... What is College for? What is College for? There are many answers to this question. I feel college is for people that want to succeed in life. You can be in any wage bracket, depending on what you’re majoring in. For example, you can go to school to be a doctor or a registered nurse. We all know doctors make more than a RN, so a doctor is in a higher wage bracket than a RN. As a student, you have the choice to be whatever you want to be. You might be in a major you like and end up changing majors because you found a major you like better. The first school I enrolled in was Central Carolina Tech in 1995. My major was Machine Tool Technology. My job paid 80% of my tuition, as long as it dealt with the job. I applied for a job in the Tool Room, but they didn’t want to hire me. I looked at getting employment elsewhere, but needed at least 2 years experience. So, after receiving my Associates Degree in Machine Tool Technology, I enrolled a second time in an Industrial Maintenance program. After getting my Associates Degree in Industrial Maintenance, I applied for a Maintenance helper position which I received soon after. I held the position for a year and tried to get a regular Maintenance position, but they did not want to hire me. I then signed up for a Die Bench Tech position, which I held for a year. I then decided to enlist into the US Army as a Machinist to gain experience within the civilian world. After serving 5 years in the Army, I decided to go overseas...
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...College is a time in a person’s life of exploration, growth, deciding what you would like to do in life, and much more. It can be a very exciting, but also very stressful time for anybody going through the college experience. In the world today there are many generalizations made about what college is like, and whether good or bad they give any potential college student preconceived notions about a wide array of topics. A common misconception in today’s society is that one has to decide on a career before they enroll in a college; however, it is said that as much as 80% of college students change their majors at least once. This pressures people still in their teens to essentially make a life decision during one of the most challenging time...
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...hear the tone of your voice to understand what it is you are meaning by what you are saying. Verbal communication can be done face to face, over the phone, or using devices such as Skype. Interacting face to face is also quicker and helps you get a better understanding of the information that the individual is giving to you, it also gives you the chance to ask any questions to the person who is providing you with this information, and it also helps you get to know other individuals. Verbal communication is something that people do in their everyday lives, and it’s something that people are used to. There for it’s probbaly the best method when it comes to communicating with people and getting information to individuals. An example when we had a good method of verbal communication was when the head teacher of Strode College (James Staniforth) done a presentation to all of the new students within the college on the first day. The main characteristics within the information that was provided, was to give all of the new students the information that they needed to know about the college. This included things such as the rules within the college, what the college provides course wise, and what they expect from the students. For students that had started a new course, or had only just got to the college at the start of the year, the presentation would of benefited them as they were able to get a better understanding when It came to the college, presenting information in a verbal way...
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...Running head: ISSUES FOR MODERN COLLEGE STUDENT Issues for Modern College Students Paul J. Matthie Excelsior College Student 1 ISSUES FOR MODERN COLLEGE STUDENT 2 Abstract There are many problems that the modern college student faces. Some of the issues are issues of costs and financial aid, balancing work/school/family, access to technology. When the professor gave the assignment. I got a writer's block. I took my military background, and I found out three issues I think the modern college would have. The first one is time management. Everyone struggles with time management, juggling work with homework. The second one is finical issues. Whenever you start something new you want to know how much is it going to cost and can, I afford it. The third one is access to technology. Yes, I know that at least 75% of the United States have Internet access. What about the students that do not have access? How can do online colleges? Keywords: Time Management Finical Issues Access to Technology ISSUES FOR MODERN COLLEGE STUDENT 3 When I was doing research on the issue for a modern college student, I found that most students are stressed out about time management. "The big myth is it's easier to go online because you can do it at your pace," Popovich says. "You do have more flexibility, but it is not any easier … It is harder because you are on your own; you have your own devices." (Sheehy, 2010 p.1) When you are doing an online course, you have...
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...WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE? The real meaning of college success to me is being able to look back after you graduate and be able to say “I did great!” That I enjoyed my college days while trying to manage being a mom, wife and a working-student. My steps includes time management, aiming for A’s, knowing my interests and what I want to become, Setting priorities, choosing my peers and Learning how to take it easy. These pointers will be my guide to be successful in college. First, is time management. I will use my spare time for assignments, projects, or just by doing advance reading. I know that getting ahead helps a lot, incase something unexpected comes up, then I do not have to worry about coming to class not ready. I will use my free time wisely and try to be more productive. Getting power naps whenever I can to help me recover from less than 8 hours of sleep. I will eliminate web surfing, unless it’s school related, watching TV shows that eats too much of my time, and switch reading magazines to reading my textbooks. Second, is aiming for straight A’s. This won’t be easy but I know with a positive attitude and dedication, It’s not impossible. I will work hard, study hard and I won’t let negativity or failure occupy my thoughts. I believe that if I set myself to get used to loads of homework, pressured time or short notices for deadlines, then everything next will feel easier. I will seek for help and use the campus resources offered. Such as, study...
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...Students are not prepared right out of college to enter the working world, they are lacking skills and experience, but changes can be made in order for these students to be prepared which will help the newly graduates and also employers. This is an issue in higher education because students are not having the experience they need or the correct skills they need right out of college and they are not obtaining jobs using their degree/certificate. Students are going to college for themselves to get a degree to help better their lives. According to Forbes.com in the article, “The Top 10 Higher Education Issues We All Agree On” they state, “According to New America, today’s students enroll for very practical reasons: to improve employment opportunities...
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...and exciting. I learned many things in AVID such as the proper way to take notes, how to be more organized, more about college, more about my peers, and how to keep up with my grades. This helped me alot because I will use this knowledge from now on. But AVID also help me academically because we did TRF’s that help me with confusion, grade checks, and binder checks. Binder checks helped me be more organized instead of having papers from different class mixed up. Grade checks help me stay on top of my grades, and check powerschool at least 4 times a week. AVID was fun for me because we took trips, had parties, did activities on most fridays, and did work that was fun instead of complicated. The trip we took to Camp Manitoqua was fun because we did team building activities but, had fun while doing it. When we did the “campfire” in class on fridays or, the activity when we went around and answered the question, then ate our marshmallow or poptart, helped us learn more about each other. The good news warm helped us express ourselves, give good news, and start our morning right. Almost everything that we did was fun and exciting....
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...1001 11 December 2015 What is Success in College What does it take to succeed in college? When I think of success I think of achieving something that I have desired, planned or attempted. A successful college experience for me would be developing important study skills such as how I can study, what I can do in and out of the classroom, and how I can manage my time. It is often claimed that the most successful college students attain success because they are only smart and study hard. Success in college for me goes beyond intelligence and hard work. It depends on my motivation and developing good study habits. My motivation is the reason I am at college. No one motivated me but myself. In the book What the Best College Students Do, Ken Bain talks about how making straight A’s is nice. I agree with him. He also says that straight A’s hardly guarantee a happy or productive life. In order to succeed it takes a personal sense of purpose. To have success we need to make good decisions and have self-confidence. In order to be a successful student I need to be a risk taker and make connections. Rather than chasing success, I have to achieve it. Bain details that there are three types of learners: surface, who do as little as possible to get by; strategic, who aim for top grades rather than true understanding; and deep learners, who leave college with a real, rich education. In high school I was a surface learner. I did not always apply myself like I should have. Doing the bare...
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...Socrates ideas on how we come to know, proof of his point, and knowledge versus a college degree. In this research, we discuss what Socrates ideas on how we {come to know}. And the examples he uses to prove his point, as well as questions do we agree or disagree with his teachings. And there is a chance to ask a question about knowledge, if he was here today. Socrates explains another Plato’s theories about knowledge. He goes on to say that knowledge can be reality that comes from within the soul through a form of recollection, rather than not knowing at all. Before I explain that he supports it by saying the soul is immortal, in Plato’s opinion. His point is demonstrated threw a geometry experiment with a boy who knows nothing about geometry. The boy is asked to construct a square twice the size of a given square. After one or two failed attempts the boy succeeds. Now, how is this possible if he was never taught to do so. This goes back to saying that knowledge is in the inner soul; in other words the geometry was already in his soul. I definitely agree, for I have done something from a academic stand point before that I was never taught to do and succeeded. His point is that a person would not seek what they know, but rather what they don’t know, and that’s the basis of what we come to know. Socrates begins to prove his point more from a religious stand point. He goes on again about the soul is immortal, and has been born many times, and has seen all things, both...
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...College Don’t Make Sense By: Marion Walker Alcaro Questions: 1. Research on the background information of the author, and state your answers in bullet form. * Marion Walker Alcaro, 97, passed away on Dec. 13, 2009 in Holland, Mich * She graduated from Sweet Briar College in 1935 * During the ensuing forty years she raised three sons, managed her husband’s medical office and authored numerous articles for Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day and The New Yorker magazines. * Later, at the age of 64, Marion decided to return to the academic world. At age 68 she received a master’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. At age 72 she received her second master’s degree from Drew University, and three years later, at the age of 75, received her Ph.D., also from Drew University. * At age 79, she authored and published a scholarly biography entitled “Walt Whitman’s Mrs. G” which, to this day, is widely recognizes and cited as a respected authority within the Walt Whitman segment of the academic community. * Over the ensuing fourteen years, Dr. Marion Alcaro, as a Walt Whitman Fellow, presented numerous courses and lectures at various colleges, universities and literary gatherings. 2. Has the life of the author influenced her in writing the literary piece? Give examples. Yes, the life of the author influenced her. The writer being a housewife and a married affects her insights about college. She realized all of those things when she became mature...
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...College Essay Most college scholarships ask you to write a 500+ word essay, which isn’t that bad, but what is the reason behind it? Do most people that require an essay ever read them? Seriously, who has time to read a 1000+ word essay and chose from the best. Personally, that doesn’t seem to be fair because most people have trouble writing a paragraph, and then we are expected to write a huge essay telling about something in our life or respond to a weird question with a topic that most people won’t even think about. With topics such as, “Explain how your life changed with a death of a parent,”or “How would college affect your career,” or even “Why I deserve this scholarship.” Well, I’m going to explain everything I possibly can. The death of any parent would make anyone change, because no one is the same; we are all unique. With my dad’s death I didn’t know how to act for the longest time, and I still don’t; I say this because the day my father died, the doctor called all of my family back where he lay, hooked up to life support, lifeless. Just looking at his body, I didn't feel anything; however, I looked at the situation as is he wasn’t really dead because I was 12 and didn’t know...
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...When I first brought up the idea of nursing school, I instantly thought of Kansas University in Lawrence, Kansas, but little did I know that KU was extremely expensive compared to a closely related community college. After talking to my brother about my future plans, he informed me about Johnson County Community College, and after doing some research, I knew that was where I wanted to continue my education career and where I wanted to become a nurse. The comparisons between KU and JCCC are ridiculous, KU is approximately 25,000-30,000 dollars a year, while JCCC is approximately 3,000 dollars a year depending on the number of credit hours taken. Recently, during my senior year of high school, I visited JCCC and viewed their nursing program and hands on learning classes and fell in love. Since then, JCCC has accepted me and I will begin in August of 2018, and currently, I am making my schedule and keeping in mind a part-time job during...
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...If I were a college admission counselor the essay question I’d ask an applicant would be why he / she feels that going to college is an integral part in their plans for their future. Nearly at the age of eighteen as I write this essay, I feel as though I have not yet reached the maturity I will one day need to take on a career in politics, a career I’ve dreamt about since I was ten. I still consider myself to be a teenager, who lacks the gravity and complexities required for such a profession. I’m gradually becoming the adult I aspire to one day be, and I am convinced that college will prove to be a turning point in my life. Hopefully, college will set me on the path of a politician, regardless I am eager to be immersed in the collegial experience and find...
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...of Your Life Growing up you always hear from adults and current college students that college is one of the best experiences of your life. It is your motivation all through out school to do your homework, study and get good grades so you are able to get in to any college you want. I remember my first college tour it was to University of South Carolina instantly I fell in love. Once I experienced the campus for the first time I knew it was a place I could call home. Getting my acceptance letter was one of the best days of my life before I knew it summer was over and it was move in day. Little did I know there were a lot of things I did not know about being a college student that I am gradually starting to figure out. There are a lot of changes that come with going to college and the way in which you deal with them all depends on you as a person. One of the hardest problems people tend to face coming to college is going to a new place where you really don’t know that many people and there are a ton of new faces. Through out my life I’ve always had to move a lot with my dad being in the military, I hated it at the time but now I am grateful for it because it made me who I am today. Always having to make new friends made me outgoing and not afraid to walk up to someone new and start talking to them. It made me not afraid to try new things and made me learn how to adapt to new places and new schools. Coming to college is such an exciting experience because it’s a place for you to...
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...Currently, I am in the early adulthood stage of development. A person in the stage of early adulthood is between the ages of 18 to 25, which I am in considering I am 19 years old (Steinberg, Bornstein, Vandell, & Rook, 2011). Emerging adults begin to establish independence from their parents and start doing adult things (Steinberg, Bornstein, Vandell, & Rook, 2011). Last fall, I began my first year of college. It was a big step for me and forced me establish my independence. I went through lots of different stages that people in early adulthood have to go through such as moving out of my home from my parents and living on my own, beginning college. There are many ways in which my body and mind have changed since I was younger. One part of me...
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