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To
some, living on a college campus is a recipe for distraction and therefore
making it much more of a challenge to do well academically. Some students who
stay at home are most likely have thoughts that due to there being so many
students and events happening around there vicinity that they cannot get
anything done academically because they will be drawn to those distractions. This
fact is true in some cases but for some students, living on campus is actually
beneficial to carving a path of great academic success as well as maintain a
healthy state of mind. Furthermore, what really makes collage life beneficial
is the actual areas a student visits and spends there time in.
In
daily life the words benefit or beneficial are thrown around frequently. The
word surely holds different meaning to different people. The classification for
what beneficial means in a collage setting, is something that is beneficial
that would give a person a healthy environment that promotes both socializing
and education and several other traits on the side that would help boost both. Furthermore,
in the context of this paper a healthy environment is categorized as being an
environment with an equal balance of social and educationally benefiting
properties to it. Meaning that it is not so social that it is actually a full
blown party with so many people that any person trying to read a book would
fail horribly in attempting to do so. On the other hand, it is not so study
intense that a person’s mind crashes due to much being taught at once. Thus,
environments that would fail as being healthy would be mostly house parties and
sporting events such as the football games. Additionally, being academically
successful would be categorized as maintaining a GPA of at least a 3.0 and
above. Thus, the measure of success or failure would be anywhere below or above
that GPA. Moreover, a healthy state of mind is being in a state where one is
not depressed, mentally drained, or loneliness.
In
the case of this project, there will be more of an emphasis on an individual
student. The map will reveal locations of where this particular student spends
his time the most during the school week and how those areas affect him
mentally and physically. Moreover, there will be his own feedback on what
benefits he feels he gets out of being in those areas and this will be compared
and linked to scholarly sources.
By
following this particular student, it can be concluded that living upon a
campus is of great benefit as opposed to being a burden to finding balance
academically and socially and overall keeping a decent grade point average,
which is classified as having a 3.0 and above. Furthermore, by living on campus
the student grants easier access to school buildings and resources that are not
as easily accessible when living off campus, due to distance, time, and etc… Such building or areas that the student has
quick and easy access to are the dorms of Palo Verde West, the diner of Palo
Verde Main, the Hayden library, and the Student Recreation Complex. Moreover,
each of these areas provides the benefits of academic success and a healthy
state of mind through the healthy atmosphere that is provided. Furthermore, these areas do not have the same
intended effect on every student at ASU. But through careful observation of the
individual student that is being followed it will be revealed to have the
intended outcomes that will be discussed on the annotations of each area of the
map.
Conclusively,
though that some students conception of living on campus may be thought of as
negative, and some parts may very well might be so, through research and observations
of one particular student that there are more positives that out way the
negatives. The reasons for such positives are because of the benefits that
living on campus holds. The biggest and most easily revealed is due to the many
buildings as and the many functions these buildings and areas serve for the
many students at the campus. The areas that the student resides in shows in a
much narrower scope of how living on campus and going to the multiple areas
sited by the map will actually be beneficial. This example could possibly be applied
to every campus although they may not be identically the same. Furthermore, due
to the fact that of following one student and is ultimately confined to the
limited areas that he frequents this undeniably reveals that there are so many
others areas on the campus for the various other students that would and can
have the same benefits but just presented differently. In addition, the reason
for why debating whether or not living on a college campus is beneficial is
important because in our country college is arguably a vital part of life.
Almost anyone needs a college degree in order to get a high paying job or a job
at all. Thus, it is important to discuss what is the most effective way of
attaining a college degree and one of the vital parts of college is ultimately
living on a campus.
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