...High School Education Vs. College Education High school and college are both learning institutions. Having an education plays a very important role in our lives. Some people assume that high school and college are a like because they’re both places to receive an education. There are similarities in high school and college, but numerous differences. A college education is more challenging than a high school education. My high school education was fairly easy. After being out of school for 10 years, I decided to enroll in college. Although my high school education was fairly easy, trying to receive my college education is challenging. Receiving my college education is challenging because I have to deal with time management, being responsible and attending class. Time management plays an important role in receiving my college education. Time is one thing you can’t get back. In high school, I followed the schedule I was given at the beginning of the school year. I had plenty of time to study and complete my work. On the other hand, in college, my adviser helped me select a schedule according to my daily life. I have to make time to study and do my assignments; now that I’m in college. I’m a single mother ,so I have to help my children with there homework , prepare dinner, and get them ready for bed. Because I have a lot to do on a daily basis, the time management tip I use is prioritizing. I make a list and do the most important activity first ;then I go down the...
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...Responsibility While being personally responsible it makes it possible to complete short and long term goals while attending classes in college. It is up to you as a student to make sound decisions, be organized, keeping yourself mentally and physically healthy as well as managing stress. The most important reason to be personally responsible is that it makes completing the short term and long term goals easier because it also makes being organized easier. What personal responsibility means to me is being responsible for your own actions while in college and not using other people or situations as excuses. Turning assignments in on time is just one of many ways to show personal responsibility while attending college. Personal Responsibility as a student in college is taking charge of your own learning without blaming anyone else and using excuses if you fail a class. While attending college being personally responsible is as important as anything that can be done to have success in college. When studying for any test, completing assignments on time, getting plenty of rest, and taking responsibility for your mistakes are ways you can be personally responsible while in college. The more responsible you are in college, the more successful you will be because you should have a set schedule so you can study and complete your assignments. You will notice success in college while being responsible by seeing grades improving. By seeing improvement in your class assignment grades your confidence...
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...they even have a special name in terms of what type of capital that they are. They are known as human capital. Human capital is the set of skills that someone acquires throughout their lifetime through things like education and training. Education is probably the most important and vital sector of human capital, and that is no surprise, as studies have shown that college graduates earn much more in a lifetime than basic high school graduates. In the 1980’s, college graduates were earning up to 60% more. This simple fact alone serves to demonstrate why many people elect to further their education by attending college. People want to have a happy and successful life, and just like cash in a bank account can lead to this desirable world, so can education. Gary Becker once compared attending college to United Airlines purchasing a new passenger jet. If a jet has an extremely long useful life, it is more likely that United Airlines will purchase it. If a potential worker has a long career ahead of him, it is more likely that his return on investment on education will be higher, thus it will be more likely he will attend college. United Airlines might not purchase the new jet if it only cares about current earnings and ignores future profits. Equivalently, if a worker only cares about his current earnings and ignores future profits, he too will...
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...increasing it’s popularity in the female community. Along with its outreach to the female community, Chabad has gained success with its campaigns on college campuses. Chabad-Lubavitch centers are located on hundreds of college campuses throughout the world and their services are immensely popular among college students. Chabad services often consist of a dinner at a shluchim house accompanied by prayer. Services at Chabad are not as lengthy as traditional services at a synagogue which is an attractive to busy college students who hardly have enough time to manage all of their commitments. The dinner offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere which is attractive to young adults dealing with the stress of college life. Chabad acts almost as an escape from the hustle and bustle of college life, this alternative modernity is rare to find on college campuses and Chabad offers a positive outlet to socialize and reduce a student’s stress. The first on campus Chabad organization was opened at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1969, and it became incredibly popular because the Rabbi Shlomo Cunin who started the organization would speak to those who attended in a very upfront manner about drugs, sex, and war, very popular topics of the time. Another unique characteristic of on campus Chabad, that makes it so popular among college students is the shluchim’s ability to talk to the students candidly about their lives, and to offer them advice and guidance when the student’s need mentoring...
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...Responsibility Essay Philip Stansberry GEN/200 - FOUNDATIONS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS March 3, 2014 DALYNN CAMPBELL Abstract My Personal Responsibility Essay is a brief look into my background, major changes in the educational landscape, my reasons for attending college, my motivation, and the obstacles that would hinder me from completing my goal. . Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................…………...................................................................................... 2 Personal Responsibility Essay……...................……..…............................................................... 3 References….................................................................................................................................. 6 . Personal Responsibility Essay My arrival at the University of Phoenix came a few years after my retirement plans ran into a pothole. When I say pothole, I should really say canyon. Though, all things considered, my retirement goals were nothing to write home about. I was a migrant nuclear worker, which means I worked infrequently with no substantial retirement benefits. This 30 year continuum had me exhausting my savings during the dry times, thus my earnings never amounted to much towards retirement. I lived an unbalanced middle class existence. My plan for retirement was to simply survive until I was able to collect social security, sell my home, move to a country where...
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...I had to pass all my classes and especially FCAT. I knew I wasn’t worried about passing my class because I was open-minded for doing everything I needed to do for school. The struggle I’m going to talk bout in this essay is about my struggle of FCAT and how I accomplished it and what I went through after knowing I failed it. It all started just because I transfer schools. Let me tell you how it all started. When FCAT came in October and I couldn’t take it because I had transfer to University High. I knew I had lost my chance of passing the most important part to get my diploma, I was scared and depress about it. I knew there was other ways to replace FCAT and get my degree, but I didn’t wanted to do that. Then, March came and it was my last chance to get a passing score on the most stressful test I ever take, FCAT. Knowing this day was coming I got terrified. Having help from my favorite reading teacher in high school, Mrs. Hartman. She really helped get through everything I felt when I found out I wasn’t to move on with my career goal. When Scores came in from March FCAT and the teacher told me I didn’t pass I started crying and I got really upset. Then I knew I had to take a stand and find another solution about what I can do to pass my FCAT. So I went to my Guidance Counselor and I asked her what other choices I had. She said, “ You can take ACT or SAT,” I was surprise when she said, “ You can take it for free because you have reduce lunch,” I was more excited because...
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...Assignment 3.1: Determining Causes and Effects – Revised Version Pacience Jordan February 16, 2016 Professor Roger Fontana English 115 Determining Causes and Effects – College Stress There are many different things that seem to cause stress on college students. College students do not seem to get a break from the workload. Even when they are not physically doing the work it still happens to be on their mind. Many college students have to battle with work, school, and even children at home. It may seem like it isn’t a lot to deal with but it can be very stressful. Increased Responsibility and Independence During college change is a very big factor in a freshman’s life. Deal with change for many people can be very difficult. For many people leaving home and going to college is a sign that they are now on their own. They are now adults and have to make decisions for themselves to better their future. Being faced with making very important decision that could affect the rest of your life can be stressful. Overachieving Other college students are stress out because simply because they are being pushed by their parents to be the best that they can be. They are pushed to get into the finest schools so they acquire the best career. Even though it is not a bad way of thinking it can cause a boat load of stress. Students seem to take on more than they...
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...Importance Of College One of the reasons I chose to attend college were to make a better life for my son and I. I find it very hard at times being a single mom and working endless jobs. So I figured if I go back to school and get a degree, maybe I can find a job I really enjoy. I also felt the need to further my education because of today’s economy. A high school diploma is not cutting it these days, and with it alone you will find it very hard trying to maintain a good job. I also decided to go back to school because I would like to set a good example for my child. I want to walk the walk and not just talk the talk, because with kids these days you have to show them the right way things to do and the best way to be in life. I don’t want my child to say “how can u tell me to get a degree when you do have one.” In other words I want to live by example. There are numerous things I hope to gain from this experience. First, I will say making more money to better take care of my family and get the things I will like to have in life. Secondly, will be getting a better job and actually working at a place I enjoy, and not waking up every morning dreading to go to work. I feel I need a career and not just a job. I always and will believe that education is the key to success. Last but not least, is finding confidence and pride in myself because sometimes I seem to doubt myself. I feel as if I am not going to do as good as I would like or as if I am going to fail at completing the...
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...Omar Guzman Gonzalez Guzman 1 Jazzy Davenport English 101/197 February 29, 2016 Common College Struggles of a Daily Student Students all over the world depend on a college education in order to succeed in their near future on a career they been focused on the most. They are entitled to complete their degree and go off finding their dream job right after graduation without any sort of obstacles along the way. Well, that is where most students in the generation we live in today are wrong, and should take drastic action on attending college with their head held way up high. Students should advised themselves that it is a whole different approach going into a city college or university, than how it was attending high school. A student attending college faces the most common struggles such as keeping time management to focus on what needs to be turned in on time with study skills in order to do well on any given quiz or exam, payments for tuition, self-living and various books, and the expectations of their family to keep grades held high for the road to success. Any student trying to value their time while attending college can be their number one priority. In an article, “Learn To Manage Your Time” (US NEWS), Kelci Lynn Lucier states, “With so much going on at a college campus, it's no wonder that students can feel and actually be overcommitted when it comes to classes, work, and co-curricular involvement. How can you balance your time when there never seems to...
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...Illustration College Students Many college students face a number of pressures. For instance, many students have to manage a job while at the same time balancing their school work. This can be very stressful for a college student. Students also face many financial pressures. For example, numerous students have to pay for their college on their own. This gives them no other alternative bbut to take out student loans. Which could leave them in debt for many years. Another example of financial pressures for students is having to support a family while attending college. Supporting a family while attending college can be extremely difficult. Finally, many college students go to college students go to college in different cities and states and have to make new friends and adjust to a different atmosphere. Being a college student can be very rewarding but, there may also be a lot of pressures that need to be dealt with. Contrast/ Comparison Transportation Choices North Americans clearly prefer driving their own cars to using public transport. In many ways, the desire to own a car is easy to understand. True, cars are expensive to buy and run. Car payments, gas, insurance, and repairs can cost thousands per year. But people love the convenience of cars that they see as an expression of personal freedom. Cars provide a comfortable small personal space in which people can drink coffee and listen to music. Most car owners give little thought to the damage to the environment...
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...The High Price for Knowledge The high price for attending universities across the US and the small amount of financial aid given to families has resulted in the inability for many students to progress and get ahead in their studies. Financial aid and tuition costs are both significant factors that determine where or if students go to a certain community college, college, university, or simply decide to not further their education. Debt and other factors are most likely to arise due to the fact that they chose an education, and this contributes to problems later on in the individuals’ life. Government assistance and high tuition has become an immense problem for not only me, but students, families, and throughout communities and the United States. The cost of...
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...reader that “a facilitator who participates and interacts with students prevent them from abandoning their course (Clark and Feldon 2005). When students interact with their teacher this creates a bond that will motivate the student to succeed. “Students become more involved in an online conference when the facilitator participates as guide, providing extensive critique, feedback, and encouragement (Collison et al., 2000). . The author’s purpose of writing this article is to inform the reader that there are several different factors that would hinder successfully completing an online class. Students must keep in mind, that no matter if you are going to school online or attending an actual campus you still have to put in the same effort to be successful. In my conclusion, this article enlightened me on a lot of information that I wasn’t aware of when I was...
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...I never really knew what I wanted to be. At a young age, I knew that school was the key to college and being successful, but it never helped me discover what I really wanted to with my life. It wasn’t until my dad took in a long time friend of his to stay with us for a while that I knew what I wanted to pursue in the future. My dad’s friend, Marcelo, was an architect who worked for Westfield, which I instantly recognized as the designers of the mall I would always go to on the weekends. He gave me a tour of his office, and I was intrigued by the complex programs he used and the 3Dimensional models he had created of malls Westfield planned to build. I fell in love with the innovation and creativity that was involved with architecture and knew I wanted to be an engineer or architect in the future. However, there is a distinct difference between the two that I saw. Engineering is solving a problem by modifying an existing product or creating a new product never seen before, while Architecture is creating different versions of the same basic design. I wanted to create something never seen before so I leaned towards engineering. Therefore, I decided to take an introduction to engineering course my Freshman year of high school. The class taught me the basics about programs such as 2DCad, Solidworks, and Archicad giving me a stellar background in some programs engineers use or are familiar with, and gave me a taste of what I could possibly be doing in the future. I loved the class, ...
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...Procrastination Procrastination is the act of intentionally putting off or not doing something that should be done. Most people deal with some form of procrastination in their lives and this is considered normal. However, delaying essential tasks and putting less important things ahead of them can cause negative consequences. Stress and anxiety are often a direct result of procrastinating as well as a lack of confidence and low self-esteem. Guilt is also associated with procrastination because of the perception of others and the potential disappointment of family and friends based on the lack of success. This character trait causes problems in all age groups and in many areas of life including college students and their achievement of educational goals. Unfortunately for me, procrastinating is a characteristic that affects me as a student and has impacted me greatly. There are many ways to sabotage academic success, but a guaranteed way is through procrastination. Procrastinators self-destruct by making choices that hinder their progress and achievement. This characteristic causes students to look for things to distract them and get them off task. Checking email, texting, and scanning social media like Facebook and Twitter are prime examples of distractions that force students to delay important responsibilities. Procrastinators often lie to themselves. Many are convinced that they will feel better about completing an assignment later or that they will work better...
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...It is no big secret that, in America today, most high-paying jobs require a college degree. Thomas C. Frohlich of USA Today stated that “graduating from college is a prerequisite for the vast majority of high-paying jobs”(2013). With the cost of a college degree increasing in unison with demand, few can earn a degree without the help of student loans. The American Student Assistance website reports that of the twenty million students enrolled in college, about sixty percent are attending with the help of student loans (2014). Obviously, student loan debt affects the individuals that obtain them. However, it also has severe effects upon the nation’s economy. Recently, CNBC broadcasted a documentary program entitled “Price of Admission: America’s College Debt Crisis”. The program sought to enlighten and inform students and the general public about the current status of and issues caused by college loans. Several college students were interviewed, telling stories of their inability to pay off these loans and the issues caused by this. It also investigated the role that some or all for-profit universities play in luring and (in some cases) all but lying students into taking loans that they likely cannot pay back. Admissions counselors and school officials were also interviewed, most of whom denied any fault or wrong-doing. A shockingly few number of those students who borrow to pay for college are actually able and/or willing to pay for these loans. Of the estimated...
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