English 101: Completion of the College Essay and Introduction to Process Analysis

Summary

In James Boswell's session on English 101, he covers the completion of the college essay and introduces the process analysis. He stresses the importance of clarity in writing and provides various tips and rules for formal writing. Boswell highlights different writing topics, particularly focusing on "process essays," explaining how to accomplish tasks, create things, or understand functions. His humorous and insightful approach aims to prepare students for academic writing and beyond, touching on how these skills are beneficial in professional settings. He emphasizes editing, following formal conventions, and engaging the reader effectively.

Highlights

• Boswell discusses the essence of writing a clear college essay, touching on thesis statements and essay structure. 📚
• He uses Calvin and Hobbes to humorously illustrate common writing pitfalls. 😂
• Exploration of detailed do's and don'ts in formal writing, such as not using first-person unnecessarily. 🚫
• Introduction to a variety of process analysis topics, encouraging students to find engaging subjects. 🌍
• Boswell stresses the importance of editing and the professional presentation of essays. ✍️
• He outlines how understanding and explaining a process is key to writing a successful essay. 💡
• The humorous exchange around classic comics underlines the need for clear communication. 📖
• Boswell emphasizes professional skills like responding to criticism and teamwork as part of overall communication competence. 🤝

Key Takeaways

• Clarity is crucial: Ensure ideas are clearly communicated to succeed in writing. 📝
• Avoid informal language: Steer clear of contractions and first-person in formal essays, except in narratives. 🗣️
• Engage your reader: Use humor and relatable examples to make your writing interesting. 🎭
• Be detailed in process essays: Provide clear steps and do's/don'ts for your topic. 🚀
• Edit rigorously: Always double-check your work to maintain professionalism. 🔍
• Explore diverse topics: From sports to technical skills, choose something relatable for your essay. 🎯
• Understand audience: Tailor your explanation to the reader's level of familiarity with the subject. 👩‍🏫
• Connect to the real world: Writing skills translate into professional and personal success. 🌟

Overview

In the enlightening session led by James Boswell, students are walked through the intricacies of completing a college essay and introduced to the process analysis essay. With humorous references from Calvin and Hobbes and other pop culture snippets, he reiterates the significance of clarity and reader engagement in writing. Boswell also lists out comprehensive do's and don'ts to polish the students' writing style, ensuring that they understand the nuances of formal writing standards.

Boswell dives into the realm of "process essays," encouraging students to select topics they are passionate about. Whether it's a how-to on playing the saxophone or crafting a perfect swimming routine, the emphasis is on crafting a detailed, step-by-step guide that is both educational and engaging. He underlines the importance of keeping the prose simple, precise, and informative while incorporating personal anecdotes when necessary to elevate the writing experience.

While the academic focus remained central, James Boswell also quietly underscores the relevance of writing skills beyond the classroom. The ability to present oneself professionally, communicate effectively, and craft coherent narratives is positioned as vital for future career success. Through this session, students are urged to practice these skills diligently, understanding that their application stretches far beyond essays and into real-world scenarios.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 10:00: Introduction The chapter titled 'Introduction' begins with the author addressing the reader directly, setting the tone for an engaging and personalized narrative. The emphasis is on establishing a rapport with the audience and outlining the key themes and aims of the text. This introductory section serves to familiarize readers with the author's perspective, offering insights into the cultural or intellectual context of the work.
• 10:00 - 15:00: Calvin and Hobbes Discussion The chapter titled 'Calvin and Hobbes Discussion' begins with a casual and informal introduction, setting the tone for a relaxed conversation.
• 15:00 - 30:00: Communication and Formal Writing Rules The chapter focuses on the rules and guidelines for effective communication and formal writing. This includes understanding the structure of formal documents, the importance of tone and clarity, and the conventions of grammar and style that ensure the message is conveyed appropriately to the intended audience. It also covers common pitfalls in formal writing and how to avoid them while maintaining professionalism in communication.
• 30:00 - 40:00: Process Analysis and Paper Topics This chapter centers on analyzing processes and exploring potential topics for writing papers. It seems to focus on methods, choices, and strategies that can be used to break down various topics or processes for deeper understanding. While the transcript isn't complete, it likely emphasizes critical thinking and structured analysis for developing paper topics.
• 40:00 - 60:00: Essay Writing and Communication Skills The chapter titled 'Essay Writing and Communication Skills' begins with a unique transcript where the speaker apologizes for any inconvenience due to a recording setup. The chapter likely covers the intricacies of crafting well-structured essays while enhancing communication skills. Readers might expect to learn about various essay formats, thesis development, and the importance of clarity and coherence in writing. Additionally, the chapter may touch upon verbal communication skills that complement written proficiency, emphasizing articulation and persuasion in academic and professional settings.
• 60:00 - 61:30: Conclusion and Closing Remarks This chapter serves as the conclusion and closing remarks of the book, emphasizing the key points and underlying message conveyed throughout the text. The author reiterates crucial ideas discussed in previous chapters, ensuring that the reader is left with a clear understanding of the main topics and their implications. The chapter serves as a final reflection, reinforcing the book's core themes and inviting the reader to think critically about the information presented.

English 101: Completion of the College Essay and Introduction to Process Analysis Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 you
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• 02:00 - 02:30 record so you have to bear with me again
• 02:30 - 03:00 because i'm going to repeat
• 03:00 - 03:30 what i just said because i want it on
• 03:30 - 04:00 the uh when i'm recording here again calvin and hobbes this is as i said before more or less my clincher to the unit paper number three thesis support college essay you know um and i had mentioned the major parts the
• 04:00 - 04:30 introduction thesis um after uh before the thesis attention getter opening remarks thesis plan development three body paragraphs each with topic sentences and supporting uh information we looked at different types of support conclusion fifth paragraph restate thesis statement plan and development um and um um ending remarks clincher now let me look at calvin and
• 04:30 - 05:00 hobbes let me let me start here i used to hate writing assignments but now i enjoy them i realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity it's almost like a thesis statement not a good one because what he's saying is incorrect even in the plan of development which is well that's what he thought with a little practice writing can be an
• 05:00 - 05:30 intimidating and impenetra impenetrable fog want to see my book report this is how some people think writing ought to be and i'm saying uh no please the dynamics of inner being and monological imperatives in dick and jane a study in psychic trans-relational gender modes and look at the expression on um hobbs face academia here i come oh please
• 05:30 - 06:00 no oh you know you want to be clear yeah you want to keep it simple and to the point you see here's the truth here calvin is incorrect here communication has not succeeded until the idea has been broadcast and received accurately can we repeat communication has not succeeded
• 06:00 - 06:30 and the burden of successful communication rests with you the communicator and me has not succeeded until the idea has been broadcast that means you gotta put in writing or at least uh speak the words and received by the reader or the audience accurately do's and don'ts there's some do's and don'ts these aren't the do's and don'ts in the uh
• 06:30 - 07:00 pdf i sent you look at those other look at some of these formal writing rules here do not use the first or second person try to avoid as much as possible i and me and all that when you are writing personal experience is an exception using narrative is an exception you know when you're talking about yourself i can allow it but please uh be careful
• 07:00 - 07:30 do not use contractions you know can't won't don't doesn't that's it can't want doesn't you know contractions avoid informal writing avoid saying their essay will discuss a voice saying or writing in my opinion you know you know because when you write it you know just go ahead and write it you know it weakens the argument that's what it does when you say in my opinion oh you have a doubt you're not sure avoid using
• 07:30 - 08:00 a lot you know try to avoid that word had a professor who would put a red mark on it put a big x on it if you do use it take care not to repeat it often you know avoid redundancy repetition be specific i've been saying that all throughout the semester do not use words as things you know i had a professor you know they were kind of stricter back in the day use the word things in it you got a d
• 08:00 - 08:30 yeah or many examples you know because you know you haven't said anything you just said many examples do not be vague always type see always type in double space always that's professional and has been for decades now i prefer you know if it looks like it's tiny because sometimes when you put in a remote environment you use the appropriate font size and you hardly see it you know so if it's a little larger you
• 08:30 - 09:00 know so it can be seen i'm not going to jump up and down on that you know but 12 point font you can see it's preferred use 12.4 times new roman and standard one-inch margins but your um your software should automatically do that at least mine does edit edit edit that's something to do save your rough work always just you
• 09:00 - 09:30 know try not to lose be careful do not lose what you've been working on and that's why i said you got a printer printed out you know if you got a printer not everyone does essays because if you're using a phone you know um well i think they can be hooked up to a printer too i'm not sure but i think they can be i just use you know computer um essays should be submitted well this
• 09:30 - 10:00 well this doesn't apply to the remote environment because you're not going to be stapling anything but in my classroom face to face you know i would scream about stapling because i don't like a lot of loose papers i get lots of loose papers for some people yeah now i'm gonna move on from there um well i don't want it submitted by email so ignore that last one i just noticed that i wanted dropbox no the papers that is
• 10:00 - 10:30 keep calm and write the essay i couldn't resist that one no i'm gonna keep going right there say keep a cool head that's always smart to do i want to look at possible topics for process now um these are some of the things that students have written on you know ideas from students you know
• 10:30 - 11:00 as well because because i've asked over the years um and i made this list how to create games toys and from everyday items people might need to do that now more than ever you know but there are people who do you know uh and in the past people who have you know there's they just made um an item um a game or a toy um and of course this process analysis
• 11:00 - 11:30 process explains how to do something how to make something how something works how to play paintball you'll be surprised so i've gotten good papers on a lot of these things because you choose something you know and your writing should be getting better you know by the third paper you know things start to get better that's what i expect from everybody you know you know people start to get better um
• 11:30 - 12:00 um and that's the goal is for folk to what to get better so that by the time we get to paper number six you don't have as much time to do it worth two grades you know you'd be surprised how how well some people do with that particular paper you know yeah well anyway we're dealing with process processes a little easier a little less time not that much though because i've
• 12:00 - 12:30 already started today and still october but anyway let me move on ballet you know i've gotten papers um a lot of papers on how to be a ballet dancer you know or the process got a wonderful one last spring it was you know it was outstanding you know but that's a person who had was did ballet from the time um she was a um toddler you know you know three four years old
• 12:30 - 13:00 you know on up to adulthood practically you know so i had one about a ballet uh person years ago who was you know in new york you know practically professional until she hurt herself came back home and came back to school how to play um the musicians alto saxophone how to play guitar how to play piano how to play drums how to say money is up there again you know um well it's similar to the
• 13:00 - 13:30 topic um for paper number three you know why spending money wisely is important uh this is what what that one would deal with this would explain how to do that how to be a great swimmer you know maybe you're into sports how to be a dental assistant maybe that's your career goal you know and it'd be well worth knowing the process to get there how to play basketball how to play tennis i had a lot of students in the sports how to play softball do keep it simple
• 13:30 - 14:00 it's still five paragraph two to four type written double space pages how to safely ride a horse you know at least once a year i get a paper from a student who you know is into horses you know have them on their um on their property you'd be surprised people come from all over the counties you know and they may have horses or they may have a horse that they um not on their property but elsewhere that they ride and they're very good at it
• 14:00 - 14:30 and they know how to write about it the process and how to be safe how to play field hockey you know a lot of sports here but a lot of students are we're in the sports um i'm probably still on how to play golf you have to simplify it simplify for the num num you know i mean the audience the audience is someone that has never ever done this or if they have they're not very good or they want to know more you're the expert you know you're the
• 14:30 - 15:00 teacher now you know and you got to keep it simple and you got to be detailed and also make it interesting that's going to be a challenge steps to bowling how football is played you know uh in five paragraphs you know uh but people have uh tried to do that particular topic soccer i get lots of papers on soccer over the years how to play soccer you know i should be an expert i've read so many papers on how to be a good waitress or waiter you
• 15:00 - 15:30 know some students that's how they earn their bread i said that on purpose that's how they make money you know from the tips and so forth and so on i hats off to people in in that field because sometimes when people are ordering food and want food and that kind of thing at a restaurant they can be nasty you know people get some people can be nice i'm gonna be very nice um i'm talking about the ones that will be um at the restaurant and they just complain all the time you know take this back you know i don't want you know so for and so
• 15:30 - 16:00 on it's not an easy job at all if you can remain smiling that's an art steps to processing a prescription you'd have to sort of have done that uh in a job in order to write on that how to operate an atv uh hunting you know this is hunting season i don't know what folk going to do i guess if you're outside and uh hope they wear a mask um you know um you know the deer might even have covered for all we know um the deer or the bear or well nice
• 16:00 - 16:30 little shoot bears but anyway be careful with the bears out there okay okay i just want to as i go through this just stop and say that i know some of you have things happening but i just admitted two people almost half hour late and a half hour late please make every effort to come on time you do miss something when you miss class you know or you miss
• 16:30 - 17:00 part of it and it's in the papers you know um no i need to look at the waiting room because they're they said it's other people oh yeah all right i forgot to admit one okay all right maybe it's the technology i don't know because sometimes that's the issue but anyway let me get back to i don't like to keep i don't have to keep them waiting i could just sit there and let them wait another 10 minutes you know
• 17:00 - 17:30 you know i'm not gonna do that but anyway um anyway let me let me continue on um let's see i was talking about hunting get a lot of papers on hunting let me move on here how to give a good massage the college has an entire program on that riding mountain bikes not too much on that snowboarding usually if i get a paper on that's in the wintertime [Music] how to get out of a speeding ticket i
• 17:30 - 18:00 haven't gotten too many papers on that but the few i've gotten have been quite good over the years steps to maintaining a healthy relationship a lot of people are interested in that because why there are a lot of unhealthy relationships and it is a process and there are things that you do process also deals with dues and don'ts you know um how to prepare a demo car you know and i don't know sometimes when you get things out of another file
• 18:00 - 18:30 things get left behind technology does tricky things so i'm i'm correcting um how to be a cheerleader you know i know i didn't leave the r out in the original document how to drive a car you know i've gotten some boring papers on that but i don't need not be boring there's a way of of engaging the reader on the topic such as that self-defense techniques explained i've gotten papers on that all kinds of papers uh uh from from students who
• 18:30 - 19:00 who i've had students who have gotten awards and uh teach it you know so forth and so on how to get rid of a cold [Music] um mm-hmm research that's so broad that you know it's hard to handle that one uh twirling you know there are people who have done this in the high school programs twirling the baton yeah and it's a it's an art you know just like being a cheerleader it's not easy people underestimate it
• 19:00 - 19:30 the requirements that are that are necessary you know you got to do more than just look good you got to be a pretty good athlete on top of it and using a gun safely you know people seem to use it unsafely you know i can't understand i gotta talk i can't understand why um a person comes at you with a knife and you're a police officer and a whole bunch of you
• 19:30 - 20:00 and you just shoot them dead i don't understand that you know okay i mean that person might get mighty close and create some bodily harm i gotta understand that but um the old saying you don't bring a knife to a gunfight you know i mean i i'm you know i'm just responding to philadelphia uh the next step north brainstorming you know steps materials warnings just to give you an idea there and i did send that to you um the other thing i want to look at the other topics
• 20:00 - 20:30 um that they're a little different uh wrote them a little longer time ago uh in the pdf item here um i should have left it on topics meditation yeah that's a big deal these days how to meditate process deals with how you know this one how how to do something how to make something how something works wasting time effectively some of these uh i'm gonna skip over uh that's uh was for humorous sake but a
• 20:30 - 21:00 paper can be written on that creating excellence in education the process now how can we make that happen um uh how children play you know led majors elementary education majors sometimes choose that one how play things help children grow you have to know something about children and and like that may not be your topic how to save the environment you know how to save the environment you
• 21:00 - 21:30 know some people believe the environment doesn't even need saving you know what's the process it needs saving you know human beings will destroy it if we don't watch out you know how weather is predicted you know that's the process of how to talk to animals you know some of these things i don't know uh i just made a list how wildlife is photographed if you're a photographer and this of course can be tweaked
• 21:30 - 22:00 to fit something that you know as long as it is process how the bird watch i've been doing a lot of that lately and the birds they kind of like to fly on my uh my enclosed uh deck not in it usually but uh around the perimeters and lots of birds sometimes i've counted as many as ten they don't do that any place else and things i'm not feeding them they just kind of like being there and i love to listen to the bird scene you know and the thought that comes to my mind
• 22:00 - 22:30 is birds are happy you know they're not like human beings we worry about everything at least some of us do but birds they just fly and chirp and hope that there'll be food and uh my neighbors they feed the bird because they bird baths and all that kind of stuff bird seed um but anyway how to bird watch now i'm not a you know uh there is a process and i'm not i'm only just sharing uh uh what i know which is not much how the pope is chosen how to throw a bowling ball
• 22:30 - 23:00 how flight accidents are investigated somebody send themselves to research how to save your teeth you know yeah i had a dentist once say to me you don't want dentures there's one thing you don't want you know you rather preserve the teeth that you have it's a process if you're in dental hygiene and some of you might be i get students who are um and then they just teach you everything possible about teeth it's more than just floss and mouthwash and toothpaste it goes deeper than that um
• 23:00 - 23:30 how to arrange a surprise party yeah well you can write on uh anything as far as that's concerned it could be any type of party it doesn't have to be a surprise party you know it could be a birthday party it could be an anniversary party some people are good at throwing parties just that in the environment we find ourselves in you got to be a little bit careful in fact you got to be a lot careful you know because that's how it can be spread the virus be careful how to save money you know
• 23:30 - 24:00 that was on the other list how to spot a con man or woman you know uh that would deal with scams how to prevent uh being scammed oh they're everywhere oh they call you on the phone they got your number you know uh a computer you know they can try to get information out of you yeah if you click on something you shouldn't click
• 24:00 - 24:30 on oh they're just over there in fact this is cyber security month you know which scares me every time i say the word you know that people would do the things that they do to harm others you know how to change jobs you know process you know you can write on how to get a job you know in fact i don't want a job i in fact i don't have a job i have a career um how to live with a two-year-old that can also be tweaked uh
• 24:30 - 25:00 in many ways i'll live with it i've gotten papers on how to live with a teenager how to live with my brother i'll live on my i might be exaggerating a little bit i'll live with mother you know you know family members various ages you know how to live with a four-year-old well anyway just uh since i'm here i may as well go to this next item and then i'll go to my powerpoint
• 25:00 - 25:30 uh that i have i have prepared some wonderful powerpoints this deals with how to be you know how to deal with uh flu this is what this uh it was all about h1n1 is when they when this came out they put it in all our licenses because uh driver's license came with my driver's license i just made a copy of it and it does explain the concept of process it's not a paper but explains the concept you know how to write the sentences as well
• 25:30 - 26:00 you know uh where you can avoid uh as much as possible using the pronoun you you know even though it does in a couple instances here but anyway sometimes you can't always avoid it um but anyway um that they thought that was going to be a huge epidemic you know it didn't quite materialize as much as they had feared you know and this particular one hit
• 26:00 - 26:30 young people when it did its damage you know unlike the um covet 19 which tends to wreak havoc and those who are um elderly and those who have pre-existing conditions in other words it could probably affect everybody because a lot of folk even when they young have a pre-existing condition in fact
• 26:30 - 27:00 recently uh it was announced that people ought to get screening and i'll be talking about cancer in this unit screening for colon cancer and now they've reduced the age it used to be when you're in your 50s take the test that's what they used to call it the old folk and then you would listen and inquire and realize that they're telling something that you need to know when you get a certain age now they've reduced it to 45 people should get you know some of you may not be even
• 27:00 - 27:30 near there but when you're in your 40s now they used to say in your 50s you know but young people are being diagnosed with colon cancer but anyway that's far afield from flu sneeze or cough into a tissue now you can apply this too to any virus well i would say covert 19 and any flu virus or your sleeve not
• 27:30 - 28:00 your hand that's what they've been saying people don't seem to do it keep your hands away from your face and they give you a warning or don't just don't when you're writing use contractions and don't touch your mouth nose and eyes i've heard this over and over again recently wash your hands and they say um saying happy birthday twice that's not there with soap often an alcohol-based hand sanitizer works
• 28:00 - 28:30 too you've heard those words i'm sure keep frequently your services clean you know see this applies then and now like knobs countertops and desks and stay home which you probably already are from work or school if you do get sick you know well i just thought i would share this is it's a process not quite a paper yet but a process almost like an outline i'm trying to
• 28:30 - 29:00 think as anything else before i leave this pdf that i want to come back download the questions at the top you know writing process essay later no it's not today you know and i'll do the thesis statement at some point when i get to how to write the thesis for the paper but most likely not today
• 29:00 - 29:30 now where am i going to my powerpoint or how to write a process analysis essay it's not just process folks it's also analysis that means you've got to explain it you know you've got to uh teach it you know well you're putting that in writing how to write a process analysis essay
• 29:30 - 30:00 and i start off with this process analysis type quote this is my attention getter maybe i didn't get your attention trying and trying success see i'm always trying to teach success in every single class if i can get it in there success depends on previous preparation you know you got to prepare there are things one does to prepare for success and without such preparation there's
• 30:00 - 30:30 sure to be failure confucius you know you're preparing for your future by taking college courses you know or that future will not be bright if you're not prepared you know well it won't be as bright as you wanted to be i like to be positive even when i'm saying that you know it won't be as bright as you want you know wishful thinking has its place but it's not going to get
• 30:30 - 31:00 you very far because as dr phil used to always say and still does what's your plan you know how you gonna get there process analysis what is it let me define what it is i'm going to try to put us on the same page remember remember remember remember remember this is paper number four paper number three
• 31:00 - 31:30 is due and then paper number four okay when the writer lists the steps and that's a good pre-writing technique involved in how to accomplish something the writer is outlining a process you know he or she outline your process a process can be a series of actions changes steps operations or functions that that achieve a particular end or result you know you're talking
• 31:30 - 32:00 about how to meditate and you're giving tips you know the end result is well i guess relaxation and peace in a successful meditation session you explain how to get there a process essay focuses on see the word how rather than the what you know you're not doing what you're doing how don't confuse process with thesis support college
• 32:00 - 32:30 essay argument you know some people do that you know i don't want you to do that by the time paper number four is due you know see you can move right to finish up later number three and move right into paper number four you know it may seem like it's dizzying to keep moving moving moving but that's the only way i can keep from getting down in the dumps you know i just
• 32:30 - 33:00 go on to the next thing you know and i'm able to go on you know because i'm still grieving don't know about you you know so um and i've come a long way you know but anyway um since those early days of grief grief is a process and it is a process and there's a way to get through it and if all of you live long enough and i pray that you do you will know what i'm talking about if
• 33:00 - 33:30 you don't already you know if the audience yes i still want you to think audience is not well informed about the subject the process will have to be detailed and let's assume that your audience is not um you know well informed because you're trying to show what you know if the audience is well informed that may be another situation but not the one you're in then the process will have to be we'll
• 33:30 - 34:00 have more technical vocabulary in less detail well i'm going to want detail some process essays provide information while others provide steps on how to do something those are two approaches you're either going to provide information or steps most likely going to be doing both whether the essay provides information or tells someone how to do something the essay must follow a logical in other words it must make sense from beginning to end yes i still want a plan of development
• 34:00 - 34:30 yes it's five paragraphs you know yes it is for evenness all items must follow in order now such as what you do first second and third now that's only one approach that's not all the approaches that it can take you know and we'll show you because we're going to look at um a sample essay not today but eventually we're going to look at a sample essay
• 34:30 - 35:00 now i'm not ready for that yet got a little cat away when i was uh dealing with that i couldn't get everything on in d2l um i want to share with you i couldn't find this online i tried um peanuts uh comic uh as part of my attention together then one other thing and then i get to well it's gonna take me a while to get there i got about
• 35:00 - 35:30 two or three other things before i get to that i just put it on the screen so i know where i'm going but you can look at if you want until i get there linus asks sally did you know i have an uncle who is in a stage play says a question attention getter can be a question he says an actor's biggest fear is being in a turkey that folds that's lying that's still speaking sally doesn't know what he's talked about she just doesn't get it so she asked a
• 35:30 - 36:00 question for clarification how do you fold a turkey see i i chose this particular comic which you can't see because what how is in it process deals with how the word do is in sally's question how do you fold a turkey process deals with do's which you do and which you should avoid do's and don'ts for the turkey sometimes you have terminology that
• 36:00 - 36:30 needs to be explained because she didn't understand now rules of the house i could have typed this up but anyway rules of the house it's it's process how you keep order in the house see processes similar to rules to be followed if you get it out put it back you might have heard this if you get it
• 36:30 - 37:00 i'll put it back if you drop it pick it up if you sleep in it make it up if you wear it hang it up if you dirty it wash it up interesting rules little humor here part of my attention getting section if you open it close it you know it's given is given a command part of a process of keeping order if you turn it on turn it off
• 37:00 - 37:30 if it rings answer it if it howls feed it if it cries love it when you're dealing with a child a baby now this is going this next item which i'm going to be sharing listen carefully please it's going to lead me to the job search toolbox you know i'm just giving throwing out ideas here
• 37:30 - 38:00 yeah that's how i do i'm way out here then i bring it home that's what i do in every unit you know i introduce the concept try to make that clear eventually i take it apart teach thesis and and the like topic sentences and that details and then i put it together by showing you how a student before you successfully wrote a paper well people skills
• 38:00 - 38:30 well they're important aren't they very important technological and professional knowledge is essential i get this out of a uh article from the patriot news um that i used to put on the screen on the overheads right here over here transparency you know i can't retype everything i re-typed a lot i mean i've got you know i put together all these slides you know um none of which existed before march you know the material a lot
• 38:30 - 39:00 of it did in a different form but i didn't retype this one technological and professional knowledge is essential but something is still missing in many recent college graduates as a careers specialist too many college graduates lack social skills now that kind of shocked me when i read that and other important qualities that employers value such as a good work ethic yeah
• 39:00 - 39:30 i'm talking about employment you know future it's not quite process but it gives some food for a process food for thought as well said the sources um barry miller pace university career psychologist but more and more employers ask for people who can take criticism show up on time
• 39:30 - 40:00 work as part of a team now these are skills they say young folks lack no it's in this article no i don't want you to lack it i want you to know it and not lack it as you uh go to the through the process of preparing for success in a future career i hope you see how this is all going to fit together teach process but i also want to teach thinking and wisdom at the same time let me finish with
• 40:00 - 40:30 professor pace a professor barry miller from pace university said but more and more employers ask for people who can take criticism show up on time work as part of a team smile carry on a conversation and make eye contact youngsters often lack these skills and miller thinks that's because so few of their families now share meals even those who do eat together have that meal around the television set he said
• 40:30 - 41:00 probably if if it does happen it's around the smartphone you know people are into their their phones yeah they into that you know and so people aren't even paying attention to each other sometimes i mean in the classroom face-to-face classroom i have a rule in my syllabus but the dad gone things up you know and then they take it out again and they're not paying any attention to me then i say it again i won't take it because i just i'm not going to do that you know
• 41:00 - 41:30 but i'm going to fuss and raise my voice you know because and now they may say they're paying attention but most likely when i get their papers the papers say no they're not and so because quality is uh really low um in those individuals so you know it's so easy to get into that habit i'm talking about the phones now what did we do when they didn't exist like that you know well
• 41:30 - 42:00 youngsters often lack these skills and miller thinks is because so few of their families now share meals maybe now more do under the situation that we find ourselves in today even those who do eat together have that meal around the television set he said furthermore office life is an unknown quantity to them many kids that's what he said kids don't know how to act in terms of organizing themselves answering the phone attending meetings
• 42:00 - 42:30 and dinners miller said he recommends that students work before graduation which a lot of you probably are doing to prepare themselves for careers not only do students learn about work but they find out what type of job they like i think you learn about work being in the classroom for example a student might go to work for a big corporation and discover he or she is better suited to work for a small entrepreneur entrepreneurial company
• 42:30 - 43:00 and students who participate in paid study internships which is what you're going to want to have you're going to want an internship you can get you one you get you one because that's how you prepare for a career you know um or they for those of you going to health care they call it clinicals but there's a process in order for you to get there it's not automatic just because you sign up for the for example the nursing program doesn't mean you win you got to apply to the program
• 43:00 - 43:30 that means you got to get some good grades before you get in see a lot of people don't seem to know that and they pick the best they only have so many seats and you won't want them to be have your name on it you know but anyway if you're going that route and students who participate in paid study in certain shifts are often offered jobs at graduation waiting for him now the job search toolbox
• 43:30 - 44:00 my source is carol hacker human resource consultant here's what she recommends it's sort of it can be folded into a process but i just want to give you some good information too about job search you need a solid resume and a good cover letter well that could be a whole paper in and of itself how to write a good resume
• 44:00 - 44:30 and a good cover letter which these days you upload they don't do much deal much with paper anymore you know they upload it read it on the screen you know they may print it out but regular visits to local job fairs now the college has a hat uh harrisburg community college have um uh fairs all the time job fairs career fairs and the like now i guess they'll all be
• 44:30 - 45:00 virtual you know they'll all be virtual so keep guys open previously thought out questions she recommends to behavior based and other probing questions such as queries about your weaknesses in other words you want to prepare because they're probably going to ask that what are your weaknesses you know your strengths are shown through the resume and cover letter and they may ask you some questions to elaborate on that but preparation that's why i started with confucius
• 45:00 - 45:30 because he's talking about preparing but anyway without preparation there's sure to be failure a list prepare a list a specific and substantive questions about the potential employer that you're going to ask or the position you know because you're trying to find a good fit they're looking you're looking you know and you you hope that it's
• 45:30 - 46:00 going to be a good fit for both parties and it might not be for either positive references yeah you have to get folk who will say good things about you you know letters of recommendation they are called you know and you don't want to be damned with faint praise you know because they'll read between the lines um well anyway um good references
• 46:00 - 46:30 employer you know educational you know someone from the community maybe you know even a pastor or a rabbi a mom or something you know someone a positive reference interview appropriate clothing that can almost be a paper in and of itself how you dress how you how to dress for success
• 46:30 - 47:00 how to dress to make a good impression on a potential employer because some people they did it they just don't do that you know they think they can just dress any kind of way you don't have to be rich you know if you have to go to goodwill to get something decent just long as something decent cleaned and pressed you know business casual you know
• 47:00 - 47:30 want to be careful you don't want to have the neckline too low and you know ladies and and fellas you don't want to have the pants too low you know i'm trying to be um delicate here you know because sometimes the the style of the fashion is inappropriate for an interview you know and a reasonable understanding of your value in the current job
• 47:30 - 48:00 scene and you do a lot of this research online and you go prepared as a process we're trying to indicate with the information before you oh something just fell on the floor i'm just trying to explain the concept right now and i'm using these examples to do so 10 things you can do to fight
• 48:00 - 48:30 global warming or you know climate change is the word that's used more often you know and i got these ideas from an item that was sent to me through the mail and all i've done is put it on this d2l slide i typed it for you might give you some ideas you know because you might have even better ideas on here 10 things no see the title that could be a title recycle and buy minimally packaged goods
• 48:30 - 49:00 as much as possible you know recycling in some counties is the law not only does it impact the environment positively you might save some money worse clothes in cold or warm water not hot costs more you know it costs more to use hot water for those who pay water
• 49:00 - 49:30 bill i do you know and i wash my clothes in warm water you know i don't use hot because it's telling me not to and i don't install low flow shower heads to use less water run the dishwasher only when full and don't use heat to dry dishes this is what it says in that document i already see replace standard light bulbs with compact
• 49:30 - 50:00 fluorescent bulbs it tells you what to do notice how the sentence is written in each case it's a complete sentence and the word you is not in it do you notice that plug air leaks and windows good time to good time to do this now windows indoors to increase energy efficiency replace old appliances with energy efficient models oh you can really save
• 50:00 - 50:30 on that electric bill with those i've noticed that lately you know because some of my older appliances went and so had to be replaced and the bill went down walk bike carpool or use public transportation whenever possible hmm whenever possible that is
• 50:30 - 51:00 that's that was number eight um number nine adjust your thermostat lower in winter higher in summer you know i've done that too share these simple steps that's what i'm doing with friends and family and increase awareness this is what this is trying to do increase awareness and then at the bottom the sentence follow these steps to fight global warming
• 51:00 - 51:30 that's like a thesis statement all they just need is a plan of development and so for this document one can form a paper from it process analysis these are the key concepts for the unit and this is what i like to teach process you're giving advice i want you to give good advice good tips on how to do something or how to make something or how something works
• 51:30 - 52:00 you know and i need to say right off the bat early in the presentation of this unit i'm not that crazy about food papers you know paper said how to make a dishes or something boring usually there are some exceptions and i might mention some of those exceptions next time we meet warning give warnings those are the don'ts you tell me what i should do but you got to steer me away from
• 52:00 - 52:30 making a mistake that i could easily make because i don't you know you're you're you're knowledgeable i'm i'm not the reader me and readers or whatever i hate to put me in it because i'm the evaluator but you know it i don't the reader doesn't teaches the truth tell the truth and concerning the process don't tell me to do something and don't tell me it's easy and it's not you took 10 years to learn it don't expect me to learn it in 10
• 52:30 - 53:00 minutes you know but i'd like to understand the process a lot better no the knife deals with surgery that article i sent you why leave strange color in the phone which i just absolutely adore that essay the process the natural scientific process of leaves changing which is happening all around us organizes the paper
• 53:00 - 53:30 i teach process to further teach how to organize written material it organizes the paper you gotta be organizing every logical logical sequence develops the point you know we want to focus a little bit more on details how to develop and be clear your ideas involves the reader just like the reader's gonna go out and do that you want to get the reader involved you know those are the key concepts for this
• 53:30 - 54:00 unit throwing grenade is rather easy that's what i'm told i don't know from experience it is important to throw the grenade not the pen now what i try to provide is a thesis and then of course what's following is a warning and a little bit of humor be sure to set the stage in the introduction as you draw the reader in and introduce the process and then the plan of development the progression of that process
• 54:00 - 54:30 be sure to set the stage develop the points as you explain the steps develop the points be clear be clear remember calvin he was you know wrong humor may help i'm not going to say it definitely will but it might help i'm going to use humor as much as i can
• 54:30 - 55:00 process analysis essay stages of preparation this gives you some sort of outline here background steps or sequence plan of development in order background depending on the topic chosen list materials equipment background or context steps or sequence this is one approach process is presented here in the three body
• 55:00 - 55:30 paragraphs and you um use proper transitions which we will teach as well in chronological order deals with sequence and the steps going a little deeper in organizing the process analysis essay one of the more difficult aspects of writing a process essay is decide deciding where to divide the essay into
• 55:30 - 56:00 into paragraphs generally speaking most processes break down into a beginning middle and end the introductory paragraph should introduce the topic tension getter and introductory statements and established a purpose for writing the process i'm going to give you sample thesis statements i gave you one in the pdf that i said but i i'll have other examples to show you the different approaches because i still want my plan of
• 56:00 - 56:30 development the reader should understand why the process is being described and in what situations the process is used now i'm going to skip around a little bit here try to squeeze a few things in before we dismiss this gives you a potential example too of a topic deliver a short speech in a public setting it's a process well to prepare to deliver a short speech
• 56:30 - 57:00 in a public setting is the process now this really simplifies it disastrously but to sympathize it step one memorize the entire speech many do and don'ts how to do how do you memorize what you do you know you talk about that you know these could be like the body paragraph no thesis has been proposed yet um step one step two write phrases to remind you you're telling the reader to do this right phrases to remind yourself of the
• 57:00 - 57:30 key points in the speech and step three rehearse the speech many times you would explain in more detail than what you see here but this kind of breaks it down simply skip to here i'm trying to get a firm foundation and then pick more up objectives of writing a process analysis essay there are two different types by the way directional according to this document here
• 57:30 - 58:00 informational you know some people choose informational directional the objective is uh when you want to give step-by-step instructions or directions but you want to go a little bit beyond just that as i will show you informational is when you want to inform you know and there can be a combination of the two actually so uh i'll back up to this we've dealt
• 58:00 - 58:30 with narrative already what happened and when definition well we don't do a definition paper but what is it division and classification what kind is it where are the parts but process how did it happen cause effect when we get to it why did it happen argumentation persuasion applied to paper number three which is you have to come in why should i want to do that
• 58:30 - 59:00 do or think that you know comparison contrast which we'll get to what is it like or what is it not like that would be differences an example illustration which we've already dealt with for example you know very quickly dealing with that now i did get pretty far but not as far as i want to get of course but what we will um deal with
• 59:00 - 59:30 next time is process analysis and i plan to spend the entire week you know i might peek toward comparison contrast on wednesday but um of next week but we want to spend a generous amount of time dealing with process analysis how to do something how to make something how something works now um
• 59:30 - 60:00 mr bowers i'd like to uh if at all possible speak to you after class today please um that's all i have for today folks um do you yeah it's time i'm always looking at the time very carefully because i have class immediately after this one do you have any questions about what's due by the weekend
• 60:00 - 60:30 and what we're headed toward for next week not at the moment ms morrison would you say i said not at the moment oh okay all right good i always like to hear some confirmation that i might have been a little bit clear okay well that's where i'm going to stop today uh all i can say is hang in there because it's raining out yeah where i'm at um do your best i look forward uh to
• 60:30 - 61:00 receiving paper number three i'm still working on paper number two um i have to confess but um you will get the results eventually i gotta strike out some time to make that happen so anyway but it is gonna happen but right now i just want you to just focus on getting the work done and getting it into uh paper number three into the dropbox and then moving on we're going to move on paper number four good to see all of you have a wonderful
• 61:00 - 61:30 day thank you have a good weekend it was back the santos was goth see ya