to obtain a social security number to go to college and to get a job. Recently, administrative action has been taken and this program has been rescinded. I am in the 800,000 that has been affected by this decision. Many people who have DACA cannot reapply if it expires after a certain date. I got lucky because I still get the chance to renew my DACA. Getting into a college is very important to me. I will be the first one in my family to go to college. Being able to get into Georgia State University
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Everyone should have personal goals that evolve around anything that needs to be accomplished. I set goals on a daily basis. One goal that I seem to have not truly focused on has been my college education. Considering all things, I decided I needed to focus on my college education. The first thing I needed to accomplish was to enroll in an institution for higher learning. Now that my enrollment is complete, I am an official student at the University enrolled in the undergraduate program for business
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The transformation of computers to iPad, and telephones to small palm sized mobile phones, without wires, inspired me to gain an insight into the factors responsible for wireless communication. The extraordinary developments in this field, both in Wide and Local Area Networks, especially in the Network Management and Security Systems further stimulated my interest and have encouraged me to opt for post-graduation in Computer and Network System Security. After completing my high school, I enrolled myself
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My New Journey I realized that my journey from high school to college would not be so easy for me. When it come to high school I didn't do as well as I wanted to. My grades were not something i was so happy about. I was the kid that my friends wouldn't see everyday in class and I didn't really care too much when it was time to study. Now as I start my new journey into the college life I know it’s going to be a challenge and I'm going to have to change in some ways to prepare myself
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business administration Many people set goals in life with a mindset of accomplishing these goals, and there is no more important goal than achieving a higher degree in education. It always has been my ultimate goal to achieve a master’s in business administration (MBA), but because of the time constraints and long deployments of military service, attending an institution of higher education for an MBA was out of the question. After 30 years of military service and beyond the age of 50, there is no better
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being responsible and owning the choices that you make. Responsibility means to take ownership and not try to blame or rationalize the situation. Once ownership is accepted, personal responsibility is much easier to accept. In Personal Responsibility: Why it matters, Alexander Brown believes the three key aspects of personal responsibility consist of fairness, autonomy, and human flourishing and what exactly is necessary to achieve personal responsibility as it relates to those
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March 8, 2013 Summary The two articles on adult learning theory studied were “ALT: Application to Non-Traditional College Students” written by Cari Kenner and Jason Weinerman and “ALT for the Twenty-First Century” by Sharan B. Merriam. Both of these articles point out that having a passion for teaching is the most important thing. In “ALT: Application to Non-Traditional College Students”, the author begins by giving an example of one of the reasons many people take the route of not going to
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attending college to obtain my Ph.D. in psychology. Like hundreds of thousands of the other high schoolers all over the nation time to decide which college I should attend is running out. As I have evaluated each college the main factor in which college I choose comes down to the price tag attached to each college. Unfortunately, my first choice college, University of Maine, seems to be out of my price range. So, this is why I am here today. At first I thought the idea to raise money for college on a
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to speak on “College Uneducation.” Is it possible that our college education may “uneducate” rather than educate? I answer “Yes.” It is a paradox but nonetheless the truth—the grim, unmerciful truth. We all believe in higher education; else we should not be in the University. At the same time, college education—like all other human devices for human betterment—may build or destroy, lead, or mislead. My ten years’ humble service in the University of the Philippines has afforded me an opportunity
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speak on “College Uneducation.” Is it possible that our college education may “uneducate” rather than educate? I answer “Yes.” It is a paradox but nonetheless the truth—the grim, unmerciful truth. We all believe in higher education; else we should not be in the University. At the same time, college education—like all other human devices for human betterment—may build or destroy, lead, or mislead. My ten years’ humble service in the University of the Philippines has afforded me an opportunity
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