Please read James Surowiecki's piece in Presence (pg. 676) and write a 200-word comment on a cost-benefit trade-off you've had to make. Was it worth it in the end?
This last Monday, I had an assignment due for my Political Science class. I had put it off for that entire weekend, so it was crunch-time. The assignment required me to find an article about politics from a qualified source. After I found the article, I was to write about it. Not a terribly difficult assignment, but it was lunch time and there was only 30 minutes until my class started. I was hungry, and was seriously considering taking a zero. I wondered to myself, "should I be a good student, or should I fill my belly with pizza and chocolate milk?" I took the high road, skipped lunch and finished the assignment. When I arrived at class, I found out the assignment wasn't due until next week. This cost-benefit analysis didn't work out in my favor.
One of the biggest cost-benefit trade-offs that I have had to make was to decide to be a commuter rather than living in the dorm at college. Some of the benefits of living at home are that I can sleep in my own room, I don’t have to worry about a roommate coming in late, I can have my own breakfast and supper, I see my parents every day and I’m not paying for living at dorms or paying food. Some of the disadvantages though are not being around campus a lot, not getting to know a lot of people, not being able to attend events and having to cart myself around a lot while using a lot of gas. Overall this decision has been a good one because I have still been able to get to know other students and I have made it to some campus events plus I go to bed and wake up in my own bed.
One of the biggest cost-benefit trade-offs that I have had is that I had to decide whether or not I should buy a car last April. I decided to buy the car even though I was heading to college in the spring. I had to consider if I would be able to afford it and see if it was really worth buying one. Even though it is really expensive and you always are spending money on them, I'm really glad I did get one. If I hadn't got one then I wouldn't be able to go home when I want and visit my family or work and I would have to rely on someone else for rides. Even though it was an expensive decision and I will owe on it for a while, I think I made the right choice that will benefit me more than be bad. At least for the time being. Rachel Hicks
One cost-benefit trade-offs that I had to recently make was deciding to buy a Mac instead of a Dell. Though the Mac is way more expensive, its abilities and performance are much higher than a dell. This really has paid off because I have had no issues with my Mac and I love it.
The biggest cost benefit trade- off that I have had to figure out was my senior year of high school. I was given the choice of " go to France for a few weeks or get a car" for many different reasons I chose France, though it was a hard choice. Short term this seemed like a shoty deal. To get to France I had to fund-raise the whole summer before. this was a lot of work up to and including cleaning up thunder road (the raceway in Barre) after every race all summer. I had to do this without a car because I chose France. Long term it was worth it. Once I got to France I knew i made the right choice. so when I got back I wouldn't have a car, I was going to college soon anyway it was no big deal to me. In France I made so many connections and Friends, all of which will outlast any old car. So was my choice the correct one? I think so.
The biggest cost benefit trade-off I've had was deciding to move out of my parents house when I had my baby and started school. I now live in a house that I don't have to pay rent on, but have all of the other bills to pay: heat, electric, car, daycare, water, TV, phone, and FOOD! Even though it is a little bit more of a struggle with school, a baby, and a full time job, I'm managing. Besides, now Madi, Kyle and I can have our privacy and do what we want without my mom breathing down our backs.
We all get intio situations where we have to decide between bad and worse, in these situations we must weigh the pros and the cons of both decisions. For me one cost-benefit trade-off I’ve had to make had to do with registering for classes. I had been very busy all day and was very tempted to just go to bed and register in the morning even though evrybody woul dbe registering at midnight or the early hours of the morning. I had to choose between going to bed at 2:00 or going to bed at 4:30. The upside of staying up was that I would most likely get the classes I wanted. I decided to stick it out and wait until Web Services came back up at 4:00 in order to register for classes. So because I stayed up a little later than I planned I got all six of the classes I wanted and was able to make a reasonable schedule for the next semester.
One of my biggest cost benefit decisions was to buy a car or not this year. I was working at the time about three to four days a week and was making some decent money. I weighed out the benefits of having a car and not having one. I could drive friends around, it would make getting to work easier, planning trips and doing all sorts of things. Also it would mean not having to bum a ride off somebody or having to wait for a ride if I wanted to be somewhere at that moment. But then I realized getting it inspected each year, putting gas in it every week and something is bound to go wrong with it at some point. So in the end I decided to not get a car and to instead save my money.
This last Monday, I had an assignment due for my Political Science class. I had put it off for that entire weekend, so it was crunch-time. The assignment required me to find an article about politics from a qualified source. After I found the article, I was to write about it. Not a terribly difficult assignment, but it was lunch time and there was only 30 minutes until my class started. I was hungry, and was seriously considering taking a zero. I wondered to myself, "should I be a good student, or should I fill my belly with pizza and chocolate milk?" I took the high road, skipped lunch and finished the assignment. When I arrived at class, I found out the assignment wasn't due until next week. This cost-benefit analysis didn't work out in my favor.
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest cost-benefit trade-offs that I have had to make was to decide to be a commuter rather than living in the dorm at college. Some of the benefits of living at home are that I can sleep in my own room, I don’t have to worry about a roommate coming in late, I can have my own breakfast and supper, I see my parents every day and I’m not paying for living at dorms or paying food. Some of the disadvantages though are not being around campus a lot, not getting to know a lot of people, not being able to attend events and having to cart myself around a lot while using a lot of gas. Overall this decision has been a good one because I have still been able to get to know other students and I have made it to some campus events plus I go to bed and wake up in my own bed.
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest cost-benefit trade-offs that I have had is that I had to decide whether or not I should buy a car last April. I decided to buy the car even though I was heading to college in the spring. I had to consider if I would be able to afford it and see if it was really worth buying one. Even though it is really expensive and you always are spending money on them, I'm really glad I did get one. If I hadn't got one then I wouldn't be able to go home when I want and visit my family or work and I would have to rely on someone else for rides. Even though it was an expensive decision and I will owe on it for a while, I think I made the right choice that will benefit me more than be bad. At least for the time being.
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One cost-benefit trade-offs that I had to recently make was deciding to buy a Mac instead of a Dell. Though the Mac is way more expensive, its abilities and performance are much higher than a dell. This really has paid off because I have had no issues with my Mac and I love it.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest cost benefit trade- off that I have had to figure out was my senior year of high school. I was given the choice of " go to France for a few weeks or get a car" for many different reasons I chose France, though it was a hard choice. Short term this seemed like a shoty deal. To get to France I had to fund-raise the whole summer before. this was a lot of work up to and including cleaning up thunder road (the raceway in Barre) after every race all summer. I had to do this without a car because I chose France.
ReplyDeleteLong term it was worth it. Once I got to France I knew i made the right choice. so when I got back I wouldn't have a car, I was going to college soon anyway it was no big deal to me. In France I made so many connections and Friends, all of which will outlast any old car. So was my choice the correct one? I think so.
The biggest cost benefit trade-off I've had was deciding to move out of my parents house when I had my baby and started school. I now live in a house that I don't have to pay rent on, but have all of the other bills to pay: heat, electric, car, daycare, water, TV, phone, and FOOD! Even though it is a little bit more of a struggle with school, a baby, and a full time job, I'm managing. Besides, now Madi, Kyle and I can have our privacy and do what we want without my mom breathing down our backs.
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We all get intio situations where we have to decide between bad and worse, in these situations we must weigh the pros and the cons of both decisions. For me one cost-benefit trade-off I’ve had to make had to do with registering for classes.
ReplyDeleteI had been very busy all day and was very tempted to just go to bed and register in the morning even though evrybody woul dbe registering at midnight or the early hours of the morning. I had to choose between going to bed at 2:00 or going to bed at 4:30. The upside of staying up was that I would most likely get the classes I wanted.
I decided to stick it out and wait until Web Services came back up at 4:00 in order to register for classes. So because I stayed up a little later than I planned I got all six of the classes I wanted and was able to make a reasonable schedule for the next semester.
One of my biggest cost benefit decisions was to buy a car or not this year. I was working at the time about three to four days a week and was making some decent money. I weighed out the benefits of having a car and not having one. I could drive friends around, it would make getting to work easier, planning trips and doing all sorts of things. Also it would mean not having to bum a ride off somebody or having to wait for a ride if I wanted to be somewhere at that moment. But then I realized getting it inspected each year, putting gas in it every week and something is bound to go wrong with it at some point. So in the end I decided to not get a car and to instead save my money.
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