...Four years ago, the thought of ever going back to college was something I thought I would never consider again. Actually, even six months ago, I would have laughed at the idea of going back. However, life is a funny thing, and people say, "never say never," for a reason. In order to understand why I thought, there is no way in hell I am ever going back to college, I need to backtrack to a few years ago. When I was eighteen, I thought I had it all figured out. I had just moved to Grand Valley State University to pursue a Biomedical Science Degree. It was my first semester there and in the beginning, I was excited. I was going to be a doctor, but I am sure that was only my dream because I watched too much Grey's Anatomy episodes back then. I quickly learned that watching Patrick Dempsey on Thursday nights pretending to be a doctor was way more intriguing to me than actually studying to become a doctor....
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...I have learned a lot of things during this week’s course that I did not know before and that I found interesting in this class. My current method of completing a first draft is a simple one and that is to get as many ideas down on paper as quickly as I can. After reading this week’s chapters and previous weeks chapters, I have found that the best way to start is to ask who or what is going to be my intended audience. The goal of a first draft is to capture my ideas on paper and produce a rough version of the final essay. (Connelly, M. 2007). There are several strategies that I have learned for writing a first draft. Such as: review my plan, focus on my goal, write to my reader, visualize the completed document, support my thesis. Amend my plan if needed, and start to write. I also found proofreading and editing interesting in this week’s course. Proofreading is about searching your writing for errors, both grammatical and typos, before submitting my paper for an audience. Editing and proofreading are writing processes different from revising. Editing can involve extensive rewriting of sentences, but it usually focuses on sentences or even smaller elements of the text. Proofreading is the very last step writers go through to be sure that the text is presentable. there are many proofreading strategies such as: start with the problem areas, read from the end to the beginning, look for typos. Editing strategies may...
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...Back to College Kristen Marcel English 121: English Composition 1 Michael Slotemaker March 30, 2015 Back to College I think that everybody should consider going to college. Deciding to go back to college was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Going back to college was a very important decision. I took many steps in order to make sure I was making the right choice. It has and will continue to be a very positive influence in my life. Graduating college will improve my life in major ways. Providing the qualifications I will need to for my career choice, boosting my overall self-worth, and the feeling of achievement that I will receive from graduating college will effect the rest of my life. Having to chose a college that worked best for me and what to major in were the hardest steps to take. I used the internet to research different colleges. I also researched what careers go with certain majors. At first, I wasn't sure what college to pick from. I knew that an online college would work better for me because of the flexibility. The classroom environment was not something I cared for since it was hard for me to learn anything with so much going on. I always wanted a business or finance degree. When I noticed that Ashford was associated with Forbes, I was very interesting in finding out more about the school. With the help of my Admissions Counselor, I took all the appropriate steps so that I could begin working on my studies. I think that getting a degree...
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...to return back to school are financial, personal, and emotional reasons. Being financial stable plays an important role in their life because being able to take care of their own bills and not worry about how bills are going to be paid while maintain going to school every day and also being able to work a full time job with little help on the outside. Working for minimum wage with no raises or bonuses can put a dent in their pocket. Being able to be the second person out the family to actually finish college overcomes joy in a person life. Walking across the stage receiving their diploma and furthering the education to earn a master’s degree to be able to make twice as much as an average person that makes a regular salary of 45000 a year. Lacking where they want to be in life and where they are at now I see that they have a long way to go in order for them to finish and be where they want to be in life. Going back to school is a wonderful opportunity to enhance knowledge, understanding, and apply wisdom. Learning to educate and enrich a better educating and understanding of different concepts of modern living. As of going back to school are very challenging and hard, but with a right mind and a strong drive anyone can make it. Having the opportunity to return to school open up doors that the world would thought that was not possible. FSA helps out a lot for a person that cannot afford college tuitions also for working peoples that cannot afford to go back to college on their...
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...Can You Afford To Go To College? It is unfortunate that many students and their parents will pinch pennies and borrow heavily to pay for a good college education. For many families obtaining a college degree is very important to them no matter how much debt they are put in. Applying for federal student loans is becoming the norm to cover the cost of obtaining a college education. Students have to borrow more and more money to cover the cost of higher college tuition rates. Currently, the interest rate for a Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized student loans is at 3.4 percent, however, as of July 1, 2013, the interest rates on Federal Stafford student loans will significantly increase from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent making it even more expensive for students to pay for college this fall. President Obama is working with Congress to keep the student loan interest rates down to 3.4 percent to keep it affordable for students (Lucas, 2012). So what is the problem? If Congress doubles the federal student loans interest rates, students will not be able to afford to pay for college. And college is sometimes not the only thing that students have to deal with. Student loans can put students with long-term burdens and stresses that in the future may affect their choice in jobs. Many students have to take care of other monthly bills like electricity, water, phone, rent, and possibly a mortgage. Nearly 10% of federal student loan borrowers failed to make a payment on their...
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...After years of looking for the right college to attend, my senior year was slowly finishing and I was accepted into Spartanburg Methodist College. Through my years of going to Spartanburg Methodist College, I have grew and began to understand the importance of knowing what is needed for the career you pursue. Once, I graduate from Spartanburg Methodist College, I will be prepared for the future. My freshman year of college, I lived on campus and knowing that it was my freshman year. I felt that the college was big compared to what I was used to back a home. Having the ability to live on campus with 3 other students and being a part of the Golf team really helped with growing used to and making friends on campus. My sophomore year at Spartanburg...
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...5 Common Questions About Going Back To School as an Adult ANSWERED Education is the key towards unlocking a successful working career. However, if you’re an adult considering going back to school to continue your education, it can be really intimidating. How will you pay for it? Will this take up too much of your time? Is it necessary or even worth it? Many adults ask these questions and more. We are going to address some of the most commonly asked questions for adults considering going back to college. Read on… 1. Will I Be At a Disadvantage Compared to Younger Students? Absolutely not. When you go back to school as an adult, you may be surprised to notice the amount of adults walking around on campus. The truth is, as an adult, you have the bigger advantage. Your maturity and work experience will be an added bonus to any classroom. Adult students tend to take their education more seriously, which is...
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...Decision Making Process Starting college at a later part in my life was not an easy decision. I question my family member, and friends. Their feedback was it never too late. I always heard this phrase, so I set my goals to believe, have faith. The best decision I made was believing that I could be successful going back to college. My family is very supportive, helpful and encouraging. My friends are supportive, and helping out when I exhausted myself. They are always encouraging rest and relaxation are the successful key. The choice to pursue advanced education is a very much personal one. My choice was centered going on a multiple motives. I want to raise my education, and I want to improve myself and my lifecycle. Registering in school was the beginning of a road of self-discovery. I feel a profound requirement to achieve a well acceptant of the individual I am. I truthfully trust that this path I am on will direct me to further, and countless things. The other half of my inspiration comes from inside. I am inspired by the point that I want to create a change, not just a living. Fatefully, I am also very much driven by a need for monetary constancy. I would to wake up daily knowing that I am financially able to take care of myself now, and in the future. I will be able to have enough money to afford education, nutrition, housing, and apparel for my household. Working for lower salary business does not provide that. Going back to college has made me proud more than anything...
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...Back to School Back to School Going back to school was a decision that took me a long time to make. Going back to school meant I will have to change my way of leaving and find a way to manage my family and work. Making my children proud of me was the biggest motivation to go back to school. Deciding to go back to school took a long time to decide which the right collage to attend was. I needed to look for a college that worked around my schedule and did not required me to go every day and still manage to go full time. When I heard about colleges that required attending only once a week and the rest of the time was online courses. Another thing that I had to look into was my financial situation. The military helped me facilitate my decision by helping me pay for my education. Researching colleges was harder than I thought. Every school I looked into was good some required more from me and did not worked with my scheduled. Once I conducted researched on University of Phoenix, I discovered that University of Phoenix was the best I found because it worked around my schedule. Many of my friends attend or attended University of Phoenix and were very successful. Seeing my friends have success motivated me to go back to school and attend University of Phoenix. Going back to school requires me to make time away from my family and friends. ...
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...1/5/12 What going back to college means to me and my family? Going back to college to me means represents possibilities; Possibilities of the unknown; Possibilities of a great future. The possibilities are endless for those who wish to pursue a degree. When I first started going back to school after graduating high school, I thought I had it all figured out in what I wanted to be when I grew up. I learned after taking a lot of classes that the path I was going down was not for me. It took me several programs to figure out that I wanted to get my degree in Business Administration/Management. I feel that earning this degree will fulfill my professional goals. It will give me many opportunities to do many different things. For instance, I can be a Human Resource Representative, Manager, President of a company or even a business owner. It is a degree that will help me to become more financially stable so I can take care of a family when that time comes. Right now, it is just me in my household. As I grow in my current career and grow in my educational goals, I know this will change. There will be a time in my life where I will have a family. When I have this, I want my family to know that I have worked hard to get where I am at. I want my family to know that what I do in life is for them and that it will benefit them in their futures. At this moment in my life, the main person in my family who I am doing this for is my mom. My mom went to college only for one year before...
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...she once had. Toni had big dreams of finishing up her latest album as well as furthering her career. Toni and I are very much alike in this way; however, my goals and dreams consisted of going back to school to get a degree in criminal justice. Toni Braxton and I both vowed not to let lupus get us! Many a doctor told me to file for disability and just give in. My motivation and drive to succeed against all of the odds placed against me was too great for me to quit. One would think after a couple heart attacks, blood clots to the lungs, and the death of my daughter due to lupus would have made me listen - nope. Obviously giving up was not an option in my mind, and going back to college was something I really wanted in life. I knew in my heart that it is never too late to go back to college. In all of my years suffering from lupus, the motivation and drive to succeed in college and better my life for my family was always the winning factor. The desperation that came with wanting to tell my son my success story of going back to college at 34 years old was driven by just that, desperation. This was not a bad desperation, but yet a good desperation; desperation to be a college graduate and achieve my dreams. I truly believed a few times over the last 13 years that going back to college with lupus was not an option. Lupus patients can live a normal life depending on how severe each case is. However, I am one of the few that has suffered almost every complication possible...
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...Why I am returning to school Danielle Brown ENG 121 English Composition I Prof. Michaela Vargas April 15, 2012 Why I am returning to school On December 8 2011, I decided to return back to school to get a degree in something I can enjoy doing until I retire. Anymore you need a degree to get a good career job. So these are my choices and my reasons for coming back to school. There are some good benefits from returning to school and also some obstacles I am to overcome for getting my degree. There are also changes in my lifestyle I have to change in order to earn my degree. I chose to come back to school for a numerous of reasons, to better myself, to be a role model for my girls and do good for my family, to get a good career job, and also to be a few from my family to get a college degree. Some of the benefits of getting a college degree are being able to get a good paying career job that you can be happy with and enjoy going to work. After I graduate and earn my degree, I will feel like I actually completed something big in my life. Another benefit is my support system supporting me the whole way through me earning a degree. A good benefit would be to get a good paying career job after earning my degree. Some of the changes I have had to encounter are since I have separated from the Navy. I have been a stay at home mom. I just really have to work around my girls and the house cleaning and any errands I have. I am not used to being at home all of the time and I really...
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...(College Athletics Are Stealing Your Future) Tucked away in your child’s college tuition bill are massive fees for the athletic department. Higher education has been placing the burden on students, closing academic programs left and right, but they can yet maintain funding for the athletics program. Those funding’s should be going towards the academic departments. Instead, colleges are spending seven times more on average on athletics than academics, and show no signs of stopping. We should take the time to stop and ask where your money is going and why. The high cost of college sports is caused by college wanting to become famous and make more money and result is in higher student fees and cut back in academic budgets. Most universities...
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...Are Too Many People Going to College by Charles Murray Whether people are going to college or not has been and still is a big decision to this day. College brings along time and financial commitments that you have to have. Charles Murray said “Their object is not to make skillful lawyers, or physicians, or engineers, but capable and cultivated human beings.”(Murray 222) He wants to know if there are too many people going to college just because they can afford it or do they actually want to become a more educated human being. Education has always been an important factor in life. Core knowledge, which is students learning about Apollo 11, Susan B.Anthony, Martin Luther King, Jr,Freedom Riders, and the Pilgrims, should start in kindergarten and go all the way through high school. It’s important for them to know that our country has come a long way and what we have been through has made us the Americans we are today. High school has also made a decision to go a little further with their core knowledge. They decided not to let their students expand their knowledge by having AP classes (college level classes) that they can take if they would like. Once the high school student transitions into a college freshman, they should be well prepared. Prepared to succeed in college not only because they can afford it, but they want to better their education to get a good paying career. If someone doesn’t need to go to college for their career, then they shouldn’t go. That would be a waste...
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...biggest factor when choosing whether to go to College, even with scholarships tuition can be very lofty in the amount of money families must spend. College in itself is a leading cause of poverty among people in the United States. For some families, the cost in itself could break them, for others the fact that they can not afford to pursue a higher education can be a cause of falling into insular poverty. The biggest questions among American’s looking into college are, How much does it cost to go to college? How long are people often in debt from college? With those questions in mind most people have to make a decision on whether to go to college and get an education and maybe be in debt for a while, or...
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