...Prospering for a Better Society Do Belizeans hold back from showing their full potentials? Why do they stick to having low class jobs that don’t contribute much to economy? Careers in science and technology have contributed a great phase of change to the world today. Belize is in desire need of individuals to pursue these careers. Everything now a days can be accomplished with the use of technological equipment’s hence, there can be a myriad of job opportunities associated in this given field. Wewant studentsto dedicate themselves and have all the responsibilities to take up the challenge. In order for more Belizeans to pursue careers in science and technology, the government should provide them with scholarships, the government should grant them access to the necessary professional tools and the government should grant them accessible training for the career. First and foremost, in order for more students to pursue science and technology careers the government can provide students with scholarships. Why do only a few students tend to get it rather than everyone? It has been proven that only top students tend to get scholarships, but again, all of us have the same rights as them. “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Instead of applying for a scholarship, why can’t a standard six graduate get a scholarship without having to apply for it?As a fourth form student, I tend to have financial problems but why can’t the government realize that a little help could be the way to success. “Two hands...
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...How would this scholarship help you pursue an education that would put you on your ideal career path? Personal Narrative Reach for the stars "The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere." -Barack Obama. This quote said by president Barack Obama really stands out to me because I believe that I can accomplish anything as long as I put in enough effort and never give up on what I want to accomplish. My dream is to work in the field of astronomy. I have big hopes for the universe and the planets, stars, galaxies, and other extraterrestrial objects outside our world. I have always loved looking up at the stars every night and I have studied constellations, pointing them out to people is fun to me. I feel very intelligent when I teach other people facts about space and love how they react when I explain it to...
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...Not to long ago in February I was just blessed with an opportunity for an advertising scholarship, out of a various amount of students only me and another student in my school was lucky enough to get an internship. Many say I am blessed to have gotten this opportunity out of a large amount of students, but I just looked at it as If I just did what I had to do when the time was right. Since I’ve gotten this job I feel like I’m at home, this job allows me to be me and experience life of the advertising world. Since I junior high school I’ve always had love for advertising and music. Both music and...
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...Why I believe immigrants come to America? I believe they come to America to have a better life, and get money to provide for their families. Immigrants come to America to seek freedom and different opportunities they cannot get in their homeland. Why should immigrants have to be deported back to their homeland because they have no rights in America which is supposed to be the “Land of the Free”. These people we call “immigrants” are the same people who would do anything to stay in the country.They do work us Americans don't like to take part in and wouldn't lift a finger doing. Immigrants actually want to work in U.S, they wants something good for themselves. This is the dream, they come to pursue a dream they wouldn't be able to get back home. They see America as their way to happiness and a better life. So why not let immigrants try to pursue a dream and find happiness instead of judging them and wanting to kick them out if the country. If they aren't doing any harm, why want them leave? Freedom is a big part of why immigrants come to America. Immigrants are people just as Americans, they aren't nothing less. They fight just like Americans fight to survive in the country. What would us Americans do if they were an immigrant living in poverty raising themselves? Yes some Americans do raise themselves but not all live in poverty.(Weeden, L. Darnell) No one should be judged by where they come from, who they are, or how they look. Us people use the quote “ Don't judge a book...
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...Tips for Scholarship Applications and Personal Essays* Getting Started Before you start filling out your scholarship applications, you need to spend some time thinking about how to write a scholarship essay that will get the results that you want. For many students, the hardest part of writing a scholarship essay is getting comfortable with highlighting your accomplishments. Students often see this as bragging about themselves. But this is exactly what you need to do in order to convince the judges that you should receive the scholarship instead of the other applicants, you have to tell the judges what makes you a better candidate. Therefore, one of the most important things you have to do when getting ready to write your college scholarship essays is to spend some time reflecting on just how wonderful you really are. When you write down all of the great things you have accomplished, it will be much easier for you to create an essay that conveys your strong points to the judges. Tips for getting ready to write a strong essay: 1. Make a list of all your accomplishments. 2. Develop a list of your extracurricular activities. 3. Write down the three accomplishments of which you are the most proud. 4. Think of a problem that you have faced and write down how you were able to overcome it. 5. Put in writing your career goals, or your reason for wanting to attend college. 6. Pretend that you had to write a letter of recommendation for yourself. Write down the three most important things...
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...College athletes should not be paid. Why should college athletes be paid, when it’s their choice to play the sport or not? College athletic programs can’t afford to pay athletes. There is a lot of money being put into athletic programs, but there is also the same amount going out and a lot of the programs are working at a loss. Most college athletes get sports scholarships, which should be payment enough. The athletes mostly always get their full tuition paid for, or at least discounted. Millions or even billions are given to athletes every year. The athletic scholarship for a school overtakes the school’s tuition. Even if a student doesn’t actually get money towards tuition, they get “freebies” for housing, meals, etc. Playing sports...
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...The only safe way to acquire student loan debt is if you can predict the future economy, job market, and housing market. Students are forced to spend money they do not have and cannot predict to have in four years. In my case, obtaining student loan debt derailed my career and life goals. In 2008 when I graduated from the University of California Los Angeles, I was thrown into one of the worst recessions since the 1930s Great Depression. There were hiring freezes, cut backs, and downsizing. This meant there were more experienced workers than me who were now applying to the same jobs that I was applying to. I could not find a job, but I still needed to pay off the $20,000 in loans that were acquiring interest. I was not in a great position and...
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...At every school in America, there are students that go to school and work their hardest each and every day. They take the hardest classes and challenge themselves more than anyone in their school. At most schools these students are rewarded for deciding to take the difficult route and challenging themselves by means of a weighted GPA. However, there are also students like this who go to schools that do not have a weighted GPA, and the difficult classes they take weigh the same as a general level class. This is why state governments should introduce a statewide high school GPA, so that equality is provided to every student, especially when it comes to applying to college. Applying to college is important and a statewide GPA scale would positively affect this because, “Honors and advanced-placement classes and also can positively affect an admissions decision” (Weaver 1) and with this said GPA system each student would have the same opportunity as those who go to a different schools across the state. Grading systems have been around since the very beginning of schooling. Instructors needed some way to rank their students so they had an idea of how their teaching was affecting them.“In essence, grading is an exercise in professional judgment on the part of teachers. It involves the collection and evaluation of evidence on students' achievement or performance over a specified period of time, such as nine weeks, an academic semester, or entire school year” (Guskey 2). In the beginning...
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...It wasn’t until senior year of high school have I decided that I know what I wanted to do with my career. I had just gotten my CNA certification during the summer leading up to my senior year of high school, I thought that maybe starting off as a CNA might give me a better insight on what I wanted to pursue. I’ve always been fascinated working within the medical field, as cliché as it may sounds but my early childhood had consisted of helping out my grandparents in Thailand and eventually when I moved within the states at the age of 6 I ended up taking care of my grandma. I always made sure that she had something to eat, fixed her sandwiches and fetched her things when she calls for it, I’ve never thought that with helping my grandma would prepare me in a way for my future....
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...unfit of the most basic emotion, happiness. I choose to pursue a career in the arts because I am worth it. I began my career in theatre later than most because I did not have any exposure to the arts in middle school. So in high school, I took the plunge! I was one of two freshmen to get accepted into the musical, and have come a long way since then. I’ve been accepted into Fordham University’s rigorous Theatre Performance major, and was recently a finalist in the Rita Moreno California High School Musical Honors Competition. These past four years I have...
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...The American Dream can be described as anything, yet some people may not understand why others have such a dream. To explain to Mrs. Johnson what is wrong with being a chauffeur, Mama says, “My husband always said being any kind of a servant wasn’t a fit thing for a man to have to be” (Hansberry 103). Mama...
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...trustworthy. I am an overachiever when it comes to my grades. I always try my best academically, and my high grade point average is proof of that. I pushed myself while I was in high school by taking Advanced Placement courses and honors classes. One reason why I try so hard is because I know it will all pay off in the end when it comes to applying for scholarships, colleges, and making my family proud. I have seen my mom struggle and she has made sure that I know how important it is to get a good education and a job so that I will be able to support myself in the future. I also want to be a role model for my younger brother. My mom has always told me to be a...
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...Leadership Paper Cassandra Eisengart Waynesburg University NUR 518 I began my journey to become a nurse in 2006 when I graduated high school and entered a nursing school in Akron, Ohio. Thankfully, upon graduation in 2010 from Robert Morris University I was able to quickly find a job that would lead me to wanting to advance my career further and get my masters degree in nursing. Without the many programs made available because of willing nurses to become educators, a lot of us would not be where we are today, myself included. Many people think about the nursing shortage when it comes to bedside nursing and nurses in hospitals. Few rarely think that in order for a person to become a nurse they actually need other nurses that are willing to teach them. As the baby boomer generation gets older, we have to keep in mind that this is also a lot of our nurses in the field right now. According to the Administration on Aging by 2030 there will be 72.1 million people in the United States age 65 and older, which will be about 19% of the population. This number is compared to just 12.4% of the population in the year 2000. Again, not only do these numbers show the advancing age of our population, it shows that a lot of the nurses that we have in the work force right now are going to be retiring within the next 10-15 years. According to the National League for Nursing, in 2007, one out of five nurse educators planned to retire within 3 to 5 years. Unfortunately...
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...Counterpoint (Wilson) Athletes are already getting paid for their talents through schools offering them scholarships to play there. So even though they don’t have time to earn money through jobs, they are spending less in the long run saving money. The average amount of debt held by graduating students is around $32,500. So while others are in crippling debt due to student loans, athletes will be free from that burden and able to pursue their dreams without that debt always on them (“College Athletes”).This actually might be better then paying them because teenagers and young adults aren’t always the best at managing money so even though if you gave them the same amount of money they get in their scholarship, and because most won’t go pro and make more money, they would probably mismanage it and end up in debt, defeating the entire purpose of playing sports in college. Counterpoint (Wilson) One reason why the money shouldn’t be directed to the players is because the the NCAA is already corrupt enough as it is. The NCAA has had numerous accounts of...
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...especially in higher education. For them to pursue a college education they have to deal with a lot of problems related to how to pay their college tuition. Undocumented immigrants should be able to receive financial aid, even though some people do not support them. There are many reasons why undocumented immigrants should be given financial aid. For example, the rate of undocumented immigrants that want to pursue higher education is higher than the national rate, but the economic opportunities for them to go to college are...
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