User:AshleyLincoln

=Analytical Writing=

Personal Essay
Where’s the money going to come from? How much debt will I end up in? How will I ever pay it back? These were several questions that ran through my mind as I was trying to decide on going back to school. I was lucky when it came to going to college the first time around. I had money saved up for a years worth of school so I did not need to take out loans with high interest rates. Unfortunately I was not so lucky when it came to attending the Art Institute of Seattle.

The price of attending the Art Institute of Seattle is a much higher price then that of a public, government funded university. I feel the reason for this is we are buying the name. We want our future employers to see that name on our degrees. We expect our future careers to be lavish and pay back the years of debt we have just acquired, But is our education we receive worth the large amount of debt we have built?

At the Art Institute we have state of the art equipment, some of which I will never use. Each culinary kitchen is set up with advanced audio video equipment to demonstrate methodology, how many times have I seen these used? Not even once. We are provided fancy equipment, but what good is it if I don’t get the opportunities to use it. I understand the reasoning for having the proper equipment, but having the students pay high tuition rates in order to buy toys, which go unused, is not in the best interest for my education.

Campus parking. What’s that? At the Art Institute we struggle every day with either trying to find a place to park or where the closest bus stops are at. I jingle down the street as my pockets are full of change, whereas the Art Institute does not think twice about the change needed to provide bus passes or a lot to park our vehicles.

All in all I feel the Chefs and professors are knowledgeable in their fields and teach with reasonable understanding. I hope with the rising cost of education and the equipment required I am able to better myself and further my education.

Self Assessment
I feel I learned little in this class. I enjoyed the group projects of others but felt I learned very little in my own group. My group did not contribute to the success of the final project. I would like to see the class have a few more projects instead of one large one. I would like to write more because it is a writing class. I feel I have a lot more to learn about writing.

I feel like i contributed to class discussions a fair amount. I found some topics we discussed very interesting. I enjoyed the movie blue vinyl and it made me think more about the products we use daily.