Having a college level education can make the life changing difference between having a job you love‚ and being forced to do something you don’t particularly enjoy for the remainder of your life. In addition to that‚ a college education opens several doors which have numerous benefits including better job opportunities‚ having a job you love or are pleased with‚ job stability‚ and earning more money. My college education will allow me to experience all of that‚ as well as acquire knowledge in my
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2013 Eng 300 The Real Value of a College Education In today’s society‚ nearly every senior high school student is expected to continue their education by going to college. Campuses are admitting the highest number of freshmen than ever before while at the same time cutting down on the amount of class offered. Therefore‚ it is no surprise that the value of a college education has declined in the last couple years in respect to gaining academia knowledge; however‚ I believe it still holds great value
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“What is College For?” – The Review In the article‚ “What Is College For? (Part 2)” written by Gary Gutting we see a description of his ideal vision to improve education and the intellectual culture of our citizens. Mr. Gutting emphasizes that preparing students for employment should be the job of the elementary‚ middle and high school rather than college. He argues that higher education is basically unnecessary for the practice of many professions. At the beginning of this article he states
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IMPORTANCE OF GOAL AND ACHIEVEING SUCCESS IN COLLEGE. Is it smart to set goals before college? ‘‘About half of all students who start college don’t finish. Roughly one quarter of freshmen drop out before sophomore year‚’’ according to Career Prep Academy. Twenty-five percent of freshmen’s in college drop out before their next year in college. Students drop out for many reasons and one of these being not setting goals for themselves‚ many students might believe that setting goals is creating a
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Goals of American Public Education TJC National University Foundations of Education/TED 602 January 13‚ 2012 Professor KL Goals of American Public Education Public education in America began in the early to mid-19th century with the simple goal of “uniting the American population by instilling common moral and political values” (Spring‚ 2012‚ p. 5). Our country was founded by men who designed the constitution so that it could be amended to accommodate changing political and social climates
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Education Through Experience How does one learn? Is learning part of the modern day media induced generation? Do we learn by flipping through television channels and reading magazine articles? Or does learning run deeper than that? In today’s world we would like to believe that by turning on the Discovery channel or actually finishing a Harry Potter novel we have learned it all. We justify our media obsession by saying how much we are learning when we stay “glued to the tube” or nose deep in the
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I decided to continue my education because of the experiences that I learned at work. Getting paid and being promoted for the first time was exhilarating‚ this has never ever happen to me and I loved it. The best part of getting paid was the reason behind it; I was just standing around for eight hours watching people work. As a manager I had to know how to repair mechanical and electrical problems of the product‚ keep track of inventory‚ and maintain production. Working with engineers‚ technicians
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“A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society‚ and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. “ –A. Bartlett Giamatti My liberal education experience has been limited thus far in my college career as I have had the Liberal Studies major for merely a semester. Although I have had one liberal studies class my opinion on what a liberal education is and can be for a student has greatly changed in a single semester. I transferred to Grand Valley after completing my general
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Although higher education has become more accessible to lower and middle-class citizens‚ many complex obstacles remain in place. Most students receive a culture shock when entering college for the first time; I’m still shocked. Whether it’s the college atmosphere‚ professor expectations‚ or workload‚ students can agree it’s different than they expected. First I had to realize why I was there: what was my goal? My overall goal is to earn my basic credits and eventually transfer my ACC credits to a
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paper I will talk about my short term and long term goals. I will discuss educational and personal goals. I will also discuss the fears that I have returning to college and what I will do to conquer these fears. At the end of this paper I will discuss the people that I will thank for supporting me when I reach graduation. Motivation Paper Motivation is an interesting subject which is strictly linked to success in life‚ academic achievements‚ achieving goals and making dreams come true. I have
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