Effective Reading Strategies Assignment

The Seven Deadly Sins of Students Critical Reading Exercise Directions: Access the following article: http://chronicle.com/article/The-7-Deadly-Sins-of-Students/46719. After you have read the article, complete the items below. Save the file into a Word document of your own and submit the file for this assignment. 1. In your own words, what is the author’s thesis? The author's thesis is that institutions of higher learning create an environment that encourages students to acquire bad habits that serve their (students’) immediate self-esteem and indulgence needs, which later leads to more negative implications such as unhappiness with life. 2. Where is it located? The thesis is located in the third paragraph: “Enabled by institutions, students repeatedly take the path of least resistance, imagining they are making creative compromises with duty that express their unique talents. So they choose self-indulgence instead of self-denial and self-esteem instead of self-questioning. They do not understand that those choices will eventually cause more unhappiness than the more difficult paths they chose not to walk.” 3. How would you describe the author’s tone? What details lead you this conclusion? The author assumes a conversational and engaging tone. For example, the authors use personal experiences with students to create an increasingly casual tone that clearly communicates the arguments. For example, the author starts the article by noting that they have taught for about a decade and were a student for two decades, thus implying that the experiences they share are derived from his close interactions with students and also personal experiences committing them. In yet another instance, the author says, “I have seen students come to classes barefoot, with bare midriff...