Imagine building up your life in a place. Imagine being uncertain of what your future will be. All of this because you lack proper documentation that justifies your presence in that place. Since President Donald Trump ended DACA in September 2017, that is the uncertainty DACA recipients face now more than ever. For those who have no idea of what DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, consists of, it is a renewable two-year program that grants amnesty and a work permit

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As a first year college student, when I was told to write an essay to other struggling students here at UTRGV, I didn’t even have an idea of my what own struggles were. When I failed a class last semester, it was the first time I had ever failed a class in all my years of education. Realizing the real issues I encountered of why I had failed and contemplating the situation with my partner now, we both agreed we had similar problems in the past and we decided to write about ti

Vanessa Aguila Stephanie Arechiga Kaylin White Professor Bonnie Garcia Letter to a Freshman Hey! It's your first day in college, you step onto this big college campus which is where you will spend another four years or so and begin to build your future. You look down at your class schedule and see English 1301, uh oh. I bet you are thinking that you’re unprepared to write a college level essay. You might feel as if all those twelve years of elementary, middle school, and high

How time changed our question Our question is, “What are the most effective learning techniques that UTRGV English 1302 students should use when they are studying to be successful?” In our data, we saw how both of us had different ways to learn; even though, we have the same majors. For example, my partner, Robert, learns better by studying in small of groups. While, I learn by reviewing by myself. We were able to find a pattern between our studying habits and our grades. The

Why Do online First Year Composition Students Procrastinate? Distant learning students procrastinate on research papers because their attention is not focused on school work, but the activities that are entertaining to them. We felt that this issue needed to be explored because distant learning and online learning is a fairly new topic amongst society that is barely being accepted. It is an alternative form of learning usually online, or at home. Why is it that distant learn

​ Who is the Better Reader? Steven or Danya? When Steven, an English 1302 student from UTPA, is assigned with readings from his English class, the first thing he looks for, that will motivate him to read it, is the length of the article. If the article is long, he sighs and tells himself, “Damn, I do NOT want to read this!” But if it is one of those two page, easy reading articles, he will be willing to read the article with enthusiasm and effort. While reading the article

By Melanie Leo Transforming Your Essay by Using One Basic Technique Every writer would love to see a huge “A+” on their essay assignments, however, how would they achieve that grade? A simple writing tool can transform their essay into a greater one. Writing an essay is no easy task to do, especially when you are unsure of where to start and what to write. Rough drafting is a technique in which you put down your ideas in an essay and edit it from there; it is widely u

by Laura E. Gonzalez Download The Survival Guide to Writing Enabling students to understand writing through their perspective Laura E. Gonzalez has developed a solution for students that struggle with writing based on their personality and she calls it a Survival Guide to Writing. She has been interested in the past couple of years in the learning approaches with regards to writing. While she has observed that there are many writing instructors that claim they have

By Jorge Pina Visit MusiClear I developed a website called MusiClear that can benefit many UTPA students when it comes to writing essays. I developed this website after noticing that many of my fellow classmates and other college-goers face writer's block. Writer’s block is the inability to create any new work and it’s something that is very common when it comes to writing. I conducted an experiment with several UTPA freshmen. I also selected 5 general music genres: Bl