Essays on Freshman

It’s September 6th, a Thursday, marking the helm of my second week of stay at the University. The atmosphere appears rather reassuring in the morning, with the dew of the night glittering with certainty over the freshly cut lawn grass in the vicinity. It’s freshman orientation day, the school style. The morning aura is inundated by softly loud music at the university’s activities auditorium, coupled with sets of events happening concurrently. My anticipation towards this day is subtly overwhelming, as I ready myself to go get acquainted with this day’s marvels. The sleeping room is ...

For the traditional student, college is the next step after high school. He takes only a few months off between high school and college as he did between the previous 12 years of his scholastic life, a whirlwind transition that leaves little time for maturation or new life experiences between being a senior in one place and a freshman in the next. Adult learners, however, bring a fully-formed identity as an adult with them into the college classroom. Educationally, they may have finished high school several years prior, not have finished high school at all, or be completing a ...

For the traditional student, college is the next step after high school. He takes only a few months off between high school and college as he did between the previous 12 years of his scholastic life, a whirlwind transition that leaves little time for maturation or new life experiences between being a senior in one place and a freshman in the next. Adult learners, however, bring a fully-formed identity as an adult with them into the college classroom. Educationally, they may have finished high school several years prior, not have finished high school at all, or be completing a ...

For the traditional student, college is the next step after high school. He takes only a few months off between high school and college as he did between the previous 12 years of his scholastic life, a whirlwind transition that leaves little time for maturation or new life experiences between being a senior in one place and a freshman in the next. Adult learners, however, bring a fully-formed identity as an adult with them into the college classroom. They may have families at home and full-time jobs to work when they’re not in class. Educationally, they may have ...

The investigated topic is the weight gain among the college students, which, in turn, is caused by the set of the objective reasons - such as life style changes, new eating habits, excess alcohol consumption, changing the place of inhabitance etc. Among the set of related topics, it is possible to outline the following - weight gain because of hormonal changes; obesity because of maturing etc. This particular topic was chosen because of the personal experience of being the college student and availability of corresponding scientific literature on the related subject. This topic would be investigated while referring to ...

It is possible to make a statement that currently obesity is the large-scale problem for the population of the United States. The major argumentation for this statement is the fact that as soon as the obesity is diagnosed, there is a set of complications in terms of achievement of the normal weight by obsessed individuals. That is why, the preventive measures, related to obesity and maintenance of the normal weight among the population, have become the essential concerns for the public health. It was stated by the scholars that one of the most effective strategic options for the weight ...

The reading forms an integral background for insightful discussions about the particulars of sentence-level pedagogies. The author enables the reader to understand the fact that “error” and “grammar” are often used in a slack way. The following passage captured my attention. “In short if we read any text the way we read freshman essay, we will find many of the same kind of errors we routinely expect to find and therefore do find. But if we could read those student essays unreflexively, if we could make the ordinary kind of contract with those tests that we make with other ...

First off, welcome to the next four years of your life. It will be days of ups and downs. Some days you will triumph and others you will want to bury your head under the covers. But as a freshman, you will get through it and you will be closer to becoming a stronger adult as you grow and mature throughout the next few years of your life. One day you will look back and not even recognize who you have become. You just need to remember that being a freshman is just a label. It does not completely ...

Division I A Football Powerhouse

As the first athletics assistant at the Big Private University, am writing to you regarding the eligibility of some students who are being eyed at by our coaches and few others who are continuing students regarding their eligibility to participate in our University team as well as those who are continuing. The primary concern here is on bylaws that govern the freshmen enrollment and their academic qualifications, eligibility issues for continuing students, and involvement of agents by any player which leads to any face to face encounter or even reaching an agreement whether verbal or written. My view on ...

My Freshman Pool Jump as a Rite of Passage

I have gone through the freshman jump which is a rite of passage that involves jumping off a diving board into a pool in prom dresses. The tradition is as old as the school itself, and it symbolizes the shedding off of young ways and embracing the newly found adulthood as we start our college years. The jump happens at the beginning of the first school semester, and the freshmen are required to carry their high school prom tuxedos and prom dresses and wear them over swimming costumes. The act is presided over by the students' association leaders and ...

Freshman year at college is one of the most important years in a college student’s life. Primarily, the reason for the importance and the anticipation of going to college is because students are bound to experience more freedom, more competitive education and a wholly different learning experience and atmosphere; altogether a lifestyle that will be starkly different from high school. However, a major question before a first-year college student is, whether they would prefer living on campus or off-campus. This is a topic of concern because many students enroll in colleges that are in a different State or ...

Campaign Against Obesity

Obesity as a Contemporary Societal Issue According to World Health Organization (2014), around 2.8 million people die every year due to obesity. Obesity is a condition characterized by a weight that is more than the healthy range. This condition leads to many negative health conditions, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stoke, certain types of cancer, mental illnesses, and others. Currently, it is estimated that there are around 78 million obese U.S. adults (“Adult Obesity,” 2015). What makes the issue worst is the fact that adults are not the only ones who are at risk of ...

The Significance of Benjamin Franklin Inventions Benjamin Franklin was an American born in 1706. He was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He played many roles in the country such as statesman, publisher and diplomat. He was also an inventor whose theories form the foundations of the inventions that are used today in the world (Borlongan, 1999). The seven major inventions of Benjamin Franklin are:

The Lightning Rod: Benjamin Franklin heard a lecture on electricity in 1743 that inspired him to begin carrying out electric experiments. In the year 1750, he put forward the theory that lightning ...

Development Reading Course is a study area at college level that is designed to improve the reading skills of students, to the standard required by the college, for course work (Valeri-Gold & Deming, 2008). It is designed to assist students achieve academic success by improving their skills in three high education level course work (Smittle, 1995). Students in colleges’ nation wide must demonstrate or show case, college readiness skills in three areas; Development Reading I, Development Reading II and composition and Basic Writing. The institution of higher learning measures the ability of a student, by their performance in the placement tests in ...