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Is Higher Education Worth the Price? The question of whether college is worth the price is something a lot of people, including me, think about. Tuition keeps getting higher, and many students graduate with debt that takes years to pay off. Some people argue it is not worth it anymore, while others say a college degree is still the best way to get ahead. In the essay Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission? Graff, Birkenstein, and Durst (2021) argue that college can be worth it, but only if schools focus on real teaching instead of just chasing rankings and money. When I connect their ideas with The New Liberal Arts (2021) and David Foster Wallace’s (2021) commencement speech This Is Water, I see that college is worth the price, but not for the reasons people usually think. It is not just about a job. It is also about learning how to think, communicate, and live a more aware life.   Graff, Birkenstein, and Durst (2021) point out that too many colleges put effort into lo...

  Tobacco has been one of the biggest public health problems for decades. According to the World Health Organization, tobacco kills over 7 million people each year, including about 1.6 million non-smokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke. In the United States alone, around 49 million adults still use some type of tobacco product. I think tobacco became so popular because companies made it seem cool and socially acceptable even though it was extremely dangerous. People didn’t realize the long term harm at first and companies deliberately marketed cigarettes to young people which made them even harder to resist. In my opinion tobacco’s impact shows how marketing and addiction can influence behavior even when something is clearly harmful. Fast food has become a similar problem today. The second article explains that roughly 32% of U.S. adults eat fast food on any given day and it contributes about 12% of their daily calories. Even though people know fast food is unhealthy, they con...

Pop culture, to me, is more than just entertainment. It’s something that shapes how we think and connect with others. In Alexander O. Philippe’s TED Talk, he explains that movies, music, and TV shows influence our lives in big ways, even when we don’t notice. I agree with him because I’ve seen how certain songs or shows can change people’s moods, opinions, or even inspire them to do something different. Pop culture gives us something to talk about and bond over, and it often brings people together. I think Philippe is right that pop culture has power, not just in what we watch or listen to, but in how it affects the way we see the world.                               Philippe talks about how culture connects people, but Phil Miller looks at it in another way. He says that traditional pop culture is kind of dying because people don’t all share the same interests anymore. Now everyone watches or listens to what the...

Dear Blog I can say I started to remember things clearly around the age of five. I wasn’t a kid who really liked to read, even though I started school very early at just two years old. I thought reading might be something I would enjoy when I got older, but back then I mostly did it because I had to. I was told that reading would help me speak better and it actually worked.The first person who really inspired me was my dad. He read a lot, and when you’re a kid, seeing your parent do something makes you want to do it too. He was always the one pushing me and helping me. He helped me with my homework, especially with reading, writing, and speaking pretty much anything that had to do with learning. Since he was a teacher, his help made a big difference. Around that time, he was also in college working on his master’s in Criminal Justice, so I got to read with him more often. I learned a lot of new and big words, and I actually started to enjoy it. Those moments with him made learning fun ...