In a recent article written by Richard Perez-Pena entitled, "Online Application Woes Makes Students Anxious and Put Colleges Behind Schedule", Perez-Pena talks about how students are rushing to send in their application to colleges. Since colleges are now going to online applications students are constantly applying to all sorts of colleges online. The early application deadline is coming to an end thus making students apply as fast as they can.
Perez-Pena interviews Jason C. Locke, associate vice provost for enrollment at Cornell University. "I've been a supporter of the Common App, but in this case, they've really fallen down," said Locke. Common App, also known as Common Application, is where students apply online for their colleges and lately this website has been malfunctioning. The author of this article intentions are to let his readers known that something is going wrong with the website used to send in college applications.
"Colleges around the country have posted notices on their admissions Web sites, warning of potential problems in processing applications," writes Perez-Pena. The author in a way tries to warn students, or whoever reads the article, that colleges are sending out messages on their personal websites to warn students before hand. Most students do not expect any malfunctions to happen when they submit their information to colleges, and when every little bit goes wrong the students freak out. They have every wright to considering the reasons why.
To give a better understanding of what has been going wrong with the college essays the author uses a 12th grader from Manhattan as an example by saying, "When she entered her essays into the application, what appeared on her computer screen was a garbled mess. Some words were mashed together; others were split in two by random spaces; there were swaths of blank space where text should have been; paragraph indentations were missing." No one would have known what was gong wrong with these applications if Richard Perez-Pena hadn't used an example. Most people had no idea what was going wrong with the website considering they had not really heard anything until this article was released.
My connection would be to my school considering that all 12th graders had to submit a application to our community college, UACCB. Since most or none of the students knew how to submit an application to colleges a representative from UACCB came to our school to help us out. Almost every senior applied online to a UACCB except a few who had difficulties with their information.
In conclusion, the article that Richard Perez-Pena posted helped many kids including myself on this information he has posted. Not very many people knew exactly what was/is going wrong with Common Application. I especially had no idea. Now that this is posted students will more than likely wait to apply to their colleges online.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
CC #1: Minute of Silence
Arkansas has recently decided to make a law where all schools in Arkansas have to have a minute of silence. Just a few months after the bill was a passed an article by KOLR10 News entitled, Minute of Silence A State Law for Arkansas Classrooms, was released to inform people in Arkansas who had not heard of this new law. KOLR10 interviews Alan Wilbourn, man with the Fayetteville school district, and Tim Kennedy, chairman of the local chapter for the Arkansas Civil Liberties Union, about the minute of silence each school has to partake in the mornings.
In the interview, Mr. Wilbourn states that, "it's purely an opportunity for students to spend the sixty seconds of silence however they choose." The one minute of silence is created for students who need a little quiet time to think about their lives, their day, their friends, etc. Alan Wilbourn wants local or non-local citizens to know that the minute of silence isn't just for nothing, but the student can choose how they want to spend their free minute with no interrupting vocals from anyone.
"You start with the idea that 'Well this is just a moment of silence,' and then advance from that position into where they would approve of prayer in public schools," says Tim Kennedy. Even though prayer is an option for these students that doesn't mean that they're all going to prayer. Many of the students just continue on with their bell work or anything else a teacher hands them. Mr. Kennedy may not stand by prayer in school, but there is no need to jump to conclusions in which he wants everyone else to do so as well.
Alan Wilbourn argues with Tom Kennedy, "If you want to pray in your head, that's fine, that's totally up to you and that's been an option at school since time began." Wilbourn brings up a good point that yes some students in this school may pray, but they've had that right before the minute of silence was put into a law. Kennedy believes that the minute is just an excuse to get prayer back into schools. Alan does add that praying is one of the options during the sixty seconds.
My connection from this article is towards my school in Batesville, Arkansas. During the minute of silence my classmates around me usually just continue on with the bellwork we have received. I do not know very many students who sit at their desk and pray or think of their lives and such. Most of my classmates actually talk during this minute therefore I know they are not paying any attention towards the silent part of the minute. Of course there may be students in my school who pray, but that decision is up to them and not me or the school boards.
I actually agree with the minute of silence, because in that whole sixty seconds with no sounds I can focus more on whatever I am working with. A lot of the time I usually do think about my life and what is going on. I have problems at home I usually think about, but the minute still helps me by giving me 'me time.' My opinion is that we should not get rid of the minute of silence, because that minute can be helpful.
In the interview, Mr. Wilbourn states that, "it's purely an opportunity for students to spend the sixty seconds of silence however they choose." The one minute of silence is created for students who need a little quiet time to think about their lives, their day, their friends, etc. Alan Wilbourn wants local or non-local citizens to know that the minute of silence isn't just for nothing, but the student can choose how they want to spend their free minute with no interrupting vocals from anyone.
"You start with the idea that 'Well this is just a moment of silence,' and then advance from that position into where they would approve of prayer in public schools," says Tim Kennedy. Even though prayer is an option for these students that doesn't mean that they're all going to prayer. Many of the students just continue on with their bell work or anything else a teacher hands them. Mr. Kennedy may not stand by prayer in school, but there is no need to jump to conclusions in which he wants everyone else to do so as well.
Alan Wilbourn argues with Tom Kennedy, "If you want to pray in your head, that's fine, that's totally up to you and that's been an option at school since time began." Wilbourn brings up a good point that yes some students in this school may pray, but they've had that right before the minute of silence was put into a law. Kennedy believes that the minute is just an excuse to get prayer back into schools. Alan does add that praying is one of the options during the sixty seconds.
My connection from this article is towards my school in Batesville, Arkansas. During the minute of silence my classmates around me usually just continue on with the bellwork we have received. I do not know very many students who sit at their desk and pray or think of their lives and such. Most of my classmates actually talk during this minute therefore I know they are not paying any attention towards the silent part of the minute. Of course there may be students in my school who pray, but that decision is up to them and not me or the school boards.
I actually agree with the minute of silence, because in that whole sixty seconds with no sounds I can focus more on whatever I am working with. A lot of the time I usually do think about my life and what is going on. I have problems at home I usually think about, but the minute still helps me by giving me 'me time.' My opinion is that we should not get rid of the minute of silence, because that minute can be helpful.
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