Annalise those questions - Assignment Example

My response to Sheryl Ludwig MY RESPONSE You did not respond to question one. MY RESPONSE You did not respond to question two. In TWO paragraphs, discuss why you are you in college. Are you in college because its what you want, or are you in college to please your parents, husband/wife, etc.? Are you a first-generation family member going to college or is there a tradition of college graduates in your family? Please be detailed and analytical in your detailed response.Minimum: 6-9 sentences per paragraph: Maximum: UnlimitedMy grandmother was one of the rare women of her time to go to college.

She got a bachelors degree and was a teacher in a one room school in a small farm town in Kansas. She got her masters degree while working as a farmers wife and mother. She was an amazing example. My father received his bachelors degree from Penn State in engineering. My mothers side of the family are all just high school graduates. They never really impressed the importance of education on us. It was more of a personal decision for both my sister and myself. I immediately started attending University of Houston when I graduated from high school and I very quickly realized that I was not able to finance it on my own without taking out student loans, which I wanted to avoid.

So I joined the military so that they would help pay for my education. While serving in the military I learned that the people who had educations were who I wanted to be. The officers were the ones making the decisions and the enlisted personnel were the ones following out the orders. I did not want to be the latter. This helped to reinforce the importance of education for me. I started applying to schools while I was still in the military before I was discharged to ensure that I had a smooth transition back into school.

 Secondly, as a nurse with only an associates degree, I found a recent job hunt to be especially troublesome due to employers not wanting someone with that lower level of education. I am glad to have started there- it got my foot in the door and allowed me to work while completing my higher level degrees, but now I know that I must finish my bachelors and move directly onto my masters if I want my career to get to where I want it.MY RESPONSE Your response identifies mistakes such as farmers wife instead of farmer’s wife and mothers side instead of mother’s side.

The structure of the response is also not consistent with order of question and this is confusing. In addition, your approach to answering the questions is passive. It is for example difficult to understand your reason for being in college and use of strong introductory sentences, with key points, would resolve this. 4. Discuss YOUR "LEARNING philosophy in two complete paragraphs. Include what education and learning means to you. (BE DETAILED)!Education should be constant. That is probably the nurse in me but I think you should never stop learning in your field, especially if you are in a technical specialty.

Thats how we have always done it mentality is just wrong. I know that people get comfortable with old ways but learning new ways is inevitable. The only thing we can count on is change. So we need to stay on top of our education and stay sharp in our field. Without constant learning I cannot be an asset to my patients. At the end of the day, everything we do is for our patients (in my field). Even in research, the ultimate goal is to produce something to benefit our patients in some way. I need to continually educate myself on new medical techniques, drugs, devices, diseases, etc.

so that I can be a valuable tool to them. In contrast, without being sufficiently trained I could cause serious harm to someone. Also, to maintain a nursing license with the state of Texas I must complete at least 20 credit hours of approved continuing education annually. This is a bare minimum. MY RESPONSE Lack of proofreading is a concern in the response. Errors such as thats instead of that is and lack of comma in the last sentence of the first paragraph are examples. The response however communicates your learning philosophy and meaning of education and learning.

I also believe that discussing meaning of education and learning, independently from the philosophy, would improve the response. 5. State your major. Then, in 1-2 paragraphs, discuss why you selected the undergraduate major you have chosen? (Be very detailed).Minimum 6-9 sentences: Maximum: UnlimitedBachelors of Science in Nursing: Where do I begin? The decision for me to be a nurse came at the end of a very winding road that started out with me working on a Biology degree at U of H so that I could apply to Texas A&M to become a veterinarian.

Then I did the military detour. When I was discharged I started working as a veterinary technician for our family vet. I was also full steam ahead on my education until I got to organic chemistry. I had a very hard time with that class. I ultimately decided that if I couldnt pass organic chemistry then I most likely wouldnt be able to make it through medical school. However, as a vet tech I realized that I really enjoyed the medical field. I became very frustrated with school at this time and basically stopped for many years.

Then early in my 30s I found myself working as an A/P A/R team lead and hating it. So I went back to school to be a nurse- and Im very glad I did!!!MY RESPONSE I perceive that lack of satisfaction in your life during your early 30s informed your decision on your undergraduate major. You however state this at the end of your response and an audience could give up on the response before identifying the reason. The rest of the response is however a narration of your experience. You could have mentioned the reason in your first sentence and used the narration to explain and support the reason.

Lack of proofreading is also evident in the response. Im instead of I am , which is in the last sentence is an example. 6. Do your research and cite the most recent salary range of your UNDER GRADUATE major, upon graduation with a bachelors degree. Then, cite your sources after this question using MLA style.Beginning salary in 2012 was $51,000 and in 2013 it was $52,000. I was unable to find an actual salary range. Nace Salary Survey, Starting Salaries for New College Graduates. The University of Washington.

National Association of Colleges and Employers, Sept. 2013.MY RESPONSE You fail to answer the question and you even admit to it. For each of the years that you considered, you could have searched for different values from different sources and then used the results to identify maximum and minimum reported values. Research on the industry’s remuneration offers, based job groups could have yielded more results. This could then inform your response on the question. 7. State ONE LOCAL socioMY RESPONSE You did not respond to question seven.

MY RESPONSE You did not respond to question eight. MY RESPONSE You did not respond to question nine. MY RESPONSE You did not respond to question ten.