...Joe Kolasinski Professor Madden English 111 21 October 2013 Is Higher Education Worth It? The cost of tuition for higher education is quickly rising. Over half of college freshmen show some concern with how to pay for college. This is the highest this number has been since 1971 (S. Chan and Kim Chan). The amount of college graduate debt has been rapidly increasing also. With limited jobs available because of the high unemployment rate, college graduates find themselves staying in debt even longer. However, grants and financial aid are available to students, but students still struggle to pay for their college tuition. Although some claim that higher education is still affordable, higher education costs too much because the state’s revenue is low, the unemployment rate is high, and graduates cannot pay off loans. One reason that higher education is not affordable is that the states’ revenue is low and the states are in debt. Because of their decreasing tax revenues, many states need to make cuts in their budget. As a result of this, tuition is rising and other changes are happening throughout colleges. Some of these changes include: higher student to faculty ratios, less but larger classes, and fewer on-campus jobs that normally support students (Scaliger). These changes affect students and impact their view and decisions of certain colleges. The tuition rate has also “been rising at about 6 percent a year for most of the past ten years” (S. Chan and Kim Chan). This percent...
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...attend Alpena High school are required to take a set amount of math, english, science, and social studies classes if they want to graduate high school. If all the required classes are not completed, students are not allowed to receive their high school diplomas. This is not the most effective way to prepare a student to enter the workforce or college. The best and most efficient method to educate and ready students for life after high school is to get rid of required classes and let students pick their own classes because: they can better prepare themselves for their career and college, college tuition could be reduced, students would not be restricted in their choice of classes, and required classes waste the time of both students and teachers. If required classes are eliminated students would be able to better prepare themselves for life after high school, whether that be college or work. By being able to choose their classes in high school students would be able to take classes to better ready themselves for their career and potentially eliminate having to go to a trade school or college. For example, someone who is planning to enter the workforce right out of high school would have the...
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...We look back on life and wonder if someone would have told us how to live life a few years ago, we would not be in the same situation we are in now. For example, a relative telling you to not regret anything you do in life, or to always live in the moment and not look back. Advice is key to living a great life. If one listens to the people who have already experienced what he or she is now going through, one could embrace life and live it to the best of their potential. One should listen to their elders; they know what they are talking about. Even though I have not experienced a lot in my life, I have been through high school and know now how to handle it. One piece of advice is to always be independent and not thrive on following the crowd or trying to look “cool.” I, personally, have always been independent and love being on my own. If you try to be a follower, you will not experience life for yourself; you will be experiencing life through another person. Being independent during high school will also help you when you go to college and even after that. If you want to go away for school or are planning on moving out of your parents’ home, you will not have mommy and daddy to depend on. Not depending on anyone but yourself will bring you closer to finding out who you really are and you will have a better understanding of what life feels like when you are on your own. Not believing everything people tell you is also crucial for surviving high school. Teenagers talk...
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...A belief that I have come to hold after starting high school is that private schools fall short of the most important benefits that public schools have to offer. I have learned this through my own personal experience of going to a catholic grammar school for nine years, and then transitioning to the public high school that I currently attend. Of course, the main purpose of going to school is to gain a good education that will help you be successful in the future. This belief I do hold true; both private and public schools grant this opportunity. But public schools and private schools each grant an entirely different social experience, and the social experience, in my opinion, is much more valuable than the academic experience. Along with gaining an education, part of being successful in life is learning how to interact and form relationships with people who are different from you. In grammar school, the majority of the people I met were white, Catholic, and of the same learning ability. Every day at school, students were expected to wear uniform clothes, uniform hair styles, and learn at a uniform pace. There were no accommodations for people with slower learning paces; everyone was expected to keep up. Growing up, this is how I expected all schools were like. For nine years I was almost blinded to the fact that people of different religion and learning pace, even physical appearance, even existed in the real world. But the fact is there are more types of people than Catholics...
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...Being a junior in high school is a big responsibility, and so is my future. College is beneficial in many ways, such as learning and staying educated, and to focus on the career that you intend to pursue. College can be expensive but if you make excellent grades and meet the required grade level to receive a scholarship for that college, you have a free ride to an amazing opportunity. College is important to help people find a job, and to give people the required skills they need for their chosen career. Everyone has their own opinion about college, but no one can say that college isn’t beneficial, whether it is to ease the difficulty of finding a job, or to put time and practice in the job of your choice. Now is the time to focus on the future and how you will live life after high school....
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...After graduating high school, many young adults are expected to go directly to college. And in most cases, they go directly to college. However, that is not the case for all adults. Some of these young adults leave high school in search of the intangibles such as, finding themselves or only taking time off to relax. And at other times unexpected events such tragedies, family, and once in a life opportunity keep young adults from going directly to college after high school. In most cases, they still wish to obtain a college education, but once they see how much things have changed, it can be almost frightening for them return. Adults who take time off after high school face numerous challenges once they return to college. One challenge that...
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...Around my sophomore year of high school, I began joining a numerous amount of clubs thinking it would benefit me when I would have to apply to college. However, as many would expect, I stopped attending the meetings of all but about three clubs. One club that favored over all others is High-Q. This club involved competing against other high schools in a quiz bowl style format similar to the Jeopardy. The most memorable moment occurred senior year as four other members, two advisors, and myself traveled to Washington D.C. to compete for the National Academic Championship. The journey to D.C. began after a school day as we all crowded in a small minivan for the seven-hour ride ahead of us. Most of the time in the car was spent sleeping;...
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...Are you a high school senior or know a high school senior who looks like they just need a break from school? Are you feeling a little anxious about going on to the next step in your life or starting to think college isn’t for you? Well, in my opinion, if you answered yes to any of those questions or just don’t know what to do with your life after high school I feel like it time to recharge. There are variety of directions you can take after graduating from high school: Some people go straight into college; some people start working right away and some students just need a little more time before starting the academic journey. However, there are numerous reason why students should take some time out from starting college. the 4-main reason you...
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...The first five years of my life after high school were thrown away. Sad to say, I allowed my peers to decide what type of person I was going to be. We didn’t take life seriously, and that was the biggest problem. It was my twelfth grade in high school, and due to my background with getting into various altercations during or after school, I was told by the principal, “You don’t have to come back to school until final exams and graduation.” Yes! I thought, I’m only going to school for one class anyway. My mentality and structure were fixed on getting a job. Even though my dad didn’t spend enough time with helping me to plan my future out, I was a follower of what I saw being done, and that was working hard to make a living. Now I was seventeen...
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...In middle school, I could care less about school. I had so many other things that was going on in my life that were so much more important. I got offered so many opportunities to get the help I needed in order to succeed but I just never took advantage of it. I have ADHD and it’s very hard for me to concentrate during class. During class I would always either go to the restroom just so I could leave or I would start doodling on my notebook. I had one full notebook full of doodles. On almost all of my homework assignments I had at least four doodles in each and every one of the doodles. In middle school, we had to take benchmarks and if we failed we had to go to Saturday academy. I failed my math benchmark in sixth and seventh grade....
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...Applying life quality factors Stimulation Moorcroft Primary School promotes stimulation (psychological life quality factor) in many different ways, both in and outside the lessons. Without stimulation in a school environment pupils may feel bored. This school promotes stimulation by providing and assisting with different extra-curricular activities. There are a wide range of extra-curricular activities for the children to join for example the after-schools club. This is when the children play a different activity each week and have a variety of toys to play with, as well as there are construction blocks and a cooking/baking session each week. If the child does not want to participate in theses activities there are quieter alternatives. An example of how Moorcroft promotes stimulation in lessons is how the teachers include different events and activities in maths lessons. One of the most popular activities the children play in maths is “catch me if you can”. This is where all the children have a number up to 25 on their back. One child starts with the teacher and gets given a sum they then have to run around after everyone until the can catch the other child with the answer on their back, this child then has to come to the teacher and gets a different sum. The game is over after everyone has been “catcher”. Depending on the ability of the group this can be made more challenging by timing each child how long it takes them to catch the answer. In lessons work is set to different...
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...How could my dreams be crushed in one after-school meeting? How had I thought giving up would be a good choice? The worst, and best, decision I ever made was thinking that I would be better off not joining theater. My confidence level was below the chart when I realized that I was not as good as I thought I was. All this time, in junior high, I thought I was definitely a good actress, but I was dead wrong. I thought the best choice was to give up. I looked through other options, and by the end of sophomore year I found that I had an interest in accounting. I knew the second that I walked in, I was not prepared to compete with these other individuals. The training and rehearsals I had gone through were nothing like these in high school. I had no hope left in me after we went over a scene. They were more creative and more improvisational than I ever would be. I had slower reactions, and stuttered when under pressure. I couldn't believe that the one thing I had hope in prospering in was obliterated. I would take this year and measure the pros and cons of taking theater and with that I would make my choice of pursuing this career or demolishing any thoughts on it....
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...that homeschoolers don’t get enough social interaction, I personally feel as though I had more than enough. I was constantly enrolled in programs that enabled me to interact with others my age. I took part in many different extracurricular activities such as: field trips with fellow homeschooled children, P.E. at the park, cub scouts for a short period, soccer for a season, basketball, swimming, baseball and karate. Early on in life I was rowdy and would often get in trouble or confrontations. I was one of those children who always had a hard time staying still. The extra energy that I exhibited was another reason why my family got me into sports. High-school During high-school I matured to a certain degree and grew out of being such a “spaz”. This could have been because I learned that people...
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...When I was freshman in college life was great. Life was going the I had envisioned it going. I was playing college baseball, a dream of mine since I was a child, but more importantly I was a performing at an exceptional level. I showed up on campus somewhat of an underdog. In high school I received very few college offers and was not highly recruited. I worked hard to obtained a starting position. I was one of the top performers in the conference. I was gaining national recognition from major league scouts. But then life took a spin. Late in the season I suffered an injury that side lined me for the rest of the season. I had to undergo an operation during the off-season. All the attention I had gained suddenly disappeared. However, in life...
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...For me the past is cold and dark, I can't say I like to reminisce about it. Mom, and I would move around from one city to the next. I always adjusted to new learning situations following the changes. The new school I went to was a year behind so I would get A's without even trying because I have already done every assignment the year before. Then when we would move back, my grades would deteriorate because I was now two years behind the rest of the class. After a few years of this, it was now time for high school and we just relocated again. The journey to and from school every day for a year I passed through what we called the hood (ghetto). There are several reasons why I assume my time during high school was not very productive....
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