Running: Cheaper than Therapy

We all know that running is not everybody’s favorite form of exercise. Well believe it or not, running is the most beneficial form of exercise to your body. Most importantly it keeps you healthy and helps your body n many ways. Hopefully by the end of this, you might look at running in a completely different way motivating you to start running!

First of all who doesn’t want to loose those extra pounds you have been wishing to get rid of. Running in one of the top and fastest activities for burning fat. Running doesn’t need to be boring, you can make it fun.

Along with loosing weight, come all the benefits of bettering your health. Running can lower your risk of high cholesterol, improve your lung function, lower your risk of developing blood clots and many more benefits. After a long day at work or at school, running might be a great choice to do. It can relieve lots of stress you been accumulating all day. It gives your body much more energy, and I can say this by experience. Stress can cause a number of health and mood problems, so running is great for relieving this.  

I personally enjoy running and whenever I have the chance, I always love to go for a run around my neighborhood. The reason I really love it and enjoy doing it, is because in high school I used to run cross country and track. Everyday we would run no less than 6 miles and it just became a habit for me, and I LOVE IT!!

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Assigned Entry #3: ASU 7 1/2 week courses

Article: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2011/02/22/20110222arizona-state-university-shorter-classes.html?nclick_check=1#comments

Those 15-week fall/spring semester courses at colleges and universities that we are

all used to are slowly fading away and turning into the next “big thing.” Every semester different colleges and especially Arizona State University are integrating more classes that are only 7 ½ weeks long, meaning only taking a class that is half of time that we are used to. This also means that the instruction and the learning are to happen in a more faster and accelerated way. The decision of developing more classes like this is because these classes are filling up more quickly, and students are becoming more attracted to these types of classes.

My opinion

My opinion on these types of classes is that maybe they are not a great idea. Personally I’m much of slower learner and prefer the instruction to go in a more leisurely way. Professors would be in a rush to teach everything they have to teach and I feel like the students won’t learn everything they need to learn. I already complain of how fast the professors teach, now image a 7 ½ week class! I would go nuts!

Different Views

Many students have different viewpoint about these classes, some think it is the best thing colleges and universities could have done and others are like me, don’t like it and would never in the world would take a class like that one. Many say the schedule would be more flexible for them and for the teachers and they would finish school way faster. On the other hand, many argue that these classes would not adequately prepare the students for their future career if they rush through it.

Like one person mentioned in the article’s comment space, “It seems like a crammed course, where you just get the hours in, in order to get the grade and get out as fast as you can.” I totally agree with this person, the brain needs time to consume all the information, and process it.