...of volunteering. As I entered my high school years, I knew that I would have to find resources to help me with my academics, especially since my family wasn’t able to because of their English language barriers and not getting past a high school education. I began my search for support found a program called Upward Bound that provides fundamental support via summer college classes, SAT tutoring, Saturday College, and tutoring. Throughout my time in high school, I have taken advantage of their support; I have asked for tutors, fee waivers, recommendation letters, opportunities for possible jobs, classes and numerous other questions. I was able to put the SAT skills to use when I had to take the SAT in November and I honestly felt that I improved....
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...that I realized I wanted to enhance my academic performance was when I was selected to attend the “Upward Bound” program at Mississippi State University. I and a few other students were accepted into this program because we were performing at higher academic level from the rest of our peers. In order to get accepted into the Upward Bound program, a student’s GPA had to be a minimum 3.0. When I learned that I was one of the student’s chosen to be a part of this program, I was very excited and scared. The fear that I felt existed because the program was being held at a university and I did not know what to expect. On the other hand, I was excited to be away from home and have the opportunity to be able to coexist among older students. After arriving at Mississippi State University, I eventually got settled in and became inspired by my new environment. I took a tour of the entire campus so that I could become familiar with the buildings and halls that would host my classes. I visited buildings such as the library, cafeteria, and sororities and fraternities. While touring the campus, I remember feeling more determined and inspired to work harder so that I can experience the college lifestyle. I wanted to connect with embracing more knowledge so that I can create a brighter future for myself and I knew that this environment would be the gateway to that. On my first day sitting in a college classroom, I had decided that I wanted to enhance my learning and become more knowledgable...
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...warm yet seemingly unused wooden chair with a rough padding and stiff wooden frame, I wait for my name to be called into the conference room to meet with NWACC Upward Bound’s Director Jason Ervin and Academic Coordinator Austin Jones. Although trying to maintain a calm, cool, and collected persona about myself, my name gets called to come in and right when I sit down the nervousness that was perfectly hidden before begins to pour out just like oil does when a pipeline ruptures; however, sitting directly across the table from me is Austin wearing a tattered trapper hat, which he cleverly uses as an icebreaker to lessen the tension in the room. Jason Ervin, director of the entire Upward...
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...smell of pig manure filled my nose while I walk through my great-grandfather’s farm. The chickens and roosters that surrounded me separated as I continued through them, like a river would on a rock. There is a barbed wire fence that stretches and loops back around to the gravel road. At the front of the farm, nearer to the house, there is the bright red slaughterhouse. There, my great-grandfather, or Bud as he likes us to call him, butchers the animals for the family to eat and sell like he has been doing for years. Bud was born in Spain, and came to the United States when he was only a baby. His parents bought the land and built the farm here in rural Bedico, and Bud was eventually given the farm. Today was the day that I butchered...
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...would have accomplished by now, but I know that I would not be the person I am today if my life had been any different than it has been so far. In this paper I plan to present an overview of my life through different experiences and situations with reference to some of the readings from our Adult Development and Life Assessment course. In the beginning I can say that I had the traditional family: dad, mom, and three girls. My parents met in college at - he was a senior and my mom a freshman. He was the football star and she was the quiet girl from the country. At their first encounter he told her she would be the mother of his kids and she dismissed him. But he was persistent because my sisters and I are here. Although my dad is always telling us about how happy were as a family, I was seven when they divorced. I don’t remember all those happy times, and my sisters were younger than me -they were five & three- so they don’t remember them either. My earliest memories of that time are of him not being around because they were separated. Then he moved back to Florida when I was eight and we only saw him during the summer and Christmas. After my parents divorced, my mom moved a lot. There were times I attended two or three schools during one year. Since I was the oldest, I think I was affected the most by this. We did not have a stable living situation until I was in the ninth grade. My sisters were able to have more of a stable childhood because they were able to set down...
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...Income Mobility: Up & Down the Economic Ladder by Tom Thompson Dr.Walker Senior Seminar 7/29/2009 Thomas L. Thompson Dr. Christopher Walker Senior Seminar July 29, 2009 Income Mobility: Up & Down the Economic Ladder People always say they do what they do to make life better not only for themselves, but for the future well-being of their children and hopefully those actions will get passed on to their children. This is my way of thinking of the paying it forward theory; giving all I have, to make the lives of my children better than the one I grew up with and the one I currently live. One of my most favorite quotes about getting ahead in life came from a philosopher and pastor Russell Conwell that is hand-written by my grandmother in a Bible that was given to me some years ago. It goes like this, “For a man to say, I do not want money, is to say, I do not wish to do any good to my fellow men" (Conwell). Everyone wants money, only if it is to do good for your family’s future. From the rich business professional perched high in their penthouse to the lowly street peddler on the corner, everyone has a story on how and why they ended up in that position. The United States is seen as the place where everyone has the opportunity of the “American Dream”. That includes the opportunity for one's children to grow up and attain to their fullest potential in which they are capable of, and seen for what they are and not what they are born with. It is the opportunity...
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...parent of the Peach County School System curriculum, teachers spend time working with student to build on the skills needed to successful pass the CRCT and academic subjects. Many parents and concerned citizen feel as if not enough time is spent preparing students for the CRCT test. The Peach County Schools Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) group meets once a month to discuss strategies on how to improve students’ academic grade which will lead to passing the CRCT test. The PTO group agrees that students need extra help outside of school. Currently, Peach County School’s does not have the funding to operate an afterschool program. To improve student’s academic grade and CRCT results a free afterschool tutoring program need to be organized. My Challenge Living in a small community where resources are limited for a tutoring program for the school-age children. All students deserve the opportunity to learn. Most of the classrooms are overcrowded. The teacher’s main focus is to teach each lesson in a timely matter which can be a struggle for most students. Research shows that well designed-tutoring programs will increase academic achievement for elementary students. Student will also show improvement in behavior and social skills. While much of the literature on effective after-school programs...
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...the activities of others for the good of all. Anyone can be a leader..." Leaders are not born but they are made. They come from all backgrounds and walks of life. Leaders take the initiative to motivate others to achieve their goals by inspiring them. Several times, many of us encounter individuals who touch our hearts by being positive role model and leader to us; for me, that person was Olivia Hunte. Olivia previously work at Denver South High school as the Goodwill Ambassador coordinator, but she just recently, she received a job offer at a community college to help build their Trio Upward Bounds program. At this position, Olivia serves as an advocate for first-generation students that are either taking concurrent enrollment classes or transiting from high to college. Olivia is constantly looking out for others and making sure that they have the tools and opportunities they need to succeed. I have known Olivia since 2013, my...
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...சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி (சின்னசுவாமி சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி) (திசம்பர் 11, 1882 - செப்டம்பர் 11, 1921). இவர் பாரதியார் என்றும், மகாகவி என்றும் அழைக்கப்படுகிறார். பாரதி ஒரு கவிஞர், எழுத்தாளர், பத்திரிக்கையாசிரியர், விடுதலை வீரர், சமூக சீர்திருத்தவாதி என பல்வேறு பரிமாணங்கள் கொண்டவர். சுப்பிரமணியன் என்ற இயற்பெயர் கொண்டவர். தமிழின் கவிதை மற்றும் உரைநடையில் தன்னிகரற்ற புலமை பெற்ற பேரறிவாளரும், நவீன தமிழ் கவிதைக்கு முன்னோடியும் ஆவார் தம் எழுத்துக்களின் வாயிலாக மக்களின் மனதில் விடுதலை உணர்வை ஊட்டியவர். இந்திய வரலாற்றின் திருப்பங்கள் நிறைந்த காலகட்டத்தில் வாழ்ந்தவர். இவரின் சமகாலத்தைய மனிதர்கள் மகாத்மா காந்தி, பால கங்காதர திலகர், உ. வே. சாமிநாதையர், வ. உ. சிதம்பரம் பிள்ளை மற்றும் மகான் அரவிந்தர் ஆகியோர். தமிழ், தமிழர் நலன், இந்திய விடுதலை, பெண் விடுதலை, சாதி மறுப்பு மற்றும் பல்வேறு சமயங்கள் குறித்து கவிதைகளும் கட்டுரைகளும் எழுதியுள்ளார். இவருடைய கவித்திறனை மெச்சி பாரதி என்ற பட்டம் எட்டப்ப நாயக்கர்மன்னரால் எட்டயபுரம் அரசசபையால் வழங்கப்பட்டது. வாழ்க்கைக் குறிப்பு சின்னசாமி ஐயர் இலக்குமி அம்மாள் தம்பதியினருக்கு திசம்பர் 11 1882ல் தமிழ்நாட்டின் திருநெல்வேலி மாவட்டத்திலுள்ள எட்டயபுரத்தில் பாரதியார் பிறந்தார். இவரின் இயற்பெயர் சுப்பிரமணியன் என்பதாகும், எனினும் சுப்பையா என்று அழைக்கப்பட்டார். 1887ஆம் ஆண்டு இலக்குமி அம்மாள் மறைந்தார். அதனால் பாரதியார் பாட்டியான பாகீரதி அம்மாளிடம் வளர்ந்தார். தனது 11-ம் வயதில் பள்ளியில் படித்து வரும்பொழுதே கவிபுனையும் ஆற்றலை வெளிப்படுத்தினார். 1897 ஆம் ஆண்டு செல்லம்மாளை மணந்தார். 1898 ஆம் ஆண்டு தொழிலில் ஏற்பட்ட நட்டத்தினால் வறுமை...
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...ever-changing environment to accomplish the institution’s mission and ensure long-term enrollment success and fiscal health. “‘Numbers,’ say the finance staff, ‘Quality,’ cry the faculty. And the admissions officers find themselves trying to do their job faced with variables over which they have no control.” (Swann, Henderson & AACRAO, p.71). Data must be the key. Says Kurz (2003, p. 39), “Without data, it is easy to try to do too much in too many places, resulting in a diluted effort that produces little by way of significant results”. An enrollment management structure consistently includes the core offices of admissions, registration and financial aid but in some situations, it may also include retention, orientation, counseling, first year experience and other offices that directly relate to student success. The combination of these offices under the umbrella of enrollment management allows nonacademic offices to work together to present strategies and tactics that will shape incoming classes and have a positive affect on attrition and graduation. Proposed Solution For the fifteen years that I have been employed at Lock Haven University, we have been a reactive institution. When problems developed, we found solutions (many of which were 3 quick,...
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...Term Paper In No Shame in My Game, Katherine Newman presents a view of inner city poverty radically different from that commonly accepted. The all too prevalent picture we get of the poor today in the media, in the political sphere, and in scholarly studies is of alienated minorities living in big-city ghettos, lacking in values and family structure, criminally inclined, and permanently dependent on government handouts. What Newman reveals, however, as she focuses on the working poor in Harlem, one of the country's most depressed urban areas, is a community of people who are committed to earning a living, struggling to support themselves and their families on minimum wage dead end jobs, and clinging to the dignity of a regular paycheck, regardless how meager it may be. Newman champions poor workers and seeks to reorient the poverty debate. She wants to deemphasize self defeating behaviors like teenage pregnancy, and to stress what she sees as the larger issues, the injustice of low wages and the apathy of more prosperous citizens. These low income workers “are not people whose values need re-engineering,” she writes. “They work hard at jobs the rest of us would not want because they believe in the dignity of work.” The author works to dismiss the stereotype that everyone who lives in Harlem does not want to work and is either on public assistance, selling drugs or both. “The largest groups of poor people in the United States are not those of welfare. They are the...
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...initiated by current and former employees in regards to unfair treatment of certain employees by a particular upper-level manager. The manager has allegedly written up and terminated employees with whom she perceives as a threat to her position because of their level of education. Before my arrival, every employee, including the complainants, were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding their with the organization’s structure and culture. They were asked to answer questions such as: their level of experience and education, their feelings about the work environment, improvements that should be made, their overall view of management including fairness and effectiveness, and what they would like to see come out of this negotiating process. I then anonymously compiled the results and shared them with the Director of Human Resources and the manager in question. The results indicated that there was some possible disparity and inappropriateness with the manager’s disciplinary actions because the employees that had college education were subjected to write-ups more often than those who did not have a college education. Employees also revealed that this particular manager does not have a college degree and this may be the root of her unfairness. In order to facilitate this process effectively, I will...
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...College hoops' black coaching issue Myron Medcalf [ARCHIVE] ESPN.com | July 18, 2013 When a national sportswriter calls to talk about minority hiring in college basketball, folks of all races seem to get nervous. As I sought feedback following last week's release of the "2012 Racial and Gender Report Card: College Sport" by Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport -- the report excludes historically black colleges and universities -- which states that the current pool of Division I African-American head coaches (18.6 percent through the 2011-12 season) is at its lowest mark since the 1995-96 season, people weren't sure what, if anything, they should say. Multiple administrators passed on the opportunity. The NCAA wanted to see my questions, and then it wanted a pre-interview phone conversation before it ultimately emailed its responses. The coaches who talked on the record always ended our chats with the same concern: "I didn't say anything that will make me look bad, right?" Shaka Smart Andy Lyons/Getty Images To reach Shaka Smart's level, black coaches often have to overcome certain labels. I don't blame them. It's an incendiary issue, because we're uncomfortable with race as dialogue. It's still a subject that makes athletic directors -- 89 percent of whom are white at the Division I level, per the report -- squirm. Minority coaches speak cautiously, because they don't want to be labeled as rebels or militants. That hesitancy...
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...Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. Today’s students have not just changed incrementally from those of the past, nor simply changed their slang, clothes, body adornments, or styles, as has happened between generations previously. A really big discontinuity has taken place. One might even call it a “singularity” – an event which changes things so fundamentally that there is absolutely no going back. This so-called “singularity” is the arrival and rapid dissemination of digital technology in the last decades of the 20th century. Today’s students – K through college – represent the first generations to grow up with this new technology. They have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using computers, videogames, digital music players, video cams, cell phones, and all the other toys and tools of the digital age. Today’s average college grads have spent less than 5,000 hours of their lives reading, but over 10,000 hours playing video games (not to mention 20,000 hours watching TV). Computer games, email, the Internet, cell phones and instant messaging are integral parts of their lives. It is now clear that as a result of this ubiquitous environment and the sheer volume of their interaction with it, today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors. These differences go far further and deeper...
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...this paper is investigate the situation at hand and provide an explanation to whether this treatment is ethical. Thus, in this paper, I will not only attempt to analyze reasons why these populations experience more pollution than other populations and the types of pollution that they experience, but I will also explore the solutions provided by other researchers on how to solve environmental inequalities. Previous research has been carried out to detect why most, if not all, of the polluting industries, such as power plants and waste facilities, tend to be located in minority and poor neighborhoods (Carter; Morello-Frosch; Pellow and Park; Bullard and Wright). Normally, people that live in low income neighborhoods will experience a disproportionately high amount of pollution compared to those living in high income neighborhoods (Morello-Frosch). Therefore, parks, trees, and outdoor recreational areas tend to be located in wealthy neighborhoods. Consequently, minority and poor neighborhoods tend to have the lowest ratios of parks-to-people (Carter). This means that there is a low amount of park space per 10,000 people. Other research shows that even if we ignore the level of income, minority neighborhoods, such as African American and Hispanic neighborhoods, will still experience higher levels of pollution than white neighborhoods (Bullard and Wright). Thus, by looking at both race and social class we can point out the communities that enjoy the availability of parks and trees...
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