Students Come To College

638 Words2 Pages

In the article “Student Come to College Thinking They’ve Mastered Writing” by Berrett, Dan. He explains that Freshmen college student believes that their skill that they have learned is enough to satisfy the college standard of writing. According to a survey presented by faculty members, most students feel well prepared when it comes to writing in the College, and about 15 percent freshman would need some kind of tutoring. In that same survey, students also say that social media do not help them to be better writers, but instead the opposite, they feel as if social media has nothing to do with academic purposes. Some faculty members have instead suggested that teachers should require students to do some kind of writing in social media such as Facebook or Twitter for academic purposes that could help students improve their writing skill in social media and feel more comfortable. Freshmen always think that they have enough college writing skills. But the author in the article does not think that because most freshmen students believe they have spent a lot of time writing articles, but it's not enough for college. “What we found really …show more content…

Dominic F. DelliCarpini, a professor of English at York University of Pennsylvania and an author of the draft recommendations. He said, “When students talk about being ready for college, they don't realize they'll continuously be learning to write” ( Berrett para 13). I think that is very true because students are already learning and writing so much in high school, so when they go to college, they will think that they have learned enough and have considered themselves as excellent writers. In high school they don’t worry about writing much, dosen’t have to be perfect, but in college each sentence must follow the process. In addition, students should identify their writing skills to suit their undergraduate

Open Document