Thinking College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction
Utilitarianism is a principle that the moral worth of an action is determined by its usefulness in maximizing utility and minimizing negative utility. Utility is the pleasure, preference satisfaction and knowledge. The moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome. In this study we are going to compare Mill, John Stuart’s work 'Utilitarianism’ and Kant, Immanuel’s work 'Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals.' The study will also come up with findings based on the comparisons if the end justifies the means.
John Mill’s account on Utilitarianism is primarily influenced by Jeremy Bentham Continue reading...

Othello

What is honor and how is one supposed to restore it when it is jeopardized? Should one place one’s honor (or whatever he or she considers to be his honor – reputation, pride or suchlike) above all the other interests?
The will to restore one’s honor is a praiseworthy feature, but too often it becomes a weak spot for people who consider it to be the most important aspect of their lives. Very often we can see people, striving to keep or restore their reputation, or not willing to let anything that shows them in Continue reading...

In life people make critical decisions that define them, their personality, ego and integrity. Such decisions are subject of opportunity cost and trade off between maintenance of status quo and choosing an idea that leaves footprints in generations to come. After finishing my o-level, I felt the need to develop the spirit of intellectualism in me, this idea came to me after proper meditation and value addition in my mental faculty developed the thirst to be great philosopher who can prudently gather information, who can be precise in arguementation,fair-minded in reasoning and unbiased in criteria. In addition, I Continue reading...

Introduction
Joseph Nye’s book titled what matters is compelling in that it strives to predict the future of the US government foreign policy. But Yogi Berra, the great shrewd of baseball, was heard saying, “Never make predictions—principally about the future.” He apparently had a point but if we go back three decades, to the late 1970s, the Cold War was in earnest, and conservative wisdom held that American power was in the decline. But of course no one saw the Internet coming. Why must we think we can do any better by looking forward 30-plus years?
Perhaps Continue reading...

Reflection Learning Report—YEAR 2010

Objectives

Business Informatics subject has the objective of integrating information technology or computer science and the field of business management into one field. It will assist professional in the industry embrace the New are of information technology in their management functions as well as groove the potential and future professionals in the field to entrench computer science into their future careers.

Highlights

After going through the 12-lecture contents I have at last completed my Business informatics subject which has greatly highlighted on my present position and given me Continue reading...

Reflection:

1. Did the teacher use Communicative Language Teaching? What did you observe which supports your answer? Yes, the teacher used Communicative Language in her teaching approach. In fact, she encouraged students to reflect on positive communication in classrooms. The students were encouraged to communicate through the English language. There were massive communicative interactions between the teacher and students. Students mainly learnt from the interactions in their classroom rather than solely relying on their teacher’s input. Students discussed ideas, and constructed meaningful solutions among themselves given the fact that they communicated and interacted freely with each other in their classroom.

2. What did you notice about teacher talk time vs. student talk time?How much were the students involved in and engaged with the lesson? For sure, the teachers’ talk time was well balanced with the instructions. The ratio of teacher to student talk time was approximately twenty five to seventy five percent and they were highly engaged in the class. Students worked in pairs and groups and they were encouraged to participate and share their opinions and enhance understanding with the rest of their classmates. When students were asked questions, the teacher provided them with clear clarifications on concepts and statements in a very appealing and respectful manner. Important still, the teacher asked questions to test student’s understanding since she transformed the classroom to be student-centered.

3. Did the warm-up effectively prepare students for the lesson? Explain. The teacher used a combination of bottoms-up and tops-down kind of approach in her teaching strategy so that students could be well prepared for the new topics. The teacher pre- trained them vocabularies and then she provided us with the background information before introducing them to their new items. Students were able to apply their schematic knowledge. Basically, she engaged them to be cognitively aware before introducing them to new areas of study. Students’ participations in games, puzzles, and various activities, familiarized made them conversant with the topics that they were trained on especially on areas like new vocabularies and grammatical structures. As time went by, they were capable of tackling new items and demonstrating their functions.

4. Do you think that the target language structures (e.g., new grammar, vocabulary, expressions) and/or skills were taught effectively? Why or why not? Yes, the target language structures and skills were taught effectively to students. Their teacher clearly wrote and illustrated everything on the board in a manner that was simple, concise and clear, for them to understand well. She drew pictures and as well used picture cards to effectively present and convey her lectures in classroom. She presented the entire content in a systematic and organized way. For real, her lectures were not overburdening us in any way since every one of them felt free and at home. Another imperative thing is that, the teacher also used interactive strategies in her communicative language in teaching instructions. She clearly demonstrated and explained the task before asking students to respond. She accorded them with sufficient time which enabled them to respond fruitfully to her questions. She also gave students plenty of time for extracurricular activities so that they could have ample time to interact with each other, re-discover and find meaning among them. The teacher also provided them with key vocabularies before she could ask them to create dialogues using the key words. She helped students to practice and exercise learned vocabularies and skills in different categories of the lesson and they were able to give their thoughts and opinions on the same subject.

5. Do you think that the teacher’s activities encouraged students to practice the target language and/or skills effectively? Yes, the teacher’s activities encourage students to practice the language target as well as skills effectively. She brought authentic materials to the classroom whereby I realized that they were enjoying themselves and at the same time they were actively participating in the activities. The students volunteered to express their thoughts and opinions through language target while participating in the classroom. Students were communicating by helping each other in finding solutions to problems. Eventually, she went around the class by randomly asking students to answer questions while students tried their best to answer them right. It was quite evident that they were effectively practicing their language skills in speaking and listening. The teacher gave sufficient information so that students could be well prepared to practice independently outside the class.

Did the teacher effectively evaluate the target language and/or skills? Explain. Sincerely speaking, the teacher evaluated the target language and the entire skills due to the fact that she understood each one of the students, their capability in proficiency level as well as their needs. I was told that that center tracked the ongoing student’s assignments on English proficiency and used ongoing students’ assessments in planning and implementation of a two hour lesson for classes. She was constantly testing their understanding by asking them challenging questions and at the same time she could be able to constantly monitor the student’s progress.

In this space, write any final comments you have about the lesson you observed (required).

Consequently, the teacher created for them a learning-friendly environment in the classrooms. She managed to control the class very well and provided them with plenty of examples for them to enable them learn the rules by themselves. She questioned them on various grounds and they immediately answered correctly. She taught them on how to interact in groups. She gave them freedom of learning independently. They were all motivated and really enjoyed whatever they were doing because she even organized a fashion show for them. She also prepared for them computers so that they could learn communication skills of learning and listening through programs like Rosetta stone language. They learnt the art of asking questions while they were also encouraged to be sensitive towards the asked questions. They became so confident that they were not even afraid of making mistakes inappropriately because they could easily remedy whatever the situation. They positively challenged each other enough and it really helped them to improve their spoken grammar. If there is one thing that that class need to do right now, is that they need to focus on reading and writing skills of language learners. They are the only skills that I did not see being applied in any of the lessons but I guess maybe it was the nature of the syllabus in that center that it only focused on oral language proficiency, conversational as well as spoken.

1. Considering what is known about the teenage brain and sexual development, are messages of "just say no" likely to be effective when it comes to drug use and sex? Why or why not? Be sure to explain your answer. Please note your answer should make reference to both adolescent brain and sexual development. (3 points)
The adolescent brain is considered to be more similar to the brain of a child than an adult. Its development is a work in progress. Adolescents don’t perceive things in the way adults do. Their brain is filled with curiosity about the Continue reading...

The little short story was written by Hemingway expressing her worries and doubts. The short story is a letter to an unknown doctor in which Hemingway believes he would save her. The story talks about the engagement to a man from United States three years ago. After involving herself in a relationship, her lover was transferred from America to china because of job purposes. Unluckily, they could not travel together and Hemingway was left behind. In her letter, she illustrates her disappointments after the return of her man from china three years later. She is confused and wonders what Continue reading...

The process of generating an action plan based on my values, awareness, goal-setting, reflection, and plan for my individual development in the context of my education, career, self- improvement, or relationship stimulates me. I have always been a creative and resilient individual that stays with a plan of action until I achieve my desired objective. My ability to tolerate stress normally makes me very resourceful in solving both challenging and new problems, but I am easily bored by the routine. The process of creating my personal development plan (PDP) started with numerous individual evaluations that helped me recognize who Continue reading...

Transcendentalism has been regarded as an American philosophy and idea that states that both women and men have knowledge about their existence and are conscious of the world around them, in a manner that transcends their senses. According to Brodrick (2010), the knowledge of self and the environment is realized through either imagination or intuition and not through the senses or logic. Reuben (2011) regards transcendentalism as a spirituality and state of mind that prompts the person to go outside his/her senses, shun corruption, and materialism, and gets united with nature.
This ideology started in the 19th century. Some Continue reading...

I love the piece from the first look. The color of the piece is good, the size and even the shape. The piece is impressive and beautiful. At first, the image is a bit confusing as what the photographer was taking, and what the piece really represents or looks like. I’m viewing the piece from a book, a collection of pictures from Edwards Weston. The picture is three dimensional (3D). Weston took the picture by placing the pepper in the opening of a funnel. By placing it in the opening of a funnel, the image could be lighted Continue reading...

(Name of student)
(Subject Code and Title)

The therapist’s response to Anna

Anna you have been having some issues lately regarding having a boyfriend and your mother is concerned that you are not ready for a relationship with an older boy. He is pressuring you into having sex with him but you are not ready to make such a commitment. At this point you may think that what you are feeling for your boyfriend is love, but true love is when your partner can understand what you are going through and help you to go through it rather than force you to make a Continue reading...

The understanding of truth is an intriguing concept that has been the subject of many explanations and theories over the years. Many attempt to define its meaning and how to distinguish truth from other concepts. Truth can thus be considered a shifting, provisional, subjective and temporary concept. Its meaning varies depending on context and a variety of other factors. The attempt at understanding the concept fully remains elusive and incomplete. This analysis focuses on an effort to analyze truth; this occurs through the exploration of various types of truth. An understanding of the concept will help in knowing the Continue reading...

Not many thinkers in the history of the western civilization have been more cited than Plato. For the most part of the middle ages, the majority of lines of thought were developed around his philosophical arguments. Either to defend him or to contradict him, the new ideas could not get rid of his influence. Christianity was almost uniquely influenced by the works of Plato until at least the thirteenth century .
One of the most important parts of Plato´s works is his theory of Ideas. This was an attempt to make a distinction between two things that were his Continue reading...

Part One

- I will be talking about the relationship between me and my brother. I am nine years his senior and because of the age gap, we did not grow up being close to each other. He was always alone and would do most things himself, but there are also instances when he would come to me for something.
- Our relationship is working well. Despite the big age difference and his preference to be by himself most of the time, we understand each other well. He respects me, and that includes my things. He does not go through my Continue reading...

- In the essay, I will argue that art house movies are of higher quality that popular ones;
- Another point to show in the essay is that art house movies are worth watching;

Introduction

Consumerism is the way of life of modern society. Consumerism means not only consuming goods, but means of entertainment, as well. Hollywood makes movies that are focused on needs of unthinking society. On the other hand, art house movies make people think not only about the plot of a movie, but about the world around them, as well. I this essay, I will compare two Continue reading...

Importance of coming to class regularly and on time

It is important for students to come in class regularly and on time since they will benefit from gaining a firm knowledge. The student who attends classes regularly have the abilities to memorize the information taught longer duration compared to those absent from class. They are also in a better position to participate in class discussions and work in groups, in the process of sharing information. They regular class attendants will always capture the first hand information from the instructors and this will add on the skills and awareness. Those who frequently attend classes and keep time have direct Continue reading...

A genius person is an individual who exhibits unique intellectual ability, natural or creatively to an extend that he achieves beyond the normal range. For Yeats, one cannot tell that the person is genius unless he deeps inside his thoughts and imagination. For an artist to be a genius, he should have gone into deeper understanding of the world around him. He has to draw the attention of his audience as he starts his work; for instance, put them in a state of longing to read more to get, the deeper meaning, he has to be humorous to break Continue reading...

Gottlob Frege was a German philosopher born in Wismar, Pomerania. He made a significant contribution in logic and philosophy that was later noticed by other philosophers like Bertrand among others. The basic discussion of the meaning of the Frege’s aspects is the distinction between the reference and the sense of a certain expression (Carl, 1995, p. 56). Frege came up with distinctions as ways to solve puzzles concerning empty names and statements. For instance, ‘the morning star is the morning star’ can be said to be uninformative and compared to ‘the morning star is the evening star,’ which Continue reading...

I saw many stunning, attractive, and thought provoking works of art on my trip to the Denver Art Museum. Many collections flowed together so nicely it was as if you were in a maze, or a different dimension. While I saw many pictures, those from the museum’s “La Cocina” collection, a celebration of contemporary Mexican art, were very captivating. The collection specifically focuses on Mexican cooking and cuisine. In particular, I found “Xictomatl” by Oliverio Balcells to be the most engaging of all the pieces. While it appeared plain at first, after I examined it further, it was Continue reading...

Reflection

Cue: Set an alarm
Reward: Enhanced my understanding
It is worth mentioning that I followed my identified habit every day. I completed my other chores before time so that I could have extra hours to review my class notes. For this reason, I consider my 21 days a success due to some reasons. For one, during the 21 days, I was only late in the first two evenings. For the remaining days, I reached the reading room 15 minutes before time. The alarm reminded me to review my class notes only two evenings, which means that I succeeded in Continue reading...

The concept of a paradigm shift gives a means of making connections between changes that are linked to communicative language teaching. There are eight changes, which fit with the communicative language teaching paradigm shift. These are the social nature of learning, the autonomy of the learner, curricular integration, diversity, focus on meaning, individual thinking skills, teachers as co-learners and alternative assessment.
Paradigm shift in education is used to represent change. A paradigm shift takes place when we see things from a different perspective. Paradigm shifts in the twentieth Century can be due to a large shift from positivism to Continue reading...

There are six objectives that I wish to accomplish in my teaching topic, a study of Alzheimer ’s disease. This study is aimed at students taking nursing courses in the university have a clear understanding of the diseases, which means that the target audience includes nursing students. The objectives of the study are as follows: ensure that nursing students have a better understanding of what health of the old encompasses (Chera et al., 2011); establish the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease on the old; and determine whether the use of drugs can curb Alzheimer’s disease (Dangour et al., Continue reading...

Introduction

The purpose of this experiment was to observe collisions between two carts, measure energy changes and classify the collisions. It was hypothesized the momentum would be conserved during the collisions.

- Consider a head on collision between two billiard balls. One is initially at rest and the other moves towards it. Sketch a position vs. time graph for each ball, starting with the time before the collision and ending a shot time afterward
Before collision, ball 2 moves with a constant velocity towards ball 1. Therefore, its position changes with time while the position of ball 1 does not Continue reading...

The connection and possible collaboration between oral history and reminiscence is the key issue for Joanna Bornat in Chapter 35. The main difference of the two fields, according to Bornat is its focus: “Where oral history tends to focus on the content of memory, what is perhaps more characteristic of reminiscence and life review is attention given to process and outcomes for participants”. The blending of these two can lead to surprising revelations about the historical and social context of the past that often break national barriers, as the author own experience has shown. Both practices, although different in Continue reading...

It has been slightly over a decade since the infamous Tom launched the first major social network, Myspace. The site provided a way for current friends to chat and old friends to reconnect. It was not long before Myspace became an epicenter for new and old friendships, as well as a display of the individual’s personality, making it aptly titled. With the progression of Myspace, and other social networks like Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram have stopped encouraging friendships and started encouraging the sharing of thoughts and photos. What was once a tool for connection to others, a Continue reading...

Survey Questions: Fruits and Vegetables of AU Students

- Eating balanced diet
- Eating fruits and vegetables more often
- Dieting and exercising
- Do not know
- Yes
- No
- What is the overall nutrient content of fruits and vegetables?
- Proteins
- Vitamins
- Fat
- Carbohydrates
- What is the form in which students consume fruits and vegetables at school?
- Fruits: Fresh/Cooked/Processed/ Juice
- Vegetables: Fresh/ Cooked/Processed/Juice
- List three reasons why you need to add more fruit and vegetables to your diet.
- Reason 1
- Reason 2
- Reason 3
- How certain will you be able to eat more Continue reading...

Moby-Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville tells a story of Captain Ahab's voyage who is in pursuit of a great white whale. Stubb, Flask and Starbuck are three mates of Pequod; they are in pursuit of a whale as they seek to revenge following the order given by Ahab the captain. This paper will focus on Flask and Starbuck, considering that the two have differing personalities and attitudes apparent from the story, this paper will essentially compare the two characters: their attitudes and actions.
Stubb the first mate of Pequot is portrayed to be a person who approaches Continue reading...

In the story “Miss Brill’ written by Katherine Mansfield, Miss Brill, a middle-aged, lonely old woman but she does not wish to be thought of like old and lonely. She refuses to accept the fact of her situation so she pretends that she is an actress and removes herself from her situation. She passes the time going to the park and listening to the conversations of other people and listening to the band play. She observes and criticizes others but does not see her own self. Whenever she begins to see herself as old she brushes that thought away. Continue reading...

The first approach to whistle blowing condemns whistle blowers as people who rat on their own organizations or companies, thus, undermining the authority’s hierarchy and teamwork (Martin, 402). Although an approach, Martin feels that corporations should note that for employees loyalty to the organization is not an absolute moral principle, and thus, it is the role of the public to protect whistleblowers. The second approach suggests that although whistle blowing is a necessary evil and at times tagged admirable when it happens, all around it is always bad news (Martin, 402). This is simply because it disrupts and Continue reading...

Accounting

Introduction
This whole essay is concentrated on the Hershey Company. This essay has been divided into five separate parts. In the first part of an essay, the discussion has been made regarding the Company’s introduction, its major line of operations, the major competitors of the Hershey Company, as well as the expected future growth of this Company. Second part is very important which includes the full discussion of the ratio analysis that has been used for evaluating the Company’s performance. In the third part of an essay, the auditor’s opinion made in the financial statements of Continue reading...

Throughout the novel Jane Eyre, the central character constantly grows in her understanding of misfortune and forgiveness. In the beginning, the young heroine suffers her fate but is unfalteringly vindictive towards those who are mean to her, like her aunt Reed, with little consideration of their fate. By the end, Jane offers forgiveness to her aunt in light of the patience exhibited by her childhood friend Helen Burns and her conversation with Rochester in the orchard.
In Helen Burns, Jane experiences her first encounter with unquestioning understanding. Despite all the antagonism from her teacher and Mr. Brocklehurst, Helen focused Continue reading...

Summary and Annotation

Summary
Concerning Whitman and the Rhetoric of Democracy, the author examines the poem “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman. DeLancey observes that Whitman begins his poem by appealing to the readers to embrace him. He dissects Whitman’s poem into different parts and discuss the parts systematically. DeLancey notes that Whitman couples subject and object thereby demonstrating what he refers to as the Wordsworthian rhetoric of unity. The Wordsworthian rhetoric of unity refers to a rhetorical aspect where authors’ present different things as one thing, which communicates through them to recognize each with all. Accordingly, the author perceives the Continue reading...

Speech

Communication process
Communication process is elucidated using various communication models. The process starts when the sender with intent to send a message encodes the message and sends it through a channel in which the message is decoded, and received by the targeted receiver. The sender and the receiver are reciprocally connected. The process is complete when a desired feedback is received, and the process starts once again. Communication can only be said to be effective of the sender receives feedback whether desired or undesired without being hampered by various factors that might render the communication process ineffective. Organizations strive Continue reading...

Golf Corporation

Liquidity Ratios:
Current Ratio for the year 2012 = Current Assets / Current Liabilities
Current Ratio for the year 2012 = 2,000 / 2,000
Current Ratio for the year 2012 = 1
Current Ratio for the year 2013 = Current Assets / Current Liabilities
Current Ratio for the year 2013 = 3,000 / 4,000
Current Ratio for the year 2013 = 0.75
Quick Ratio for the year 2012 = Current Assets – Inventory – Prepayments / Current Liabilities
Quick Ratio for the year 2012 = 2,000 - 500/ 2,000
Quick Ratio for the year 2012 = 0.75
Quick Ratio for the year 2013 = Current Continue reading...

Reflection Paper

Summary of the Overall Experience
Throughout the strategic hotel investment capstone course, I have used the HOTS simulation program to delve into the operations of the Grand Formosa Hotel. The experience has been very enlightening because it has enabled me to experience the operations in a major hotel. Through the HOTS simulation, I have learnt of the operations in different departments in a hotel. In my opinion, the use of the program was more than what theoretical perspectives could have offered in terms of knowledge and practice. During the course period, I had the opportunity to undertake an externship Continue reading...

Once upon a time, a young girl called Florence Parr received a gift of a house from her parents for her fourth birthday. The dollhouse had been passed on through generations of children, and finally on to her. Her family had miracle kids who actually take care of their toys enough to pass them on when they are as good as new. This particular dollhouse had windows made of real glass, furniture and tins, none of which got lost throughout its journey through different children. She was smitten by the present and even assigned a family the house. The Continue reading...

Since the goal of education is to learn knowledge and apply it in life situations, education does need to be improved. It should be redefined especially the basic curriculums to be in agreement with the students needs. Instead of letting students learn specific knowledge subjects, such as physics, geography, education should allow students to decide what to learn and provide them with fundamental skills of learning, such as how to think logically and design a research.
The students who do not understand the meaning of their education are obviously not learning what they ought to be learning. This leads Continue reading...

Introduction

Although some might use pluralism and diversity interchangeably, they are not the same thing. For example, diversity exists where more than one religion exists in a same area, which is not pluralism. When all these religions in the same location share common beliefs and work together to forge ahead without major differences; that can be called pluralism. Polarization, on the other hand, finds differences in the different religions and opts to separate the two based on the differences. This letter is addressed to a community leader and a radical who does not believe in any other religion other than Continue reading...

In a world so like ours complex communication difficulties are inevitable. Multicultural communication has experienced major challenges which have hampered smooth and easy communication between persons of different cultures. An article titled Cross Cultural Communication Challenges found in the Miskito Mission Network highlights a couple of points are highlighted with regard to multicultural communication which might help teachers as they go about their communication with English language learners.
Three of these challenges stand out as those that can go a long way into easing communication between English language learners. One of them is the understanding of the different communication Continue reading...