of this homework and if it was not graded he could cancel one of his plans and not stress out about it. Students
An A for Effort The greatest lie that the A to F grade scale represents is that an individual’s personal views, ideas, creativity, and potential can be reduced to a mere letter grade. The constant pressure to receive excellent grades can be detrimental to ones originality and serve as a roadblock to ones passion for learning. In the article, “ The Case Against Grades”, author Michael Thomsen lists strong points to illustrate is argument against the A-F grading scale. In the concluding paragraph
In Kyoko Mori’s essay, “School”, she uses the rhetorical strategy of pathos throughout her essay to attract the audience of her skill in both the Japanese and American paths to schooling. The strong effects of her Japanese origins have led her to accept the fact that there are no second opportunities in life. The use of pathos in Kyoko Mori’s essay let the reader understand how much pressure she has went through. She cites the number of her colleagues in America who would get isolated in their classes
Stressed Out, Materialistic and Miseducated Students, the author Denise Clark Pope poses the questions, “What can schools do in light of the constraints of college admission requirements and national education policies that spur competition for high grades and test scores? And, can students meet these expectations without sacrificing personal and academic goals and beliefs?” as the book progresses Pope’s questions are analyzed (Pope 6). As Pope wrote about what she observed in Eve, Kevin, Michelle
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
attempt to find true happiness. In order to find true happiness, these individuals must overcome the presented obstacles to obtain their desired goal. This theme can be seen in the Simpsons episode Rosebud, poem “Somnambulist”, by Heron Jones, and the essay, “How not to get into college” by Alfie Kohn. While examining the works referenced, it can be seen how individuals are faced with an obstacle, reach their nadir, and finally overcome this obstacle in order to obtain their true happiness. Throughout
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
says “Grade inflation may take the form of raising a student’s grade by one letter (from B to A, for example) or by raising a passing grade)”. Sybil Burton illustrates that most universities grade students using the traditional grading system. They award students with a grade ranging from A to F. Some are of the opinion that this system has shortcomings while others argue that it represents the range of a student’s work. Instructors, as well as students, are familiar with the system. Grade inflation
I work better under pressure,my ideas are just better” (Morford, 2014). Multiple students have said that procrastinating makes them more focused right before it is due other than spending weeks upon weeks working on one project. Believing that procrastination is the easy way out is more than likely going to make their grades suffer more than they were before. Telling someone to stop procrastinating on everything they are