My first peper was on emerging adult hood in this paper I discussed the importance on emerging adult hood.
After this paper was graded I realized that my writing is strong but needs a lot of polishing to become great. One thing I realized was that one my grammar needed work and my use of commas was very inappropriate also I need to learn how to work harder to fulfill length requirements. On the bright side I demonstrated excellent word choice and good understanding of the topic as well as great flow in my writing I think these traits as well as the ones that I’m working to improve will really propel my writing to the next level and help me become a more professional and skilled writer. This was the first entry in my learning log.
brain storm
The three texts that I will be using are Sam Anderson’s “In Defense of Distraction” and Richard Restak’s “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era” And Robin Henig’s “what is it about 20 somethings”. The point im trying to make is that with the emense amount of information our brains are trying to process at once its actually hurting our mental strength.
entry prompt
Lucas deMey
9/6/17
Entry Prompt
In this day and age of machines and computers i believe nothing is more valuable than education and luckily in the united states we’ve all been blessed and provided with a solid public education which is more than we can say for most other countries around the world. Sadly i believe that this system is being taken for granted and not appreciated as it should be. We’ve all been given an opportunity to succeed in this world and all we need to do is grasp it.
Personally i agree with barnetts philosophy of higher learning it involves taking the student out of their comfort zone and making them work and showing them they can succeed even with a force working against them.It also makes students realize that no matter how much the question no matter how many hours they log there will never be a final answer there will always be more you can do to further your knowledge and understanding in a certain topic.
One point both authors make is that they both press the fact that you can never understand absolutely everything about a certain topic or area of learning that there is always something you can do to further your learning/understanding. Coming from a family that has worked in education for many years My opinion on education allies with that of Barnett i believe that we take education for granted and that we have to leave our comfort zone or cozy area of learning to truly grow in an educational aspect. Although i believe students should never be challenged to the point where they feel stupid albert einstein once said “if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree it will live its entire life believing it’s useless”. The reason i believe this quote is relevant is because it shows the importance of a liberal arts education by way of diversifying your learning and making it so you work on things that come natural to you instead of focusing just on the things that are difficult. So at the end of the day i believe that my ideas and opinions align with the authors fairly closely i believe that a student should always be challenged in the classroom. Also their learning experience should be diverse and full making sure they are stimulated at all ends of the spectrum. And when these things are done i believe that young adults and teenagers will once again to take education seriously as they will finally realize clearly it’s a gateway to a better life.
emerging adulthood
Lucas deMey 9/13/17
English 110H6 Emmerson
Adopting Emerging Adulthood
Today we live in a rapidly changing world New technologies are being invented daily but surprisingly it’s our social atmosphere that is stuck in the past. Our parents and grandparents both led the same social narrative (childhood,adolescence,teenage,go to college, get a job,get married, have a kid,…Etc) but if the world has changed so much since then why are we being held by the same exact social narrative.What we fail to realize. Is that like our ancestors we too must evolve to better society not physically but socially. So much in our society is powered by social norms like the way we dress the foods we eat the ways we talk and finally the way we view life our parents train us from the day we are born to follow the social narrative. They tell us all of these fairy tales about how life will be when you “grow up big and strong” but sadly our parents can’t predict the future meaning that they are preparing us for the world today instead of allowing us to prepare for the world of today. And this is where we can benefit from emerging adulthood.
One way we can all benefit from society accepting emerging adult as a part of the social narrative is that the “extra time” will allow young adults to prepare for jobs in an emerging field king mentions this when he makes all of his bold predictions for the future. With claims like “⅔ of our population will live in cities”. All of these people moving to cities means that there would be a ton of rapid expansion going on which means we would need a whole new wave of urban planners which is something we may not need right now. But with the freedom with emerging adulthood we are no longer under the social constraints to get a job immediately after graduation we can use the time to educate ourselves to better fit the needs of society. Also we use this time to find ourselves and find the passion hennig says “young adults will usually have seven different jobs in multiple fields”. Some might say this is young people just being lazy and not having any commitment but to me this is just an example of young adults experimenting and finding their passion a key staple of emerging adulthood.
Divorce rates in the united states in the united states are at an all time high at fifty percent that means half of all marriages will fail. I believe that without the social pressure to get married people will be much happier. henig says that “young adults live with at least one romantic partner they have not yet married” i think this is a start to finding oneself and finding what one truly wants out of a relationship without making a full on commitment to someone. this will benefit everyone because it will help lessen ugly expensive and sometimes outright hostilities of divorce and in all will hopefully make our population happier as a whole.
A third reason why emerging adulthood will benefit us moving forward is that it will help all of the impoverished people of our world have a second chance to change their life for the bette.r henig mentions this when she talks about nicole who escaped her dysfunctional family in order to follow her own dreams. This all goes back to the main idea that we need emerging adulthood in order to find ourselves and become something greater than we ever believed possible. nicole grew up in the projects of new york city and at the age of 6 she became the head of the house after her mother became mentally il.l a lot of people could have used this as a cop out and just found themselves living a life that few would envy .but eventually after many grueling years nicole managed to graduate high school and move out she needed freedom and began working and going to school at night. with her new found freedom began excelling in the classroom to nicole emerging adulthood was a chance for a fresh start which is exactly what many people are waiting and praying for each and every day .
In the rapidly changing world of today things are quickly being replaced and left behind so finally i believe it’s time for our current socially narrative should be amended. or replaced in order to make one that includes emerging adulthood so that we may finally stop preparing for the past and start forging ahead to the future. we musnt continue to just keep pushing blindly ahead or else we’ll never reach or full potential. We must believe in second chances that this life stage brings. We must believe in ourselves in order to find our passion which is truly what this stage of life is about. finding one’s self and insuring we know exactly what we’re getting into before just blunder in like a bunch of blind elephants. so in conclusion in order to obtain the benefits and proceeds that come from adopting emerging adulthood as a way of life we we must first adopt it as a part of our social narrative and treat it as any other so called part of life.
Works cited
Hennig, Robin. “What Is It About 20-Somethings?” The New York Times – Breaking News, World News & Multimedia, www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?pagewanted=all& cubz
king , thomas. “Adults it’s time to talk” ted talk.
About Me
My name is Lucas deMey I’m a business major here at the University of New England. I play football For the une team my postion is offensive line. my hobbies include fishing hiking and horseback ridding. I’m from Westchester New York where I live with my mom and three brothers in the quiet peaceful town of Putnam valley which is your generic small little sleepy one horse town. and yea thats me.
