...I took my first college class at 13 years old. My parents never graduated from college, and I was able go to college for free and get my Associates. The JC/LISD Academy: A Regional Middle College jumpstarted my college career and made it possible for me to get a college degree before I even graduated from high school. After taking an environmental science class, I decided that I wanted to go on to get a bachelors in Environmental Studies. Even though I am coming in with an Associate's, it is still a goal of mine to finish in two years because not all of my classes transferred. I know from previous college classes the I need to put more work into studying. A middle college allows you to test out of high school classes and start taking college classes early. I tested out of almost every subject, besides math. This let me get a huge head start on college, and I also did not have to pay for the first two years of my college experience. This was very important to me because I come from a low income family. I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. It was a lot of work, but I knew that if I wanted to have my dream career, I needed to graduate....
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...The article “Degree by Default” gets into the reason(s) behind why graduates from high school go to college. She Followed 34 first-year students from diverse backgrounds, male and female students, and even first generation students to children that had parents that went to college. With all the diverse students chosen, she wanted to find out why students went to college, consequences of going to college when you aren’t really sure you want to go, and the “college for all” effect on society. The students she chose for her research had varying reasons for going to college. Some of the reasons for going include; because it was the next logical step in their lives, a degree is necessity to have a secure middle-class lifestyle, to have the college “experience” for personal growth, to figure out who they were, their parents put pressure on them, and/or just going through the motions, and one actually wanted to go to learn more. All the diverse backgrounds came as many different reasons why they went to college in the first place, but for the most part, she discovered that the main reasons that these college freshmen went was because they felt like they had to because it was what is expected of them of societies social norms. The article introduces its readers to the students and the different answers as to why they enrolled into college. Most commonly the reasons they gave is that they went to college so they can have a greater chance for a higher paying job after...
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...line, the main way to get an education is to go to a public school. Education is the direct link to earning more money in this country. According to Robert Reich from the movie “inequality for all”, he states; “increased globalization meant jobs that didn’t require college degrees were outsourced overseas, making a degree more important to people’s future success.” A significant point that will separate a low-income adult to a high-income adult is the education. Education is the easiest way to move up on the social ladder. For all Americans below the poverty line, the main way to get an education is to go to a public school. Education is the direct link to earning more money in this country. One problem that the poor people are facing is that the college tuition has gotten so expensive, so poor children will less likely complete college and get an education. The importance of a four-year college degree cannot be overstated, “Among Americans whose family incomes at birth are in the bottom fifth but who get a four-year degree, 53 percent end up in the middle fifth or higher” (105). With that said, it shows how important an education is, and that is why the college tuitions are kept raising. With the college tuition increase, makes it way harder for the people in the bottom fifth to be able to pay to go to school. A positive thing is if students have good grades in high school, they will receive scholarships to be able to attend college, but to people with bad grades, they will have...
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...Liberal Arts Education Now that I am in college, I have pondered upon whether a liberal arts education is better than a vocational education; a topic that did not cross my mind in high school. A liberal arts curriculum includes the studies intended to primarily provide general knowledge such as language, philosophy, literature, and abstract science and to develop general intellectual capacities, such as reason and judgment, as opposed to professional or vocational skills (merriam-webster.com). As students wanting to achieve a higher education, we have to think about what we want for ourselves. Either you want to grow as an individual and obtain a major in whichever field you chose, or just learn what best interests you. People have many misconceptions toward what the liberal arts are and how they can benefit you. We often hear things like, “A liberal arts degree will not get you a real job.” or “A liberal arts degree is a luxury not a necessity.” Although this is what the majority of the people who are not aware about the actual facts say, this is not true. An examination of, The New Liberal Arts by author Sanford J. Ungar, and Are Too Many People Going to College? by author Charles Murray, will reveal to us why one gains more knowledge at a liberal arts school. Murray argues that a liberal arts education is only for the elite, but I believe that they shouldn't be the only ones to attend because my vision of a liberal arts college is one where all students come in with the...
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...HEAD: College be more tax supported Should college be more tax supported? Jermaine Coble English 120 Dr. Sonya Brown February 17, 2009 As a student at Fayetteville State University you will pay $8,000 a year for tuition. For four years at this university, you will pay around $32,000, which is a lot of money. However, if you chose to enroll at the University of Chapel Hill, tuition would be $15,040 a year. For four years, you would pay around $60,160. (UNC 2008) This is a lot of money. Most people have to take loans out to pay for college and when they graduate they are already in debt to banks. Now, think about how the first thirteen year of your education was paid for by taxes and the government. The government should just pay for four more year. Are programs like Pell Grant working to help lower our tuition? What does our former president and president think about the topic? We go through thirteen years of free public education or what seemed to be free. According to The Washington Post, it cost on an average $8,322 a year for one child to go to public school. For a senior in high school tax payer have spent on an average of $108,186 on one child. If taxes pay for thirteen years of public schooling, why not pay for four more years of higher education at state supported colleges? The cost of college would be cheaper for tax payers’ then public school because only about three fifths of high school seniors who graduate from high school actually go to college...
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...2, 9/30 Going to a four year college can give you many amazing future opportunities but will rob you of both time and money. To start, though many ,including President Obama himself disagree, the article, “Why College Isn’t (and Shouldn’t Have to Be) for Everyone” by Robert Reich and interview, “Why Kids Shouldn’t Go to College” stress the effects student loan debt can be on students and how there should be an alternative for post high school education. To begin, the interview, “Why Kids Shouldn’t Go to College” by James Altucher explains how debt is affecting the nation. To start, the country has never been in so much debt, “we passed as a country 1.1 trillion in student debt.” This quote is significant because it displays how debt is not only affecting...
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...College Should Be Free Do you think that college should be free? What would life be like with free college. Having free college means people don’t have to worry about losing money. To go to college the cost is way too high. It’s safe to say that people basically can go broke from paying to go to a the college they want. College should be free because society provides childhood early education for k-12 so why do we have to pay for just college, no one can afford college, and people have a better chance at a better life and career. First of all elementary, middle school, and high school is free and necessary for them but why isn’t college free too. People would have a more stable life if they went to college but...
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...to The Times, “only 33% of Americans surveyed said they were happy. In 2016, just 31% of Americans reported the same” (Sifferlin). One big aspect of the American Dream is happiness, and yet so many Americans are unhappy. Happiness can correlate with the other parts of the American Dream on whether or not the dream is achievable. Since a large percentage of Americans are unhappy, the American Dream must not be attainable. The American Dream of education, class, and happiness is not attainable. The American Dream of getting an affordable college education is not attainable. For some students it is difficult to pay for college. According to The Washington Post, “For students, tuition is only...
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...paper will be discussing reasons why the Asian student population are not earning their bachelor’s degrees. First being, some Asian student may feel as though they are not ready for college. According to Bosworth, Convertino, and Hurwitz (2014; as cited by Nunez & Oliva, 2009; Reid & Moore, 2008), “students from under-represented groups may be academically unprepared for the rigors of a college curriculum.” Secondly, similar to the pervious reason, some Asian students may fear that if they get apply and get accepted into the college of their choice but later drop out of college, they may bring shame into the their family. Therefore, they may choose to not apply to any colleges at all. The third reason why some Asian students...
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...Middle School Student Criteria for Avid College Readiness Program: A Delphi Study Education in the US, just like any other country is a top priority. Students go through elementary school, secondary and post-secondary school to be equipped with life skills and to get developed. In the colleges, students are prepared to be independent and acts as a bridge between high school and employment. Therefore, before students get into the colleges, they are well prepared through various programmes. Advancement via individual determination (AVID) is one of the programmes used to prepare students to be eligible for the four years in college. This programme is an instructional programme based on research, where teachers are provided with training that enables them to help their students develop critical thinking skills: its major focus is on career and college readiness. This programme targets the middle students who have the desire to go to colleges, through a well-defined criterion used to select the students. However, this programme has failed to be a success and it is the interest of this research to find out the reasons as to why it is failing....
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...The first sentence of a book always hit you the hardest. And perhaps the best explanation for that was that you’ve always been fascinated with beginnings. You’ve always craved novelty, ached for unfamiliarity — and as for the rest of the story? Well, middles were often mediocre, barring the climax, of course. And then at the end, you would be met with another goodbye — another once thrilling story left to rot, wasting away in the afterglow. And like many stories do, yours began there too, as luck would have it. At the beginning. Before you could even comprehend what it all meant, your mother would start the morning by reading you a chapter from whatever book she had laying around at the given time. When asked why she took the time to read...
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...Centennial College 1. How does that convention attract the audience? Or why is that convention useful for the audience? The convention used to attract the audience is campus building where students go to learn and gain knowledge in programs or courses there interested. The convention is useful because it shows the audience the building is a place of learning and discovering future career paths. 2. Identify the purpose of the website. How do you know the purpose? What visual clues does the design of the website give you? The purpose of the website is to promote educational opportunities as well as offering career paths for those looking for employment, since the website shows links to continuing education, programs and courses, job searches for workshop, second career, and getting into business/film. 3. Identify the target audience for the website. Explain why you think that target audience would use that website. The target audience for the website are individuals seeking a higher education or employment opportunities since the website offers various links to programs and courses, resources and services, admission for enrollment and events for job searches. * The demographic of the website is catered towards individuals between ages 18 and up since enrollment for college requires a high school diploma, opened for all incomes since financial aid is provided, and occupation is students since it’s an educational institution. * The...
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...The costs of college have been going up in the last thirty years due to republican tax cuts to the rich, making it more difficult to achieve the American Dream. The American Dream is attainable for some people. People are trying to work hard to achieve their goals, but the American Dream is disappearing because more people cannot afford houses and cars (Park Avenue, 2012). I believe that everybody has their own responsibility to control their personal success. However, social factors such as income, gender, and ethnicity influence a person’s ability to succeed or fail. The gap between the rich and poor is getting wider. One website stated, “The top 1% of U.S. households has 42.7% of all U.S. financial wealth” (“Park Avenue”, n.d, para. 9). The lobby industry...
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...Higher Wealth …or Social Status? Article Analysis Paper 2 It’s hard to recall a time where America was not driven solely by work and income level. We are told to go to college and earn a degree so we can make a living when we are older. We are consciously reminded of the unemployment rate, and the precautionary steps so we do not end up there. Ultimately, we are living in a generation that strives for the label of “white collar workers.” In his article titled “Why the Highest Paid People Make So Much More Money,” author Steve Hargreaves investigates exactly where this “capital craving “ is coming from. Although it’s easy to pinpoint celebrities and CEO’s as the guilty party, there are a number of other factors that contribute to the shrinkage of the blue-collar working class. Hargreaves opens his article with some shocking statistics, as “middle-income Americans earn a wage of just $39,963, while Tiger Woods’ pegged 78 million last year alone.” With average income falling for the 90% of American families, we are left to question why exactly people at the top are reaching such huge gains, while the rest of us see little to no improvement? Globalization, surprisingly, is one of the leading theories economists have to answer this question. Since there are numerically more people entering the label of “middle class,” celebrities like Tiger Woods are able to leverage their global brand and sell just that much more. As economist Michael Wolf puts it, “there are the same number...
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...student’s prepared for college? This question had come to me when I was a senior in high school. I was ready to leave high school, but I was unsure if I was ready for college. This question concerns all students who want to go to college, and it affects all teachers. Meaning it is the teacher’s job to have the students ready for college. Because this question is being ask my so many people, finding information for my question was easy to find. First I use my most fallible source which was the library. I went on Galileo and found a scholar journal, and then right off the back I found my web source. For my last source I found a book, which I was able to find at the Dalton State library. The article that I found to be really helpful was titled “Strategies to Prepared Middle School and High School Students for College and Career Readiness.” The authors of this article are Rich A. Radcliffe and Beth Bos. In the article it says “Each year approximately 1.2 million students fail to graduate from high school,”...
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