I believe that students at Kean are overwhelmed, and boggeled down with reading book after book, and writing because they have to. When you read other students work, after it has been writen it may be informative about the subject but it is a real snore fest. There is no passion or even direction to most papers writen... no personality. However there is a handfull of students that actually pour their heart and soul in to each paper they write. This is something I do and also bring my life experience into everything I write. This a skill I have learned after many years of just spitting out the facts. The problem with this is sometimes you may get the wrong professor and may not want to hear what you think or experience so professors are closed minded. Last semester I had a professor that talked about the health care reform. The students where told that they needed to choose a side and support your beliefs with fact found in books,newpaper articles,and magazines. This was a great topic because it was something current and the students seemed inspired. Well the outcome was horrible. The students that had a diffrent view then the professor, recieved a much lower grade than the deserved. The students were given a chance to re-think their position and re-write their paper. the students that stood their ground and rewrote their paper stayed with the same grade. Students that conformed to the professors belief recieved a B or A-.
So my advice is to write for yourself at home but in class get to know your professor and write for them, once you graduate write for you.
side note: most the professor at Kean are open minded and you should be safe with having your own thoughts as long as you can back them up.
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