“FREE” Education Two years of FREE community college‚ In theory‚ this sounds like a really good idea‚ and would give numerous people‚ who would otherwise not be able to go to college‚ the opportunity to get a good start on his/her college education. President Obama has proposed a two year free community college plan‚ in his speech given at Pellissippi State College in Knoxville‚ Tennessee‚ President Obama stated‚ a college education should be “as free and universal as high school is today” (Korte)
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25‚ 2012 Should College Be for Everyone What is the purpose to be a student in college? Getting into university regarded as the best option after graduating from high school. But not everyone has ability to finish up four-year course of college. Even graduated from university‚ it doesn’t mean the nice job and perfect income. “Each decade‚ 30 million graduate from high school but only 6 million receive a college degree.”(Buffenbarger) Part of them can not be accepted by college‚ and others drop
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enjoy a football game knowing that one player’s career-ending injury will leave him saddled with nothing more than a lifetime of pain and doctor’s bills? This is one reason why we must compensate players. Second of all‚ college sports is big business. You might argue College sports generate billions of dollars‚ to be exact 11 Billion dollars in annual revenues. These revenues are given to NCAA executives‚ athletic directors and coaches in the form of salaries‚ and no athlete sees a dollar‚ When
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though they may not be better at a sport get to play anywhere they want in a nation and there are many good players that are left to play junior college baseball. junior college has always been a stepping stone to get to a big university and if you are an athlete one step closer to the ultimate goal. If the state of California takes away sports and
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Persuasive Essay Drew Miller and Rylee Zedek 12/16/16 Approximately every year 1 billion dollars in athletic scholarships are given out‚ because of this college athletes should not be paid. College athletes should not be paid because there’s not enough money to give scholarships and pay the athletes at the same time. For the athletes who are getting scholarships‚ the players are basically already getting paid to play for their team. If you get a scholarship you are obviously good enough
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Influenced by an Idol “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” Exactly these words of the legendary Vince Lombardi are printed on the wall of my bedroom in big bold letters. I wake up every single day and think of Coach Lombardi as an idol. These pure words of wisdom motivated me to go to school and try my best at everything including extracurricular activities and debate teams. They motivated me to not only set high goals and targets‚ but to chase and achieve them as well
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quickly bombarded by school counselors discussing which four year college they should apply too. At my high school‚ it was never second guessed whether the student would be attending college but was assumed. Most people have misconceptions that if they do not get a degree‚ they will unable to obtain a job and have an overall unsuccessful life. In Charles Murray’s‚ “Are Too Many People Going to College” and Freeman Hrabowski’s “College Prepares People for Life”‚ the two author both discuss the education
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of going to college directly after high school? The advantages of going to college directly after high school is you’ll still have the knowledge you’ve learned from elementary up to high school still etched in your mind. The disadvantages of not going to college directly after high school is that you just might not go to college for example I graduated from high school in “98” and I started a new job working at Lowe’s then in “04” gave birth to my first
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Why I am going to college There are many reasons why I decided to go to college at this point in my life. I want to make my whole family proud of me‚ and become a better role model for my daughter. I also want to get a better and more stable job for the future‚ and further my education to improve my own personal well-being. I feel the most important reasons for me to go to college is making my whole family proud of me and becoming a better role model for my daughter. After I graduated high school
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technical college or a four year university as a way to increase their education and marketability when seeking a job. There has been an increase in the number of students choosing a technical college over a four year university due to cost‚ non-traditional students‚ job placement rate‚ and teacher to student ratio. Overview For some student‚ your junior and senior year of high school is spent with trying to make the decision to go to a technical college or a four
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