...19th of may , was the first time i open my eyes and realize this world. I lived in a big family composed from two girls and four boys , when i was 6 years old, my father passed away ,he was suffering from "Jaundice". it did not make a lot of sense to me at the time ,until I got older and matured enough to understand this properly, that year was my first year of school. my mother was surprised that i loved school from the first day, and how i didn't cry ! the truth i was so excited because I've always sat next to my sister when she did her homeworks, i even was studying with her sometimes ,that's why I loved school environment. I was studying because I had a passion for science and knowledge not only to...
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...College is one of the most vigorous times in a young adult's life. I can make or break you and takes a lot of willpower and determination to stay focused. Although it is not necessarily required to got to college at any point in someone’s life, it has mainly become the norm. Majority of the time students no longer contemplate whether or not they will attend college, but which college they are going to commit four years to. I believe that is why i chose to go to college. Not just because it was going help me excel in my desired job field but for the sole fact that pretty much everyone does it. However, choosing Campbell was a different story. I did not know anything about this university, didn’t even know it existed and even more of a surprise was how much my life has changed since I got that big cardboard envelope in the mail. Campbell was the only school to offer me a scholarship which was the first sign that I was bound to end up here, but I still had second thoughts. After the freshman orientation i became hooked. The campus was filled with people from all across the state who were all open to making new friends and connections. Campbell allows me to achieve my goals educationally, socially, mentally, and religiously....
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...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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...Colleges and universities offer a wide variety of majors to declare, but when it comes down to making that decision, how do we choose and what influences our decision? Is it our interests, our parents, our experiences, or money? I remember when I first started college I had no idea what I wanted to major in, so I just listened to my dad and he basically chose my major for me. He suggested a program where I could be making close to $45,000 a year with just a 2 year degree. I thought why not, I’d be making good money and only have to go to school for 2 years, it sounds great. Until of course I realized I’m not really interested in it, so I switched my major to biology because that’s what I liked. I believe that is how everyone should choose their major,...
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...College is one of the most important steps of our lives. What we want to study and where we want to do it determine our life long careers and even where we end up living. So it tends to be a very difficult and stressing decision to make. In my mind, I thought of all the ways it would affect me and how I wanted my future to be like. All this time in a way I was sort of selfish in my thoughts. Although, little did I know how this decision and the things I did to accomplish it would affect the people around me most importantly my brother. When I was a kid, I was always infatuated with science and learning how the world around us worked and what other things were there that I had never known existed. My mom would constantly tell me to study hard and do well in school if I wanted to have a good economically sustainable job that I would be happy in and make a difference. As I grew older during high school, I began to think more about this and decided I wanted to do something to help others. My mother would sometimes tell me stories about when she was a phlebotomist and how it was all so fascinating, and there were always interesting new cases of the patients that went to the hospital. These stories made me lean towards a career in medicine....
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...Everyone has different reasons on why they choose to go to college, personally ever since I was young I had always seen myself going to college. I always had that determination to receive a higher education then just high school and attain a job that would exceed what my family members had. Growing up my father and everyone I saw around me would work in the fields which is a honest job, but I never wanted to go there to wake up to cold mornings at 5am, to work in the middle of the hot sun at 12pm, and go home at 5pm and receive a check that would still put you in a poverty level of income. I wanted to be more than that and I knew the only way that could happen was if I got a degree. With that I also wanted to give myself the opportunity my...
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...mean a number of things. They could go to a university, or stay with a 2/4-year college, enter the workforce, travel, etc. The whole world is open to them from now on. For me personally, it means the start of paying my own bills, buying my own food, and living on my own. This means a job, and fortunately, I have a steady job lined up right here in Twin. I have the option to work full time following graduation, and I’ve worked there since last summer. I’m already trained and know that I work well with my coworkers. It’s a nice little niche I’ve settled into, that I intend to retain after graduation. As far as education goes, like most 17-year-olds, I’m still...
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...I’ve always dreamed of going to college and I was able to achieve that dream. I’m on the Board of Trustees Legacy Scholarship at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC), a scholarship that pays full tuition and fees for four semesters, and I’m also a part of the Transfer Student Alliance with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). I currently have a 3.643 cumulative GPA and I’m in good academic standing despite taking seventeen credits. I participate in the community as a Student Ambassador and my peers and instructors regard me as being friendly and hard-working. But this is still not enough for me. I am attending college by attending Prince George’s Community College but all I feel is restlessness. I feel as if there is always...
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...I know hard times well enough to know that I don’t want to be in that position at any time in my adult life. I’ve been homeless, went to bed nights without eating, and missed out on opportunities because of my family’s financial shortcomings. I see college as the most important and first step to many of having a successful and financially stable life. I plan to achieve my desired lifestyle by obtaining a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Northwestern State University and going back to teach at any high risk elementary school in the state. I feel like teachers are the backbone of society. They teach the doctors, lawyers, and the leaders of the world. Many times high risk schools don’t get the teachers that they need. I plan to use my education to make a positive impact and my position as an educator to influence the youth of the future....
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...was much pressure to decide what I was going to do with my life. There were many boxes filled with opportunities I could choose from, but that's just it, they were separate boxes that did not run together. I could make a lot of money, turn a hobby into a career, do something remotely interesting without a stable job outlook, or I could do something to better others. I kept trying to convince myself that I needed to pick something that would provide stability rather than choosing something that came with a happy ending. At the end of the day, I couldn't look away from the antagonizing want to...
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...College is like the finishing sprint in a race. Why stop now, after running all that way, or learning in this case. I have worked to maintain good grades for almost twelve years now. To throw all of that away and not further my education with college would be a gigantic snafu on my part. A college degree is basically a necessity in today’s world. Also, personally, I want to learn all that I can. I may not always show it in school, but I really love learning. The University Of North Carolina School Of Law is my college of choice mainly because I wish to leave West Virginia. My older siblings go to Fairmont State and West Virginia University, and they are both prospering well; though often times they have difficulties focusing on their schoolings with the party atmosphere. Granted, I know that there are other West Virginian colleges besides West Virginia University, the party atmosphere is not the only thing that turns me away. I want to see the world and try as many new things as possible; this ambition is never going to be achieved by residing here in the mountains. Living away from home, but not extremely far sounds exciting to me. The University Of North Carolina School Of Law in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is one of the most prestigious and respected Law Schools in America. I...
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...The first thing I want to accomplish is finishing high school. What I have to do is I have to finish all the requirements to finish high school. One of the requirements is I have to pass all my grades and pass all my classes that are required for me. I need at least 22 credits or more to finish high school. At least 5 of those credits have to be elective credits. So I am on track right now. What I’m going for is the scholarship I want to get to make college a little easier to pay. So I have to do my best the next two years to get the scholarship. For the years after high school, I want to go to college for at least 8 years to do what I want to do. To go to college I need a diploma, and money to pay for that college. For those 8 years, I...
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...Why college education is important to me Why college education is important to me. “You ask” College education is important to me, because it is a step closer to being the person that I want to be. It is a future for myself, my husband, and my children. I chose to go back to school, (at the age of 34) because I want more out of life. I want to be a better mother and wife, a better person in general. I want to be someone my children can look up too, and say I want to be like you mommy. I want a career! I chose to pursue Psychology as my career, because I have always had an interest in human behavior. I want to learn more about mental functions like memory, creativity, imagination, and so much more. One of the functions that intrigues me the most is brain function. I want to be able to understand why and how it functions the way that it does. I want to understand how one’s mind is different from the other. I want to understand how siblings who have the same biological parents. Can show signs of different mental and behavioral functions. How one child can show signs of anger and shyness? While the other one shows signs of A.D.H.D and mood swings. How can children be so opposite, but yet be so much alike. What intrigues them about each other? How can their social behavior be so different? Like one would show signs of aggression, and one show signs of shyness. I want to learn more about social behavior and what makes it stand out. I want to learn more about...
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...methods that can be used depending on what is up for debate. Recently, I had a reoccurring argument in which I was trying to convince a friend to make choices in his life that would benefit him and remain motivated despite any obstacles he may face. In order to fully convince him I had to use the form of argument known as logos. Logos refers to the use of logic and sound reasoning when trying to make an argument or appeal to someone. I chose this form of persuasion because it allowed for me to develop a concise and organized argument in which my friend could be supported with factual evidence and retain credibility. Through this form of argument,...
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...to our attention within the last few decades. Since going to college, I have realized one of the biggest social issues and index offenses surrounding me…rape. The definition of rape is unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent because of mental illness, mental deficiency, intoxication, unconsciousness, or deception. It is charged as a criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. Rape occurs when consent is not given and physical force is possibly used,...
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