Ethics

I read the article about “custom essay writers” and I have to say that I enjoyed it very much. The article itself was very well written (as it should be I guess, considering that’s how he makes his living) and I thought the subject matter was very interesting because it revealed a dark side of college that many of us seem to turn a blind eye to. Cheating almost seems to be somewhat of a taboo in that no one likes to acknowledge its existence, yet many if not all students are aware of its prevalence. Then again, when many of us think of cheating, we generally think of writing notes on the inside of our arm or sneaking a glance at the quiz one desk over. This article simply proves the impressive magnitude of cheating on all levels of academia. I think that many believe the prevalence of cheating decreases as one advances in one’s education. After all, a graduate student would have no reason to cheat. And he would know at that point that cheating is sophomoric and flat out wrong. However, this article proves that such sentiments are not the case. Instead, the article shows that cheaters simply turn to more drastic and unethical methods as they become older. The writer of the article complains about the state of colleges and the attention they place on grades as opposed to actual learning. However, the use of custom essay writers to cut corners is not the answer to deal with a flawed system; this is merely taking the easy way out. Education may be an imperfect art, but the decision to cheat one’s way through to a degree is hardly the way to respond. It is unethical and it leaves one as bad of a writer as ever. In the end, nothing is gained through unethical actions.

Creative Ideas

One interesting idea is the creation of a commercial spacecraft that would be able to transport the general public quickly and cheaply to space or the moon and back again.

Another idea is to create a laser keyboard that utilizes a laser to track finger movements and turn them into keystrokes.

The iefx system

The iefx system begins with inputs. In this case, I chose the inputs to be students and faculty, because they are the foundation of the entire operation. These inputs then undergo certain processes. Students and faculty both collaborate in lab and lecture work under the watch of TAs and LAs and in iTeam work under the watch of the iHead. They are also aided by different advisors that are involved in iefx and help out along the way. The outputs of these efforts include lab projects such as the steam car and the arduino project, a new understanding of engineering knowledge such as missing basics, and the iTeam projects we do with our iTeam. The last components of the system, the feedback, include the quality of the projects and the class grade. These examples of feedback inform the students and the faculty how effective the iefx program is, and informs them how much engineering learning actually took place throughout the course of the semester.