College tuition is too high.

This is not a set in stone topic of mine but this is the only thing I can think of for now and I have also done a speech on the topic before.
 
Now a-days, it is completely necessary for everyone to have a college degree in order to get a good paying job.  There are many fields of study that you can go into that can provide a high paying income but now you can just go to school for 4 years for your degree, you have to get your major in the topic because there is such a high demand for everything.  It seems as if you have to have a masters to even be considered to do something that you would want to do for the rest of your life.


If you don't go to school you are either working in a warehouse, working in the food industry, or you have a good paying job because of seniority. For me, I have to go to school for around seven years in order to get a good job that I would actually be happy to do for the rest of my life.


Basically what I'm trying to say it that because of the demand of having to go to school for so long, it should be less expensive.  Most people that don't go to college is because they either don't have to motivation for it or they don't have any money for it.  It used to be that you just went for four years and you were set for life but now you have to spend double the money go to school for maybe even four more years.  Most people don't have the money for it. 


If you think long term, if more and more people aren't going to college then our society will become more and more dumb. 

Reflection questions

I learned many new ideas about writing in the field of study that I am wanting to pursue in.  I was unaware of how many different types of writing there was in the field of business. I learned about what kind of writing business people use and several different forms of it.  I also learned the meaning of academic and non-academic writing and how it is used in the business world. 


My assumptions for writing in the field of business was that usually everyone wrote the same way.  I figured that everyone would have to write papers like we write in school but they actually only write emails on a daily bases and that is about the extent of their writing.  However, if you're in school then its a different stories.  A daily routine of writing for probably be at least two pages a day.  I figured I would find more academic sources in the field of business but the only thing I could find was business proposals or business plans which only happen a couple of times for every business.


The challenges that I had when writing this assignment was when I had to research for academic sources.  There weren't many sources that I could find that related to the people that I had interviewed.  From what I gathered from the people that I interviewed was that they don't do much academic writing.  However, I found that every business has to start somewhere and it has to start with a business plan which takes an academic paper to perform.


I learned that I have a long road to travel in school with my writing techniques and abilities.  It helped talking to someone who is about to graduate from business school because he was able to share with me the practices that he does with writing.  It has influenced me to become a better writer because if I am going to be able to survive in business school then I will need to know how to write a great paper.  His writing compared to mine was a significant difference.  My weaknesses are sentence structure, vocabulary, and research ability.  My strength are being able to portray the meaning of my writing.


I found group conferences very useful.  I was able to gather much needed information from not only my teacher but some good advice from my classmate as well.  When I walked out of the meeting I felt ready to write my final draft.  I feel like it was a great way for me to get a good critique.  When I see a side note on my paper saying that I did something wrong in my writing, it usually doesn't say much so I don't usually know how to take care of the problem to fix it.  It was useful to be able to hear in person what was wrong with my paper that way I can ask questions and someone can explain to me what I am doing wrong.  I thought it was a great idea to do these conferences with a partner because it made me feel comfortable and I was able to get more ideas from another student.  I feel as if I would not have done as well on my final draft with out the conference.


Reflection for Research Paper
When I started writing this paper, I was having trouble finding and narrowing down to a topic.  The instructions were that we were to choose a topic that had relevance to our major that we were studying.  I don't have a major figured out yet so I wasn't sure what path I should choose to choose a topic.  So I chose something that I figured I would know a lot about and something that I felt strongly about and that was that college tuition is too high.  The first thing that I did was write my outline.  I jotted down some main points that I was going to use and then started forming ideas that I could use for those topics.  Some good research ideas that I could use in my paper.  One of the harder things that I had problems with was finding an academic source again.  I had troubles with this last time because I didn't know what website to use.  This time I found a great website that I could use.  The only problem was that I was looking for specific research and there wasn't always something that was covering what I was talking about specifically.  Therefore, I had to change up some of my topics.  Before this class I have never used academic sources before and I found that I got some really good information off of this website and in these academic pieces. 
The difference between a research based argument paper and a research based information paper is that the argument paper is purposely presenting a problem and saying that something is wring and that it needs to be changed, and then normally presenting a proposal on how it should be changed.  The informational paper is to inform people of some research that they found.

Reflection on Remediation Assignment  3/31/15
The purpose of my remediation project was to transform my research paper that talked about college tuition being to high into a website.  It was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.  I felt like it was harder to get my main point across in the website because I couldn't have as much information that I had had in my paper.  I found that it was easier to use my outline for this assignment because it was structured more like a website should be.
My target audience did not change when I changed my paper into a website.  If any changed were to occur to my audience it was be that it would be easier to understand and that it was more attractive in the appearance. 
I was able to use pictures in my website and designs and bullet points.  If I had to chose to either read the website or the paper I would read the website because it is short and to the point, its colorful, and easy to understand.  However, if you are looking for more information then you would need to read the paper because there is more factual information that I spent a lot of time researching.  I feel like I was able to organize my paper better when it was on a website.  Bullet point and sub headings make things easier to read and understand.  The website allowed me to add a lot of cool extras that really made the page pop.  It also showed me how to make the website.

Final Draft

Rachel Meredith

Business Is Your Future

Business relates to the buying and selling of goods, services and information –important exchanges in almost any area of life.  As the world becomes more dependent on globalized trade and investment, though, the demand for well-trained business people grows stronger (Why study Business?).  There are many different ways you can go with business.  It’s a field of study where you could never go wrong with it.  Business and related subjects (such as the ‘FAME’ group – finance, accounting, management and economics) are among the most popular fields of study at universities worldwide, particularly at graduate level. You might have some vague ideas about why this is the case – business graduates are in high demand worldwide, business touches on pretty much every aspect of modern human society, careers with a business degree are diverse and often highly paid – and these assumptions are likely to be largely true (Top Universities).  With different fields, comes different styles and forms of writing in business.  There is a lot to learn about writing because this is how everyone communicates in the business world.  This essay will explain what academic writing is and what is and what non-acedemic writing is and how it is used through-out business.  I have interviewed three different people that are either in business school, in the business field, or own their own business.  With these interviews, I will show what it takes to become and business person, how to become one, and what type of writing business people have to deal with on the job.

The first person I interviewed was a young man named Thomas Elmallakh, 22, who is currently in business school at the University of Louisville, studying economics.  I asked him how he learning to write in his field of study and he said, “I took Business Writing, an English class, and learned the ins and outs of things like formal and informal emails, letters, memos, and how to compose a resume.”  He has also written many papers about business that has helped him learn more about his line of work.  Many of his papers are academic papers that are written to his professor.  He showed me an example of one of his papers that was written for a business economics class of his that showed me his new understanding of writing because of the assignments that he has in class.  In his 15 page paper, he states, “Using assignments requiring professional writing from many different viewpoints and a final proposal that fundamentally revolved around teamwork, this class has truly opened the door to me the world of professionalism and professional writing.”  This paper was helping him prepare for his future in the business world.  Instead of writing to his teacher, when he gets a job, he will be writing papers to his boss and to his clients about business ideas and services for customers.  Thomas will probably have to be writing a couple of academic papers to others when he gets his real business job and now he has the knowledge to be able to write these papers.

                I also interviewed a man named Angut Patel, 31, who owns his own car dealership lot and shop.  I asked him how he began his interest in the business world and he said, “My family owned several businesses growing up. The time that they spent on the business which was minimal versus the income it generated which was high made my very interested in owning my own business.”  From there he took off with his ideas and the help of his family to become a very successful business owner. Mr. Patel’s forms of writing includes emails, advertisements, and proposals. On a daily bases its all non-academic writing like sending quick emails to customers and employees.  However, it wasn’t always like that for him.  In order to create a business he had to create a business plan and policies for his new business.   They're used by investment-seeking entrepreneurs to convey their vision to potential investors. They may also be used by firms that are trying to attract key employees, prospect for new business, deal with suppliers or simply to understand how to manage their companies better (An introduction to business plans). 

I interviewed a woman named Robin Harley, 57, who is the manager of the accounting office at Tafel Motors a Mercedes car dealership. I asked her what kind of writing she does and what style she presents it in and she told me, “Accounting, spreadsheets (excel), and emails.  Although her style of writing is a little different than a normal writing assignment that you are used to, it is her way of communicating.  An accounted deals with numbers all day long and that’s how they send information to each other.  This kind of writing is non-academic writing.  Being a manager, she has to send many emails that provide information that needs to be announced to her employees.  She also has to send emails to places like the bank and to customers.  All of these writings are non-academic.

Communication skills come from day-to-day conversations with your peers that you may find in classes.  Communicating is very important in the field of business.  Most communication anymore is writing to each other in emails or letters.  In the English classes, there are an abundant amount of papers that have to be written. With these papers, you have to research be creative to encounter all of the information from your research into your paper in an organized fashion.  Some of these papers will be considered to be an academic paper.  An academic paper is an unpublished article written in the context of university or college research. The quality of such documents varies considerably, and must be judged according to the reputation and reception of known factors such as the author, the institution, and the paper itself (academic paper).  What is considered to be an academic paper would be a research paper or a novel.  In business, an academic example would be a business plan.  In a business plan, there will be things like a mission statement and discussing products and services.  A good example of a business plan would be Microsoft Office 2002 – Business Planner Templates.  Non-academic writing is pieces like journals, instructions, or websites.  In business, examples of common used non-academic writing are pieces like emails. 

There are all kinds of writing in the field of business.  It depends on who you’re writing to and why you’re writing what it is you are writing.  The wide range of writing styles are often used to please the purpose of your writing.  Communication plays an important role in being successful in business because there is always a person that has a connection that you will need that you don’t have.  Also, there will be information that you need to let others know about and you will need to understand how to comprehend what others are saying when they have information for you.  The main feature of business writing that ties all forms (memos, emails, letters, documents, etc.) together is the style. No matter what kinds of documents you are writing, you have to aim to be concise, to be clear, and to convey information in an effective way. Make sure that when you write, you can ensure that the writing style is simplified, streamlined, and organized (Your Dictionary).  You also have ti understand and identify different genres.  You have to pin point your audience and match your writing to the appropriate audience.  Understand the purpose of your writing and stay on track with your purpose and make a stance.  Create a design for your writing and make it organized.

Kyle Wiens says, “Writing is a tricky balancing act, juggling dozens of nebulous constraints. Writers have to think about audience, and about style, and about tone — factors that are hard to anchor down. In business, writing is inextricably tied to company identity: writers have to think about what a company stands for, where it’s going, and how that company should be presented to the public. Difficult considerations.  I’ve found that topics that are the most uncomfortable are usually the ones that need the most discussion. Writing is one of them. It’s a conversation that is crucial to have — with everyone (Harvard Business Review).”  Writing is communicating and business is revolved around communicating.  In my findings through-out this essay, I have realized that business workers don’t use very many academic writing on a daily bases.  The majority of their writing is emails or dealing with numbers.  With the interviews that I have provided, I hope you can see that there many different forms of writing and they are very important for the job.

 

 

 Works Cited

 

The University of Auckland.  Why study business?  Web.  03 Feb. 2015.

"Types of Business Communication Writing." YourDictionary. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015.

"Why Study Business?" Top Universities. N.p., 30 Oct. 2012. Web. 03 Feb. 2015.

"Your Company Is Only as Good as Your Writing." Harvard Business Review. N.p., 30 July 2013. Web. 03

                Feb. 2015.

"Academic Paper." - Definition. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Microsoft Office 2002 – Business Planner Templates. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

"An Introduction to Business Plans." Entrepreneur. N.p., 19 Mar. 2010. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

1st Draft

Rachel Meredith

Business Is Your Future

Business relates to the buying and selling of goods, services and information –important exchanges in almost any area of life.  As the world becomes more dependent on globalized trade and investment, though, the demand for well-trained business people grows stronger (Why study Business?).  Business is the best way to become successful and happy at the same time. With the proper schooling and the right mind set, you can become whoever you want to be.  Happy and successful is what everyone wants in life.  With business, you can do almost anything you ever wanted to do.  If it’s owning your own business, running or managing a 5 star hotel, business operation manager (GM), or if you work hard enough, get paid to have other people do your jobs for you.  There are many different ways you can go with business.  It’s a field of study where you could never go wrong with it.  Business and related subjects (such as the ‘FAME’ group – finance, accounting, management and economics) are among the most popular fields of study at universities worldwide, particularly at graduate level. You might have some vague ideas about why this is the case – business graduates are in high demand worldwide, business touches on pretty much every aspect of modern human society, careers with a business degree are diverse and often highly paid – and these assumptions are likely to be largely true (Top Universities).  I have interviewed four different people that are either in business school, in the business field, or own their own business.  With these interviews, I will show what it takes to become and business person, how to become one, and what type of writing business people have to deal with on the job.

The first person I interviewed was a young man named Thomas Elmallakh, 22, who is currently in business school at the University of Louisville, studying economics.  I asked him how he learning to write in his field of study and he said, “I took Business Writing, an English class, and learned the ins and outs of things like formal and informal emails, letters, memos, and how to compose a resume.”  He has also written many papers about business that has helped him learn more about his line of work.  He showed me an example of one of his papers that was written for a business economics class of his that showed me his new understanding of writing because of the assignments that he has in class.  In his 15 page paper, he states, “Using assignments requiring professional writing from many different viewpoints and a final proposal that fundamentally revolved around teamwork, this class has truly opened the door to me the world of professionalism and professional writing.”  This proves to me that because of school and his assignments, he has learned about himself and bettered himself to become successful in the business world.  School teaches many techniques that is hard to find anywhere else.

Another good quality about business is that it can be taught.  It’s always nice to have leadership qualities or communication qualities, however, those can be taught as well.  There are some skills that you will need in order to be extraordinarily successful is to have critical and creative thinking skills, research and analysis skills, communication skills, and personal development.  With schooling, there will be a collection of studying that will be necessary for classes and through the studying, class discussions, and reading you will develop critical and creative thinking.  Communication skills come from day-to-day conversations with your peers that you may find in your classes.  Communicating is very important in the field of business.  In the English classes, there are an abundant amount of papers that have to be written. With these papers, you have to research be creative to encounter all of the information from your research into your paper in an organized fashion.  School and everyday life helps better all of these skills that you will need in order to become successful in the business field.

There are all kinds of writing in the field of business.  It depends on who you’re writing to and why you’re writing what it is you are writing.  The wide range of writing styles are often used to please the purpose of your writing.  Communication plays an important role in being successful in business because there is always a person that has a connection that you will need that you don’t have.  Also, there will be information that you need to let others know about and you will need to understand how to comprehend what others are saying when they have information for you.  The main feature of business writing that ties all forms (memos, emails, letters, documents, etc.) together is the style. No matter what kinds of documents you are writing, you have to aim to be concise, to be clear, and to convey information in an effective way. Make sure that when you write, you can ensure that the writing style is simplified, streamlined, and organized (Your Dictionary).

                I also interviewed two other people who are not in school and didn’t go to school.  These two people had natural business abilities and were able to work with the connections they had and build their way up to the top.  A man named Angut Patel, 31, who owns his own car dealership lot and shop.  I asked him how he began his interest in the business world and he said, “My family owned several businesses growing up. The time that they spent on the business which was minimal versus the income it generated which was high made my very interested in owning my own business.”  From there he took off with his ideas and the help of his family to become a very successful business owner.  I then asked him why he was interested in building his own business and he responded with, “My passion for cars made me very interested in owning my own car dealership. The main interest was being able to own a profitable business that can become self-sustaining so I could spent time with my family and traveling.”  With making your own business, you can create policies and your way about doing things to where you are happy and can still have a life.

I interviewed a woman named Robin Harley, 57, who is the manager of the accounting office at Tafel Motors a Mercedes car dealership.  She too did not have any schooling but needed a job and took what was available.  She has been working in this office for 34 years and has built her way up from a pay roll clerk to the account manager.  She may have had to go to school but the job provided classes and training for her to be the best she can at her job.  After many years of experience, she is happy where she, has learned a lot, and is very successful.  I asked her what kind of writing she does and what style she presents it in and she told me, “Accounting, spreadsheets (excel), and emails.  Although her style of writing is a little different than a normal writing assignment that you are used to, it is her way of communicating.  An accounted deals with numbers all day long and that’s how they send information to each other. 

The last person I interviewed is still currently in school at the University of Louisville.  His name is Mathew Emly, 22, and he is majoring in accounting.  Majority of his work has to do with math and a lot of word problems.  I took a look at some of his homework and there were things like matching up a sentence with a spreadsheet, making spreadsheet, comparing numbers, and finding how to receive/find certain numbers.  To me it looked like rocket science, however, he seemed to know exactly what he was doing.  With his schooling and his knowledge, he will be able to find very important jobs that will make him very successful.  He also has been schooled into learning how to write the appropriate email and business letter.  His communication with other peers is professional and outstanding. 

Kyle Wiens says, “Writing is a tricky balancing act, juggling dozens of nebulous constraints. Writers have to think about audience, and about style, and about tone — factors that are hard to anchor down. In business, writing is inextricably tied to company identity: writers have to think about what a company stands for, where it’s going, and how that company should be presented to the public. Difficult considerations.  I’ve found that topics that are the most uncomfortable are usually the ones that need the most discussion. Writing is one of them. It’s a conversation that is crucial to have — with everyone (Harvard Business Review).”  Writing is communicating and business is revolved around communicating.  Business is the path to follow if your dreams are to be happy and successful.  With all of the options that you have to choose from, you will do and accomplish anything you have ever wanted by studying business.  With the interviews that I have provided, I hope you can see that there many different forms of writing and they are very important for the job.

Works Cited

 

The University of Auckland.  Why study business?  Web.  03 Feb. 2015.

"Types of Business Communication Writing." YourDictionary. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015.

"Why Study Business?" Top Universities. N.p., 30 Oct. 2012. Web. 03 Feb. 2015.

"Your Company Is Only as Good as Your Writing." Harvard Business Review. N.p., 30 July 2013. Web. 03

                Feb. 2015.