Cause and Effect Essay Examples for College

The movie Flubber and 9th grade physical science discussed at lot some of the same topics. They both talked about polymers, physical properties, states of matter, catalyst and different types of energy. In this essay I will explain the movie Flubber, while still making the connections to this year's physical science class. In the beginning of the movie, the professor mentions a “propulsive polymer”. We have learned about polymers in chapter twenty-four. We learned that a polymer is a large…

to attend college if it was free? There is a majority of adults that do not go to college because of the continuing growing costs of college. If the fees are reduced, will this provide a chance for more adults to attend college? Do we want to have costs be the ultimate deciding factor of if we continue educating ourselves or not? Personally, I would not want this to be a deciding factor for myself, nor anyone I know. Why does education need to cost so much? How can adults go to college and…

3 Stressful Things Attending college is usually the most exciting but yet eye opening experience at the same time in a person life. It is a transition from being a child to becoming an adult and learning how to survive in the real world. Even though this is my second year in college and it has been going well that transition has cause good amount of stress in my life. The three major stressful things in my life that I notice since attending college is managing my time, managing money, and…

about alcohol and the human brain is that it has little to no effect on the way it functions. However, alcohol and other depressants measurably slow down the brain and nervous system inducing, “difficulty walking, blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction times, impaired memory,” among numerous other harmful effects (alcohol’s damaging effects). The guaranteed detriment of alcohol on the adult brain is astonishing, but the effects on the immature brain are staggering. The uncooked teenage…

Topic: Stress Audience: Audience is somewhat knowledgeable about stress. Learn: What stress is? What causes stress? How to deal with stress and prevent stress? Thesis: Every college student deals with stress. Stress cannot be avoided, it is a normal part of our life. It is important to know what stress is, causes of stress and what are ways to control stress. Introduction I. Attention Getter: I am sure we all have experienced the feeling of sweaty hands, followed by a fasten heart rate,…

Should Guns be Allowed on College Campuses? Should guns be allowed on college campuses? No, there are many reasons why it would be dangerous to introduce guns into colleges and universities. The college experience usually begins at age 18 and may continue through the late 20s. These are often the years for abusing drugs, drinking alcohol, attempting suicide, and having mental issues. If guns are combined with such activities, injury can play a big factor and sometimes even death. Guns are used…

If my high school and college textbooks had been written this way, I would have been a more eager student of history. The Lion and the Lamb is an anomaly in the genre of historical fiction in that every character is real, many times their words are their own, and events (between 1942-1966) are recounted chronologically. Essentially, Charles Causey's narrative infuses the human x-factor of emotion and moral dilemma into what could otherwise be a dry recollection of facts. Having read The Hiding…

1 Running Head: DECREASING CELLPHONE USAGE Decreasing Cell Phone Usage by Using Prompting during Certain Durations of Time Omid Sadigh CUNY Queens College Abstract A self-management study was conducted to examine the success and effects of prompting on decreasing the time spent using a cell phone. In this self-management study, the participant was studied throughout the day at specific time ranges in the environment of only a household. Reducing cell phone…

in between. College is always beneficial, because it keeps people busy who need something to do after high school and it is a gateway to thousands of possibilities in the future. A college education is beneficial because it makes people become more well-rounded. One may think that they don’t need a college education. Well one reason that a person might think that they don’t…

Michaela Cullington’s essay, “Does Texting Affect Writing?”, discusses three hypotheses on whether texting carries a negative, positive, or no effect in academic writing. While she was undergraduate student at Marywood University, she wrote this essay in 2010 in response to the bias held by teachers, authors, and students on the effects of texting. Perhaps during the year of 2010, the significant increase of texting led her to write this article. Because technology and electronics perpetually…