Some people may be concerned if college is worth it or not. College is for those that actually want to learn and it is not to be taken lightly. It is the final preparation before you go to the outside world‚ so it may seem scary to some people because of the social situations and debt. However‚ it prepares you for the rest of your life. College gives students more than just educational knowledge‚ it teaches the students about life and a lot about themselves but there’s a huge debt behind all of this
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The main purpose for me wanting to go to college is to have the education and training requirements for the profession I want to pursue. All through my early life people have constantly told me that you cannot be the things you want without going to college. College is what gives people a sense of meaning in the world‚ when you go to college you open the first chapter of your new life. Furthermore‚ college is the primary basis of my career choice. My dream profession is to become a General Surgeon
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“Curbing College Drinking…” The consequences of college binge drinking are more destructive and life- changing than students realize. In the article “Curbing College Drinking Starts with a Change in Attitude‚” by Sara Fritz‚ published in Pearson’s The Effective Reader in 2011‚ the author explains the problems resulting from excessive drinking on college campuses. Due to the seriousness of drinking‚ colleges find‚ it will take the combined effort of parents‚ students‚ and college staff to
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The College Board document encourages college counseling and career counseling to be integrated in a program of instruction that starts in elementary school. College and career counseling at elementary school! At first thought this seems too early. However‚ the skills needed to be effective in the workforce require a solid foundation in reading‚ writing and basic math. These basic skills are all learned in elementary school and are essential in a modern economy. In the 21st Century the journey
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The main mission of Berkeley City College is “to promote student success‚ to provide their diverse community with educational opportunities and to transform lives” – this is what exactly required Edmundson during the process of teaching his students (Edmundson‚ 1997). As he puts it in his work that he did not wanted to hear that student enjoyed his class and discipline‚ but he needed to know that his classes challenged the students and changed their lives. He also points out that students needed
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The main goals of education should be that students can use what they learn in school and apply it to everyday life. In high school‚ students should be educated in what they will need for college and how to live and provide for themselves. In college‚ students should be educated in what career they are going into and how to effectively apply their skills to the job. In today’s education system‚ many students are just given information to remember and be tested on rather than actually being taught
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Stephanie proof. I am the biggest dork and electronics and I don’t usually get along all that well. I don’t do well with complex devices. I have tried some of them that my friends own but‚ for me to fork out that kind of cash I would have to go to college just to learn how to operate them. I still have a flip phone and the original iPod. Which applications will you be using on these devices? The only applications that I would be using on my device would be internet explorer‚ Microsoft office‚ and
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me want to get as far away from California as I could for college. UCLA‚ a 50-minute drive from my home in Irvine‚ did not seem as exciting as going off to the east coast by myself‚ which was always how I envisioned my college experience. As a naïve 18-year-old‚ I figured I no longer needed my parents’ help. I would go to Baltimore and be fine on my own‚ because after all‚ it was through my own hard work that I had been accepted to college. My mom‚ having left her home in California to go study in
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I am doubting myself‚ physically and mentally. Will my body be able to handle college athletics after everything I’ve put it through? Am I smart enough to maintain the grades I have been expected to have my whole life? But before I can even think about these things the real question is constantly making an appearance in my head: do I even really want to be a college athlete? I could never imagine that part of my life gone and knowing that all those practices and games were
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Yes the Electoral college should be taken out of the constitution.The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states‚ for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president
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