35 Things Every Engineering Major has to Deal with during College

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35 Things Every Engineering Major has to Deal with during College

This writer has generally hit the nail on the head. There are some posts I do not quite grasp yet, such as #4 (the project/design not working as it is supposed to) and  #5 (Somebody casually mentioning they really enjoyed a class that single-handedly destroyed your social life, self-esteem, and GPA in one nightmarish swoop). However, I have heard the proof of post #7. This comes from the students of physics lab discussing how the lab is a one credit hour while the lab write ups may take up to 10 hours in one week. This is still quite relevant to the group since the buzzfeed is about what the engineering major will deal with over the course of their college career.

Post #21 is a (possible) misconception that many engineering majors have. Due to the difficulty of the major and the work load that most engineering majors have, we look at our other non-science/engineering majors and it appears they have no homework or responsibilities. There is a common issues among the engineering community- a superiority complex. My music major friend has ample amount of time to sleep, go to every game, and over all do anything she wants while still keeping her GPA up. This leads directly into the truth behind the post #13. The average college student parties weekly, possibly every day Thursday to Saturday, while the engineering students buckle down and do homework on the weekend nights. While my birthday has not passed yet, I have had many engineering friends who spent the birthday night with a textbook. This post would be better if it directly brought up the superiority complex within the engineering college. If it brought it up in a factual matter with the “while I don’t always drink beer…” guy’s picture.

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Changes

One change I plan on making is to the history of woman’s rights. I plan on cutting excess material while analyzing the remaining material in respect to why this change was made and how it affected the future of women. Since the history of women’s rights begin in the late 1800’s, the things they fought to change reflect the aspects of their society they were bothered with. I can compare this want of change to the amount of change that actually came about due to the efforts. This change will not only improve the analysis aspect of my paper, but the logical aspects also. This section has an extreme amount of information while not all of it seems relevant. This change was pointed out by my teacher, Ms. Hoy.

Another change I am going to make will be to improve the flow of the paper. I will do this by integrating the quotes from my personal essays in various ways. The integration will also encourage further analysis instead of committing the infamous “plop and drop”. This change was brought to my attention during class while my teacher, Ms. Hoy, discussed how to properly cite sources. This should improve my paper’s clarity while providing variation for the reader.

During the class time we had to peer review, it was suggested to me to combine my thesis. However, after discussion with my teacher, I have decided not to make this change. If I tried to combine all the aspects of my thesis into a single sentence then the clarity would be lost or a major idea would be cut. While the thesis will remain, the hook line will be changed to grab the reader’s attention more. This change was brought up by Ms. Hoy. This could greatly improve my essay. This could greatly increase the number of people who read my essay.

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21st Century Motherhood

My essay will analyze the ideal woman of today in comparison to the 1900’s woman. This journal is on the mother of the 21^st century and it introduces a new term- intensive mothering. This article brought my attention to what a mother is socially expected to do. Intensive mothering is where the mother is self-sacrificing. “Society identifies mothers by what they try to do, not by what they think or feel”. This 21^st century mother, Superwoman, puts her wants aside to be completely devoted to her children- according to the journal, “mothering standards are rising”. They look at the working mother. Around 80 hours a week is devoted to work, children, and the household by the working mother while the working father spends around 50-70 hours a week, (Motherhood in the 21^st century).

This article also discusses how being a mother and a working woman affects the other. While at work, the worries over children and calls from childcare interrupt her ability to focus on work at work. This common distraction and time off requested to stay home with sick children or attend their activities among other things often influence the woman’s career. She is less likely to be offered a higher position because of the preconceived idea of the limited time she can dedicate to her career.

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“Motherhood in the 21^st century: implications for counselors”. onlinelibrary.wiley.com. University of Kentucky Online Wiley Library. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 23 Dec 2011. Web. 1 Nov 2013.