Decisions with Software

http://the-weather-channel-desktop.software.informer.com/

I have provided a link to download "The Weather Channel Desktop Software". It is a little window that provides the current weather and the weather in the new future. When I'm in my room and I'm unsure what to wear on the way to class all I have to do is to look at my computer and I’m informed. In seconds I know if it’s a little chilly out (jean weather) or if it’s scorching hot (wife beater) weather. It is just a convenient piece of technology, which makes my life a little bit simpler.

Plagiarism and College

http://www.cqpress.com/docs/Combating%20plagiarism.pdf

Technology makes it extremely easy to just copy and paste someone else's work and turn it in as your own. There are many sources of information on the internet alone. I found on the website above that forty percent of college students have plagiary at least once in their college career. This statistic doesn't surprise me at all. I'm actually surprised it is that low. At a click of a mouse a student can have millions of documents of information. It makes it too easy to pretend that those words are yours. Or even just change the phrasing. Schools have cracked down on catching students by making it a requirement to turn in papers to websites that scan for plagiary. In the website above it claims forty eight students quit or were expelled recently for plagiary. Proving more students is being caught every day.

Working after Hours

I worked as a pizza maker at an Italian restaurant and bar. I was a very hard worker and did my best to finish the tasks I was given. The restaurant would get fairly busy, especially on Friday nights. I would work with a fellow co-worker and are duties include making the pizza/pasta dinners and also clean the dishes. As one of the most experienced workers at the restaurant I would sometimes get paired with the not so experienced and frankly lazy worker. I'm not going to say any names, so I’ll just call him Scott Ross. Scott would increase my work load by 3 times. He worked very slow and inefficiently. He just didn't care at all how poorly he does his job as long as it would get done. The dishes would sometimes come out of the washer with food residue and it felt like I would be making the dinners alone. When I was paired with Scott on Friday's it was exhausting. My boss would always mention that we need to prepare the food faster. Also, I would either have to stay later with him to make sure everything is done right and when we did this my boss always questioned why we be there so late. I didn’t want to leave the place in a mess from Scott’s poor performance because the boss would be even more upset about that. To make a long story short once I left for college the boss caught on to Scotts poor performance and horrible work ethic and fired him. Therefore my ethics were being blamed for not working fast enough and taking too much time cleaning up/ milking the clock. I continued to work my best and didn’t throw Scott under the bus even though I easily could have. In the end the boss still knows I’m a good employee and still work there over my breaks from school.

American Education System Failing!

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/addiction-in-society/200902/problem-america-wont-solve-in-our-lifetime-education">


This article is about how the American Education System is currently struggling. America is ranked #24 in mathematical ability in the world and #26 in the world in problem-solving ability. The article discusses how there is not much competition for students to do well. Students are not motivated to learn and doing the bare minimum to get by in class. One of the main reasons for the lack of motivation is because classes have become relatively easy. Many students can easily coast by with a B and sometimes even with an A without earning much knowledge. I agree with lack of motivation and grades coming pretty easy, especially in high school! High school students don't want to go the extra mile if they can get a good grade without it.