...For my research paper I have chosen to ask the question are high school student’s prepared for college? This question had come to me when I was a senior in high school. I was ready to leave high school, but I was unsure if I was ready for college. This question concerns all students who want to go to college, and it affects all teachers. Meaning it is the teacher’s job to have the students ready for college. Because this question is being ask my so many people, finding information for my question was easy to find. First I use my most fallible source which was the library. I went on Galileo and found a scholar journal, and then right off the back I found my web source. For my last source I found a book, which I was able to find at the Dalton State library. The article that I found to be really helpful was titled “Strategies to Prepared Middle School and High School Students for College and Career Readiness.” The authors of this article are Rich A. Radcliffe and Beth Bos. In the article it says “Each year approximately 1.2 million students fail to graduate from high school,”...
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...“I missed it by a blink of an eye. In less than half a second, I lost what I had fought so hard to gain for nearly five months,” explains Rachel Strons as she opens up about her arduous journey to becoming a varsity cross country and track star. In the fall of 2010, Rachel began her journey as a long-distance runner. Walking into her first practice, she didn’t even know what cross country had in store for her, or even how good she would be. Encouraged by her friends to join the team, Rachel was about to meet the true runner that she was. “My grade school coach had us all line up in a straight line across the 10-yard-line and told us that we were to run as fast as our legs could take us to the other side of the field. Let me told you, I was incredibly nervous.” The very first run of Rachel Strons’s career was a race to see who was the fastest on the team, and she believed that she was not going to be that person. Runners ranging from fifth to eighth grade took their positions as the coach began to shout, “Ready. Set.” Before he could shout “go”, Rachel’s heart began to pound in her chest and her legs froze where she stood. She lost all hope of leaving the 10-yard-line....
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...1. Why are you looking for a job? I am looking for a job because I am in school and would like to be working to account for miscellaneous expenses that may come up unexpected. Also, working and earning one’s own money (I believe) is very respectable and shows one’s maturity. 2. Why would you want to work for JNR Networks rather than another company or yourself? I would like to work for because I like how JNR Networks sets their selves apart from the competition. Technology is a rapidly changing advancement that not many people still grasp the concept of. I would like to work for JNR because I like technology and I feel as someone who is 21 can fully and quickly adapt to the way of life working for JNR Networks. 3. Provide some details of your primary skills that are mentioned in your resume. I am currently a student at Pima Community College (I graduate in May) this previous semester I took 5 out of 6 classes online, so I am completely comfortable working at home and communicating with people via computer, email, and/or telephone, my previous job was manufacturing 390 medical devices for Northwest Medical Center. I also use to work at a call center called Afni so I am capable of talking to people via phone as well as working a computer and following up with clients, and me being a student I am organize I keep a clean desk and a nifty planner. 4. Do you have any experience with ticketing and/or PSA Systems? (Please Explain) No 5. What days and hours are you...
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...It’s My Life My name is Ann Smith. I am a senior in high school. Everyone can agree that I am a good student and that I like to study. My favorite subjects are chemistry and biology. I am going to enter the universitybecause my goal is to study these subjects in future and to become a respected professional in one of the fields. I can say that I am a responsible and a hard-working student. Moreover, being a sociable person, I have many friends since I like to communicate with people and get to know new interesting individuals. I enjoy my time at school: it is really nice to study and the students are very friendly and ready to help. The atmosphere cannot but make me want to go there every time. I like to receive and deal with challenging tasks. I am a very enthusiastic student and I think this is a strong point of mine. My friends say that I am a very funny and an interesting girl with a good sense of humor. As soon as I meet new people who are happy to meet me, I feel extremely comfortable with them. I believe that friendship is one of the most important values in human life. We exchange new ideas, find many interesting things about each other and experience new things. I appreciate friendship and people who surround me. Every time I do my best to be a… Some Essential Tips On How To Write An Essay About Yourself No matter what’s the purpose of your essay, there is a preset number of points that you will be expected to address. The main line should be that you are not...
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...starting off college I knew exactly what my major would be, Special Education. My mom was a teacher and my boyfriend’s mom at the time was a teacher as well. I just knew moving in that direction I would have a support system. So I started my journey at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Wittenberg had captured my heart and I was ready to learn. After completing my first year at Wittenberg I decided to move back home to be closer to my family but also was having complications with depression. That time was really hard for me because I felt as if I was giving up on my dreams. But I took a vow to myself that I would not slack when it came to going to school in Saint Louis, Missouri. I enrolled into general education courses at a community college. While being at home I had time to think about where I would like to go that was closer to home that would give me the same five star education that Wittenberg University offered their students. So I sat out on a hunt to find the most amazing school. When looking up schools I started in Missouri because I knew that I wanted to at least be close to home. Missouri State was one of the first schools that popped up when scrolling through Missouri Schools. That week I came to campus to visit a few friends who had come here right after high school. After that week with my friends I as sold that Missouri State was the place for me. As I started classes at MSU I was still pursuing a major in Special Education. I was still sold out that...
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...The Bright Side of a Liberal Arts Education Now that I am in college, I have pondered upon whether a liberal arts education is better than a vocational education; a topic that did not cross my mind in high school. A liberal arts curriculum includes the studies intended to primarily provide general knowledge such as language, philosophy, literature, and abstract science and to develop general intellectual capacities, such as reason and judgment, as opposed to professional or vocational skills (merriam-webster.com). As students wanting to achieve a higher education, we have to think about what we want for ourselves. Either you want to grow as an individual and obtain a major in whichever field you chose, or just learn what best interests you. People have many misconceptions toward what the liberal arts are and how they can benefit you. We often hear things like, “A liberal arts degree will not get you a real job.” or “A liberal arts degree is a luxury not a necessity.” Although this is what the majority of the people who are not aware about the actual facts say, this is not true. An examination of, The New Liberal Arts by author Sanford J. Ungar, and Are Too Many People Going to College? by author Charles Murray, will reveal to us why one gains more knowledge at a liberal arts school. Murray argues that a liberal arts education is only for the elite, but I believe that they shouldn't be the only ones to attend because my vision of a liberal arts college is one where all students...
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...intrapersonal conflict that I experienced with myself. I am the type of person who says that I want something and that I’m going to do it or get it, but I end up not going through with it. Take when I was in school for example. I had it in my mind that I was going to go to the Air Force Reserves, it was just something about the thought of going off and experiencing life and seeing and learning new things. I signed up in my senior year of high school took the oath and everything. Before I knew it I was it was time for graduation. In my mind I was ready but in my heart I wasn’t really ready to just leave my family, I had really never gone anywhere and I was a shy teenager so leaving and not being around them was going to be different. I had bit of a stand still because the day that I was supposed to go to the Air Force Base where I would be going through basic training I was like 5 pounds’ overweight and so the first thing that came to mind was “that’s it I’m going home before I even get started” that right there was a conflict in itself. I had kind of given up I called my parents and they talked with me and prayed with me that everything works out like it’s supposed to. The next day I was shipped off to Basic Training. Even throughout basic training I experienced intrapersonal conflicts it was like I felt myself giving up, towards the end of basic training my leg started giving me problems so I couldn’t really meet the requirements needed for graduation, in my head I just wanted to call...
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...you guys ready for junior year?”, was the question our teachers asked us before ending our sophomore year. A question in which some of us may have said, “Yes, I am” and others, “ No, not yet”. I was one of the ones that said yes. Perhaps it was the idea that I was entering my third year of high school and that one year later I would be graduating, but I was wrong. Personally, I would not know how I felt the first day of school; probably because of the fact that I did not show up the first week of school. I know, I know I started my junior not so well. The first day I stepped in Godinez High School as a junior, the second week of school had begun. For me, it was not difficult fitting in the first month of school, socially;I had friends...
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...low achievement scores of Filipino students. One reason is that students do not get adequate instructional time or time on task.” 3. International test results consistently show Filipino students lagging way behind practically everybody else in the world. In the 2008 mathematics exam, for example, we came in dead last. 4. “The congested curriculum partly explains the present state of education.” Twelve years of content are crammed into ten years. 5. “This quality of education is reflected in the inadequate preparation of high school graduates for the world of work or entrepreneurship or higher education.” If ten years were adequate, how come employers do not hire fresh high school graduates? How come most high school graduates flunk the UPCAT? 6. “Most graduates are too young to enter the labor force.” Since most children start Grade 1 when they are 6 years old, they do not reach the legal employable age of 18 when they graduate from high school today. 7. “The current system also reinforces the misperception that basic education is just a preparatory step for higher education.” Why prioritize the minority of high school graduates that go to college? 8. “The short duration of the basic education program also puts the millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), especially the professionals, and those who intend to study abroad, at a disadvantage. Our graduates are not automatically recognized as professionals abroad.” The best examples are our engineering graduates, who...
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...I had the pleasure of reading Between the World and Me in my sophomore year in high school. After Toni Morrison called Ta-Nehisi Coates “The Next James Baldwin”, my mother made sure to get a copy for the whole family to read. At first, I was a bit annoyed simply because being forced to read sometimes puts a negative aspect on the material itself. But, as soon as I started diving into this book, the pages began to fly. The concept alone, a father writing a letter to his son about the world and how to navigate it as a black man, spoke to me personally as I was going through situations with my own father. This book was unlike anything I had read prior. After hearing Coates depict Howard University, the Yard, and all of the knowledge he learned...
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...You Really Knew Me I was born on March 25, 1999 and was originally given the name Ana Lucia, but my father decided to add the name Amanda right in the front. Therefore, my whole name is Amanda Ana Lucia Benavente(ben-ah-ven-tay). I was a chubby baby and I grew to be not too thin and not too thick. I wear large blue Ray-Ban glasses and my hair usually down. My hair as well as my eyes are a dark brown. I do have a bit of blonde in the hidden parts of my hair that used to be a rebellious dark purple. My skin is caramel tone, the type of color that makes people come up to me to compare their skin tone with mine. I am half-Peruvian and half-white. I enjoy travelling and I would consider it the most important detail about me. If you really knew me, you would understand that I have too many interests to define myself as a certain “type” of person....
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...time, I was in 6th grade. I didn’t do anything really besides work. This goes for 7th and 8th. Nothing but work. Since nothing really happened in all of my Junior High years, I guess I’ll have to think of something 6th Grade This year was any average year. Besides the fact I was nervous of going because I thought I would forget my classes and walk into the wrong one like some lunatic. Lucky for me I wasn’t that dumb. The teachers were okay, but two out of the four stuck out. These two were Mr. Hern and Mrs. Metcalf (I didn’t know what Misses to use.) Mr. Hern was cool because he was the most laid back teacher on the planet, and Mrs. Metcalf was cool but I can’t really explain why. She just was. A lot of people here probably talked about the egg thing. They either said theirs broke or theirs lived. The egg thing really...
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...facts. In the Ottawa University Liberal Arts degree they have four breadth areas that are required for completion of their program. The breadth areas are as follows: Art/Expression, Social/Civic, Science/Description and Value/Meaning. Art/Expression According, to the official curriculum laid out by the school this category is that is highly concentrated in being capable of expressing self through art or speech. It spans from painting, to music, dance, language and communication. The manual’s description is, “how we express ourselves in spoken and written communication and the arts, looking at strengths, experiences, and new opportunities for challenge and growth.” Like, most people art has always been a part of my life. It followed me through my elementary school years to high school. I took ceramics, painting and woodworking 1, 2, 3, and 4 though my years in high school. This would follow me in the form of watercolor paintings into Baker University where I would start my college education. Though, another more uncommon art from emerged in the form of expression in my high school years. I spent all four years of high school and two years of college engaged in policy debate. I even to this day to volunteering for policy debate and...
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...From the time we are born we have expectations in society to abide by. Girls are put in “girl” colors; boys are put in “boy” colors. If you ask someone why those are “girl” colors or “boy” colors the response is generally “because they are”. Who decided that those colors have a gender preference? Who even decided those are those colors? This class led me to question society itself and realize we give things an identity based on what we are told. The most important thing I learned was the inverted spectrum. I am going to define what the inverted spectrum is, explain what it is, and provide examples how it applies to everyday lives. Then I will explain that the inverted spectrum is important to me because in reality no one can understand my mental state no matter how I explain it, I learned to think for myself, and perception is our reality even though it may be completely false. I will then explain some counter arguments against my reasons such as knowing someone’s mental state because of a similar event or emotion and that we believe what we believe based on facts that are then passed down from person to person. Then I will explain how the counter arguments are incorrect. Finally, I will conclude my argument. The inverted spectrum suggests things are not just input, output because of our own experiences. We do not learn through input and output such as mathematics but our experiences. What this means is someone could pick up a pink crayon but see black but are always told...
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...personal philosophies on changes throughout adulthood are that as you grow you learn, as I have gone through my adult life I have changed as I learned things. I may have thought one way at one time then as time went on I learned that I was wrong and decided differently, as I continue throughout this paper I will explain this more with my personal experiences and how they have changed my thoughts and ideas. They say at the age of 18 you are an adult and ready to take on the world, oh boy are they wrong; at the age of 18 I thought I was in love and I was so in love I was ready to have sex, yes I was, sure NOT, I got pregnant had a baby at 18 I was not ready not even close I had just graduated high school was not making the right decisions in my life and I definitely had no idea what love was, but her I was about to be a mom. I was going to stay with this an no matter what he belittled me, he beat me, but hey I am an adult he is an adult no one would do this to me if I did not deserve it right? Well I was wrong and it took me a few years to learn that and thank god I survived those years and that he never hurt our child. That marked my first change in my adult years with my mental and relationships, I had no idea what love was and I was nowhere near being an adult. I had a lot to learn about life. I am 33 years old now and I am still learning each and every day. I have learned when it comes to relationships; you do not stay with someone just because you...
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