...In Kenneth Oldfield's article "Humble and Hopeful: Welcoming First Generation Poor and Working Class Students to College," he discusses the situation he faced when he had no role models who have experienced college. He argues that there should be more done for first generation students. He wished he had known more about college. Oldfield discusses six specific lessons that he wishes he knew before he started college as a first generation student. I relate most to the second lesson—“I wish I had known the real purpose of college before I started.” I relate most to the second lesson because I am a first generation student and I didn’t have anyone to tell me what the real purpose of college is. Like the author, I assumed that the purpose of...
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...How I Learned Essay In the beginning I was debating on should I go to school or just stay at home, and just stick to playing the organ at church. Something in my head told me to go ahead to go back to school so I can further my education. Since I love to be on the computer all the time I decided to find something to do with computers. When I heard my brother and my friend came in the house talking about Brown Mackie College. I looked in the book and then that’s when I saw Information Technology I knew it would be something very interesting when I looked at the courses. The first day of class in Professional Development, the first thing I learned how to get out of my box. Because I have always been scared to get out of my box, I never got a chance to make any friends, or got to know most of my teachers in school. This class has helped me out a lot, because I have got a chance to get to know my fellow classmates and made new friends. Getting out of my box gave me confidence that I really need. Stepping out of my box has shown me that I can make friends on campus and off campus. Second, we talked about in class was “What exactly is Success in College”. Success in College to me is really a challenge for me. All because I was used to being at home, and just going to church, I didn’t think about going back to College. I have already succeeded because I had enough courage to go back to school and further my education. Here my keys to be Successful in College: 1. Showing up to...
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...Why College Education is Important to Me A. Introduction: Albert Einstein is quoted for saying; "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity." So, here I am a forty-nine year old and what I am now realizing is that by getting a college education, it will help to open so many more doors and give me opportunities to not only better educate myself and provide me with a more financially successful life, but fill a void that I missed out on over Thirty years ago by not going to college right out of high school. In today's society it is hard to get a good paying job or a financially fulfilling career without first getting a college education. By achieving a college degree I will have greatly improved my chances of acquiring a great paying job in Project Management, and I will be able to contribute to a much better life for my husband and I. A college education will give me a deeper sense of confidence and help me to improve myself as a professional in a higher wage earning bracket. This is very important to be someone, and hopefully make the right choices for my education. In a nutshell, my college education is the key to a much brighter financial future and more satisfying career...
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...changed my life was when I came to my second foster family which is where I am now. Three reasons how it changed my life is because I am now taking college classes, I have a job to better my future, I learned how to be more responsible and take care of myself. I came to my second foster family when I was around 16 years old, and I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know what foster care was going to be like until I have been here for like 3 or 4 years. Foster care is not that bad as I thought and it taught me many things since I’ve been in Foster Care. If I wasn’t in foster care, then I would not be able to go to college because my mom would not be able to pay for college for me so I can get a good education. I say this because, I know my mom wanted me to get an education but she knows that the foster system will help me go to college. I am proud that I am able to go to college and better my education. I have told myself that I would not quit college if it gets too hard because I would ruin my education. I would not be able to go to college if I wasn’t in foster care and I don’t want to give up on my education like I wanted to before. I have a job now since I been in foster care and this job...
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...achieve something or get something done that is due in a timely manner. Personal responsibility goes hand in hand with college success. Also, you must have a plan to practice personal responsibility in order to be successful in college. The topics we are going to talk about in this essay are just a few that are critical in life and the professional field. Personal responsibility has to do with one’s ability to achieve a specific task or goal in a timely manner. I personally believe if you want to be successful in life then you must have personal responsibility. According to Tusculum College, “Personal Responsibility is one of the most important lessons that can be learned at college” (Estes, 2011). Personal responsibility includes getting up in the morning for work, making it to work on time, having proper hygiene, and many other things of that nature. Being a team leader takes more personal responsibility, because you are not only responsible for yourself, but you are also responsible for your teammates. If one of your teammates does not do their job, you must stand up and see why they did not do it or if the deadline is soon, maybe go ahead and do it yourself or with the help from other teammates, so the grade for everyone does not make a downwards spiral. If you lack personal responsibility, in the classroom, you may disrupt the class and may get kicked out of the class (Estes, 2011). These are my thoughts and ideas of what personal responsibility is. College success requires...
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...assignment had me answer questions before I read two articles, I answered these questions to what I believed in and how I thought the government was handling certain things. I learned that Obama is trying to raise the minimum wage and is trying to help college goers by trying to reduce student debt. I learned that there are some things that I am unsure of. My answers before I read the two articles did not change after I read the two articles. I still believe that higher education prices are too pricey and that if it wasn’t so high that our unemployment percent would not be as high as it is because people could afford to go to college. I do not think that the minimum wage should increase because the jobs that give minimum wage are jobs for children in school or people that are unable to work in the working environment. I think that if Obama raises minimum wage then people will not care that they don’t have an education and take the jobs that, for example, a first job for a teenager would work. I believe that if minimum wage is raised to $10.10, than people will not attend college to get the degree, but will still be making a decent amount of money that one of the lowering paying jobs make but require a degree. From this assignment I learned that there is a lot going on in the government that I am not fully aware of. Although, I have my opinions on what I think should happen, I did not realize that Obama was taking action on these things. I learned that I need to pay attention more...
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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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...has helped me learned many things about what to expect in college. The first thing I learned in class was the location of the Writing Center. When I moved to college, I did not have a clue where any of the buildings were located. However, I soon learned where the Writing Center is located because we had a class there. It is important for me to know where the Writing Center is located because it is likely I will need to go there while I am in college. Another thing I learned in class was how to form an appropriate email. In class we had an etiquette email assignment. I always knew how to write an email, but I never knew how I should address a professor in college. I learned that for this class I could say “Dear Kate”, but if I emailed...
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... | | |How Do I see myself in the next 5 years? | | | | | | | |Before, I always dream to have a hotel and restaurant someday. I wanted to become a good chef and to manage my own resort. I got that thinking from my father. | |He always teaches me how to cook foods when I was young that’s why I started to love cooking. But when I entered college, my mother told me to take AB | |communication as my course, because she said that it fits my likes and my talent rather than cooking. | |College comes and I started loving my course and what we are doing. I just said that I will someday...
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...In my interview I learned a lot about Jacqueline Lares,how she picked her career and how she enter adulthood.We talked about her favorite moments and least favorite moments,what she would have done differently in college. Jacqueline Lares graduated from Santa Barbara with a major in Economics-Mathematics.I learned how she transitioned from highschool to college and how her parents supported her . We talked about her favorite year in college and what motivated her to go to college.Let's talk about her transition from highschool to college and what motivated her to go to college. She was motivated from two people who were her parents,she said “I grew up with college being the exception,every single day my parents proved to me that I would always have their unconditional love,emotional and financial support.”She knew that if she could do highschool she could do college and she had people supporting her all the way. Her experiences she had in highschool made her realize she was an adult,when she was 14,when she went to Italy with a group of students for 13 days and that was the first...
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...Career Journey My mom and dad was definitely old school (which I value much more than I do now) and didn’t believe in sitting around and goofing off all the time. They always kept us busy with activities, work, or study. We had playtime with our friends too of course, but if it was a nice summer day and I was upstairs watching T.V., it would make my mom crazy and she would find something for us to do. This taught me to have a work hard/play hard mentality. In my early years, I learned how to do everything from plant seeds and pick vegetables to mow the lawn. We had a decent size vegetable garden, growing everything from peas and tomatoes to pumpkins and zucchini. I recall we’d pick a bunch of vegetables and there would be more than what we could eat without spoiling, so I decided to set up a stand in front of the house. I’d sell stuff for a quarter for this, 50 cents for that. Before you know it, by the end of the day, I would have made five dollars or so. I learned about making change, up-selling (by trying to get people to buy more than what they wanted), dealing with people and I saw the entire cycle from start to finish- from planting seeds through harvest through sale. I was learning about how the world works. Money did not just grow on trees, over time and with hard work it did. While some of the garden stuff continued, I started to translate chores I had at home into money elsewhere in the neighborhood. I started to deliver the Sunday newspaper to the old folks home down...
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...I learned a lot of great things in my first semester of college, specifically in my English 1101 class. However, this semester of learning for me didn’t happen without any failures. Coming into college I felt as though I didn’t have any flaws. I examined myself personally, I felt good about my ability to do work in classes, and I even was eager when it came to groupwork in the past. But in each of these of these categories I had minor flaws that I didn’t know of, but were fixed throughout my time in my English class. This semester I failed. Now I’m not talking about letter grades or tests, I’m talking about failing in skills I thought I didn’t have problems with. When I started English 1101, one failure I had almost right away was managing...
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...them and just all around get a better feel of your surroundings here at Virginia Commonwealth University or any other college you are attending. They can help you plan what classes to take each semester, what not to take, or even what to plan for in the future for your success as a college student. They can help you plan on not taking two difficult classes in the same semester, or taking some easy ones when takes a difficult one to get them out of the way. They can also help you get connected with your community and help you get involved with any on campus opportunities that you might not have known about. My personal advisor is Carlton Goode. I know this might...
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...College essay Throughout high school, I worked a part-time job, took care of my siblings, and tried to achieve the best grades possible. As I struggled through these troubled times, I seldom thought about college. I just wanted to be the first in my family to go to college and succeed. However, Mrs Solliday, my tenth grade biology teacher, encouraged me to consider going to college. As I began my senior year, she called me into her office to make me aware of the application process not only for colleges but also the various scholarship offers and grants available to me. Because of his efforts, I will be stepping onto the campus of Old Dominion University in August 2014 after winning a scholarship. Because my scholarship does not provide spending money and I must maintain a grade point average of 3.2, my path over the next few months will be a balancing act as I work to save money for spending, study to make certain I am ready for classes, and spend as much time as possible with my family before I leave home. Working is nothing new to me. I have had some type of a part-time job since I was sixteen years old. I spent many summer days taking care of cattle at my grandfather's farm. The work was hard, but I learned the importance of staying focused on the task at hand. Failure to do so could have resulted in a serious injury, as farm machinery is not forgiving. These experiences with "Pap" enabled me to learn a great deal about the farming process and the selling of produce...
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...Describe what impact the experience had on you, what you contributed, what you learned about yourself, and how it has influenced your plans for the future. I am in a dance group in my school called Body and Soul. I have been in this group since my sophomore year and it has been one of the most important extra-curricular activities I had participated in because it is the one that I love and have passion for it. I enjoy it because I like hip hop and I listen to it all the time and dance to the rhythm of the music. Before this group, I was really a shy person and less outgoing with people. I wouldn’t be on time to certain events or class, I wasn’t responsible with my school work and I would eat very unhealthy. After the dance group I gained endurance, responsibility, strength, a good attitude, a healthy life style and amazing friends. Now after dance I changed completely, my parents noticed a huge difference and I never knew I had the power within myself to make this difference on my own. I gave everything to dancing. I give a 110% on effort when I dance during practice or actually performing. I always like the feeling when after the show people say, “Wow Yubelkiz! I didn’t know you could dance like that!” or compliment me on my dancing. It always puts a smile on my face because I actually caught someone’s attention and all the effort I put in was definitely worth it especially because it builds my confidence. I learned that I am an amazing dancer and I can be better if I put my...
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