Chapter 2 section 5. Universities Seeing a Gender Gap in Enrollments by Erin Mallants Rodriguez

In this chapter Erin goes on to explain the gender gap in enrollments, she talks about how women are attending college more than men. She gives examples such as statisics to back her arguments and even uses witnesses to help express her point. One person that she uses in her article is a getntleman name Albert Cruz he says tha he chose to forgo college for two reasons "work would inteferev with classes" and hes already making "more money than some people who go to college." Personally i believe that albert is making the right decision, he has a job that pays well enoigh for him and for his family (if he has one). I believe that my advice is sound because as a man, your sole purpose i life is to provide for your family and he is able to do this with his current job.

Chapter 2: section: 6. Earning and learning: are student working too much? by Martin Kramer

Kramer talks about student attending college in the early 1990s as members of the "overschedule generation." In this chapter he goes on to talk about how students are working too much, so much that they are mssing out on what a college is all about. He then goes on to talk about how students are suffering from this, he gives many examples and statistics to back is assumptions. Personally I do feel that I am part of that overschedule generation. Being a Biology major is not the easiest thing the world, there is a lot of reading, a lot of homework and a lot of work to do in such a small amoiunt of time. Not to mention that it is only going to get harder as time goes by. A few thigns that i could do to ease my schedule is drop out of one of my clubs, and spend a little more time in my school work and less time socializing.

Making connection : chapter 3. Question 3

A lot of essays on this chapter suggest a couple of things that student can do to enhance their experience as a college student. these are a couple of things that I personally do to attempt to pass school:

• I try to write down all the assignments and the due dates so I wont forget them
• I try to label all of my work so I wont lose it
• I have separate folders for each class
• I have highlighters so I that I can highlight important information in my textbooks

I am successful when I follow these guidelines because they help me to stay organized and they help me not forget when assignments are due. Another thing that they help me do is remember certain information that is important for test or quizzes. While these guidelines help me in school, I am still not doing as good as I should be, these are a few things that I could do in order to improve in school

• make a calendar in order to organize my weekly schedule
• show up to class everyday
• do homework/ assingments as soon as they are due and not leave them for the last minute
• but most important, I need to stop being lazy

Making Connection: Chapter 3. Question 2

Both Julie Gilbert in "ADHD": A Cloud Lifted" and Malcom X in "Saved" talked about the huge impact that reading had in their life. For Gilbert, she learned new ways to perceive and understand ADHD. As for Malcom reading the dictionary and an endless amount of books help set him free from the enslavement set on his mind by the white men. As for me, reading has had a big impact as well. We live in a world where knowledge is the key to sucess. I have read many books on biographies of people, on wars and even fantasies book. One of my first books that I rememeber reading at a young book was "A Survivors Guide" I cant recall the author. The book was about 100 pages long and it talked about basic ways to survive in case you were ever dropped on a desserted island. This book gavwe me so many tips, some were on how to collect water, what type of berries to eat, where people should build a camp fire and many other things. Although, if I ever get dropped on a deserted island my chances are slim to none. After reading this book I feel that my chances went from 0%  of a survival rate to 5%. So its better than not knowing anything about being desserted.

Chapter 3: section 3: Sticky Fingers on the Information Superhighway

April 16 was the due date for my final project of my english class. I can recall on April 15 panicking about my assigment as it was worth 20% of my final grade. I then had two options, either copy whatever I found in the internet and get a good grade or stay up all night and hope to finish before sunrise. So I began copying all that I could from the internet  and finished about 3 in the morning. The next morning, I rememeber turning in my assingment as if I had not plaigarisied.  Aweek later, I remember getting my assingment back and being happy that I received  a 90. About a year later, I took an english class in my high school, and we we're learning about plaigarising. It was there that I realised that I could have gotten in so much trouble. After taking that class i will never plaigarise again.

Chapter 3: Log On to Learning by Jodi Morse

In this chapter, Morse talks about her first day of school and how she always dreaded it. I have always been the same way, but especially my first day of college. Since I can remember I have always been a pretty shy person, so coming to a college where I didn't know anyone wasn't the easiest transition in the world for me. My first day of college was filled with a lot of nail-bitting, concerns and anxiety like I never experienced before. Hundreds of faces I never seen before, I just wanted to curl up into a small ball and go back to high school, where the world seemed so tiny. I arrived at Plattsburgh with my mom, worried whether I was going to get a psycho for a roommate or if I was even going to make any friends. As the day progressed and I went to my classes, I eased up a lot more, after meeting my teachers and actually making a couple of friends I realized that college wasn’t going to be as bad as I first thought it was going to be.

Chapter 3: From Single Mother to Sucessful Student by Danielle Barbuto

In this chapter, Danielle Barbuto gives very helpful advice on how to be a successful college student, with a part-time job who is raising a 15 month year old baby on her own. Although most of her advice is directed towards single mothers and people who have learning disabilities, there are still many helpful tips that the average person attending college can take from this. One example of this is when she states “you have to make sure you are organized at home, at work, at school, and even in your car.” this is very helpful tip for anyone because if you are not organized you can feel very overwhelmed, and the less stress that people have, the better they can focus on their present task. Another helpful advice that she gave was when she wrote “Label everything and find a safe spot to keep your papers.” this advices is very helpful to anyone because labeling your work can help you stay organized and even help you finish your work at a faster rate. These two advices can apply to everyone whether you are college with a learning disability or not.