...as a mature age student was a decision I did not take lightly. I am working towards furthering my education in order to gain the necessary qualifications that will help me in my future business endeavour. I have found that after so long out of the education system it has been a difficult transition juggling study and work. The first units that were chosen for me in study period 2, I thought were difficult to understand having never written an essay before and without the knowledge or know how, I was not able to complete these units. SSK12 has given me a good understanding of what it takes at becoming a university student and in particular the skills on writing essays. As I have mentioned previously up until study period 2, I had never written an essay and did not fully comprehend how important the set out of a university essay was. Choosing an Essay Question was an important part of my learning in week 6 because this has now given me the beginning step in writing a university essay using the correct format. I am feeling a lot more confident when approaching the subject of essays as I now understand and have the knowledge on the procedure in completing an academic essay and what is required. I now know that by firstly choosing a question will then help you to with your thesis and this in turn will give you your main idea and sets the way in which to write your essay. During the time that I was employed by the government it was necessary for me to constantly refer...
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...here, I would hard to study in order to apply this university. I thought America would be an interesting place to study at. However, it was totally different from what I had imagined and what I was actually experiencing. My English 1A class involved academic writing essay. In the class, there are people who come from different countries surround me. I felt nervous and began to second guess myself about writing skills. In this class, I should write eight essay in total, and I knew I failed the class already. But I didn’t give up, because I just want to improve myself. Writing in other language with academic knowledge is the most difficult part in my university life. There are four in class essay, which I should wrote it in the class by forty-five minutes at least 800 words, but I did not make it even once. My classmates are huge different with me, they wrote essay real fast. I felt nervous when I siting nearby them and wrote essay. Peer pressure pushed me cannot thinking about essay. I don’t like writing essay in the public place or people look at me. I always wrote out class in the midnight with coffee. It was real quite and I can focus on the essay. Even I still did the terrible work. The big problem that was writing grammar and mechanics. Because it is my first time to study the official writing class in the America. It was totally different with learned in China. I studied how to write the story. Fast writing and free writing. Even basic writing skills were new for me. I still...
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...My name is Dimitrios Zisopoulos. I was born in Athens, Greece but I have been living in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years. I am currently studying BSc Business Information Technology in Swansea Metropolitan University, Wales. From a young age I have been interested in computers, both software and hardware. When the time came to choose which path to follow, I was certain that technology was the right choice. In order to achieve my goal, I knew that I would have to acquire certain skills and attributes that would make my way to become an IT specialist easier. Setting that goal in mind, I have been trying to better myself in a personal and academic field. I consider myself a confident university student, acknowledged as reliable. I have learned to accept personal responsibility of various projects assigned and think of myself to demonstrate a fast and logical approach to problem-solving. I possess good interpersonal skills and excellent teamwork. Since I love the subject I am studying, I am very energetic. I also consider myself to have quite good understanding of the subject and a rapid learner, even in areas beyond my knowledge. Finally, I enjoy new challenges, I am open to new ideas and adapt easily to new tasks. Struggling with your essay? We can help! We can help get your coursework back on track, take a look at our services to learn more about how we can help. Essay Writing Service Essay Marking Service Place an Order Custom Written...
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...Victoria Barkon December 15, 2014 ENG 890 Reflection Essay- final draft Reflection essay Writing has not always been my strongest subject in school; in fact it has always been my weakest just because I had always struggled with grammar, spelling, sentence structure, etc. I have always end up with bad grades in whatever writing classes I took. But as the semester is coming to an end I can honestly say I have learned and improved on a lot as both a writer and a student. One skill I believe I have improved on is the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading. Another skill I have improved on is sentence punctuation strategies: run-ons, comma splices, fragments and comma usage issues. Reading and study of professional essay was one of the skills I learned during the semester. Lastly I had learned how to demonstrate my abilities as a developing writer by: attending class regularly, prepared and on time, and participating actively. The first skill I learned and improved on a lot this semester was the writing process and what it came with such as prewriting, drafting, revising editing, and proofreading. I especially improved on this skill when I wrote my narrative essay. For example I had to write three drafts, first, second and then the finally draft. The first draft was me prewriting and getting all my ideals down. For my second draft I had to go for peer review and get outside...
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...My first year of university has proved to be a large platform for apprenticeship and progress. Through various projects and presentations, individual or group ones, and even more through feedback on my work, I managed to develop my academic and personal skills both as an independent learner, but also as a member of formal or informal groups. Having been assigned tasks such as literature reviews, research essays or reflective essays, all of them involving either an oral or written presentation, I employed a range of skills that could not have found a better environment to develop in; critical thinking, working with others and time management are just few examples. Aside from measuring our ability and understanding of the assigned task, evaluation allows us to progress on things we are performing well on and adjust our weaknesses. According to Marshall and Rowland (1998), evaluation can be performed by ourselves, assessing and judging our work in a subjective manner or by others. However, the drawback of being our own assessors is the risk of being accused of bias. Therefore, acknowledging the feedback received on my work has been a significant factor for the development of my skills. It not only helped me better identify my strengths and weaknesses, but also gave me self-confidence and enthusiasm, two key factors for a continual improvement of one's self. The module I have undertaken in the second term, Personal Skills for Business Management Students, has undoubtedly drawn my...
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...Sample MBA Essay - Stanford Graduate School of Business - Ben | MBA ... Page 1 of 3 « Back to Sample Essays for Top Business Schools Print Ben Below is one of Ben's essays for his Stanford application. We present the essay in its original form, with just cosmetic changes made to protect the author's identity. We then provide comments and suggestions, based on the advice available in Your MBA Game Plan. The question that he answers in this essay is: What are your short-term and long-term career aspirations? How will an MBA education further your development? Why does the academic experience offered at the Stanford GSB appeal to you? (Unlimited length) I work at the Information Technology industry since 1993, when I was recruited to the classified electronic surveillance unit of Israel Defense Force (IDF). Since I've advanced to management positions in a very early stage of my professional career (at the age of 19 I've already finished the IDF Technical Officers course and was positioned as a Team Leader commanding 8-10 network professionals and computer technicians), it was a natural step to continue my career on management positions in the industry after my release from the active duty at 1997. I started my civilian career as an Information Systems Manager at Mobile Solutions Ltd., a dynamic Ireland-based start-up company developing various hardware devices for mobile satellite antenna’s technology. During my military service I've come to realization that in order to...
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...CHALLENGES STUDENTS FACE IN LEARNING ESSAY WRITING SKILLS IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MANGA DISTRICT, NYAMIRA COUNTY, KENYA BY NYANG’AU BENARD NYASIMI E55/CE/14078/2009 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION KENYATTA UNIVERSITY JULY 2013 * DECLARATION This thesis is my original work and has not been presented for degree in any other university. Signature: ______________________________ Date: ________________________ BY NYANG’AU BENARD NYASIMI E55/CE/14078/2009 We confirm that this thesis was carried out by the candidate under our supervision as university supervisors. Signature------------------------------------------------------ Date-------------------------- Dr .Sophia. Ndethiu. Department of Educational Communication and Technology. Kenyatta University. Signature------------------------------------------------------ Date------------------------- Dr. John. Kimemia. Department of Educational Communication and Technology. Kenyatta University. * DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my loving wife Zipporah Nyasimi and our sons Philemon Siko and Enock Ongeri . * ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to acknowledge the support of those individuals who made it possible for a successful completion of this work. Special thanks go to my supervisors Dr. Sophia Ndethiu and Dr. John. Kimemia for the support, guidance...
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...swept over me when some friends whom I am on third year Psychology class walked in the lecturer room. Even though I believe that communication is undoubtedly one of the most important skills to hone, I walked in not expecting much from the course as I believed it would be nothing different from assertive training, verbal communication and presentation skills that I had already been taught in my prior degree. In this essay I will discuss my personal growth as an individual, the learning I take away with me from the Communication Course. Lastly, I will reflect on the skills and knowledge that I have acquired from this course....
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...Discordance in the Low Study Habits of Grade 7 Students of the Bacarra National Comprehensive High School (BNCHS) This research study was conducted to determine the effects of using the different gadgets on the study habits and grades of the grade 7 students of Bacarra National Comprehensive High School. It also aims to improve and upgrade the study habits or study skills of the grade 7 students of BNCHS. The researchers made sure that the student is using the advanced technology gadgets to answer the questions correctly and surely. There were 60 respondents, 5 students were only needed in each section. The obtained T-test among the 15 treatments in 1.46, which is lesser than the Tval. If 2.145 at 0.05% level of significance and 2.977 at 0.01% level of significance respectively, df = 1.14. (INCLUDE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY) Hence, the null hypotheses is accepted. Therefore it is safe to conclude that advanced technology or the use of different gadgets really affects the poor study habits of the Grade 7 students of BNCHS. Thus, the researchers recommended a further research on the proper time and use of advanced technology or different gadgets and not only in grade 7 but also in all year levels in high school. Information dissemination should be done about the negative effect of gadgets in the study habits or study skills of students and for the awareness of people. Bibliography on study skills Focus on Topics...
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...seeking useful ways to become more internationalize to adapt to the future world. As a result, parents support their children to study abroad for further studies and adapt to different cultures. The numbers of students studying abroad have been increased largely in the twenty years. Undoubtedly, students can widen their horizons, get more life experiences and become more independent through studying abroad. However, every coin has two sides and studying abroad is not an exception. Studying abroad has a lot of fun, but certainly not easy. As a student, I personally think that the most challenge thing is the academic study. The challenge of academic language study consists in following classes, reading textbooks in timely period (Lin, Yi), understanding professors' words, taking lecture notes, and giving oral presentations (Ziyan, Hong), asking professors questions and interacting in seminar discussions and so on. I, personally, think the reading and oral speech are very hard to international students especially to Chinese students in Saint Louis University because all my Chinese friends are struggling in reading English texts and communicating clearly in class. In colleges, students have many resources to read before and after classes. The challenges in reading reflect in two aspects. First, the number of reading assignments are more than that you excepted. My friends me all struggle to finish our reading every day. Especially those classes belong to Arts and Science, such as History...
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... |Introduction to University Learning | |Date |22 September 2012 | |Assignment name |Learning Log A | |Tutor |Greg Brotherson | |Student’s Declaration: | |Except where indicated, the work I am submitting in this assignment is my own work and has not been submitted for assessment in another | |unit....
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...How can we improve our study habits? Everyone has the experience students, starting from kindergarten to high school or university. For most people, it’s not hard to become a student, but becoming a student who has great grades is not easy. You must want to know what causing this difference. The answer is good study habits. In the process of schooling, many students actually don’t have good study habits. If you want to have a good score, the good study habits can help you more likely to achieve your goals. Improving our study habits can occur in three stages: developing learning habits, using four study skills and understanding the benefits of good habits. First of all, students should develop a way of learning. In fact, most of them don't realize that they don’t have completed good study habits. The article “Why ‘good’ study habit may be bad for learning” (2010) talks, "Clear a quiet work space. Stick to a homework schedule. Set goals. Set boundaries. Do not bribe." But this approach to home studying may be the result of "sketchy education research" and, as such, completely wrong.” This article shows us that our traditional sense of learning habit is not correct. Consequently, you might ask what good study habits are. The good study habits including setting a regular time to study that fits in with the student's family schedule; removing distractions; gathering necessary supplies; recording assignments in an assignment book or on a calendar; note-taking and organizing for a...
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...The rates of obese children have increased in most parts of the world including the UK. It has been termed as an epidemic. It can be seen to increase at an incredible rate in years to come( Johnson et al 2010). Childhood Obesity is a Public health issue.The article was written by Philipsen et al (2008) titled Childhood Overweight; Prevention Strategies for Parents. This article gives a review on Childhood obesity, causes and prevention strategies for parents. According to Philipsen et al, Childhood obesity have increased globally, it is not just the occurrence that makes the situation troubling, but the negative result connected with children being overweight. Overweight children are affected both physically and psychologically. Furthermore overweight children are more likely to grow up being overweight .Philipsen et al (2008) states that, the increase in obesity has been caused by different factors, for example, environmental and biological factors. Finding the most effective solution is difficult because childhood obesity increases. (Ahearne-Smith 2008) highlights that childhood obesity could lead to diseases such as cancers and lung disease at a later stage. Body mass index (BMI) is defined as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared, Overweight means being at or above 95 percentile (philipsen et al 2008). Children being overweight is attributed to genes passed from parents to children ( Perusse $ Bouchard, 1999), Children should be prevented...
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...Study Skills Essay I have chosen to study about Diabetes as I think it is important that everyone is aware of this disease. In the past year the amount of people diagnosed with Diabetes has risen to 2.8 million people, an increase of more than 150,000 people in a year. This means that one in twenty of the UK population now has Diabetes. (Diabetes UK, 2010). From my experience, working as a health care assistant on a ward in a local hospital trust, I have first hand knowledge that you could be caring for a number of patients with Diabetes at one time. In this essay I shall be exploring different methods of study skills for my chosen topic. For each study skill that I have chosen, I shall explain why that method was selected, what I found useful and what did not help in increasing my knowledge of this subject. I shall demonstrate how I used a learning styles questionnaire to determine what type of learner I am. I will do this by describing the questionnaire and I shall explain how I used the information to increase my learning. How I managed my time to study effectively around university and placement will also be discussed. To prepare myself for writing this essay, I decided to discover what my learning style was in a study skills guide recommended by the university. There were four different learning styles and to help you decide which one you were there was a list of the characteristics, learning strengths and the areas that the individual needed to develop...
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...Career Planning Essay According to Werner and DeSimone (2009), career planning can be defined as “a deliberate process of becoming aware of self, opportunities, constraints, choices, and consequences 2) identifying career-related goals and 3) programming work, education, and related developmental experiences to provide the direction, timing, and sequence of steps to attain a specific career goal. Each individual has unique goals that he/she has to meet which helps them in exploring career options and obtaining certain skills that will help them in future. Below are three main questions (taken from Human Resource Development textbook) based on self assessment, future goals and plan to achieve the goals. The questions include 1) where do I want to be, 2) Where am I now, and, 3) How am I going to get there. The questions are discussed in detail based on my career planning. Where do I want to be? The part of this essay discusses about my goals, objectives and preferences about career development. In order to develop career, a person should be able to outline the personal professional preferences. Following are my goals and objectives: * What are my short-term career objectives? * Increase my education/ experience * Strengthen my engineering skills accomplish the currently assigned jobs * Increase in job responsibilities which will eventually strengthen my position at work * What are my long-term career objectives? * To be an Engineering...
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