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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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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Weight gain in college is a big issue in America due to busy lifestyles‚ lack of exercise‚ stress‚ easier access to fast food‚ and larger calorie intake. Students today are faced with the serious reality of unwanted weight gain as they enter college. College weight gain can become a big problem and later lead to Obesity. When students enter college most of them leave sports behind them. These students that were used to practicing five or more times a week for hours at a time are now left with no
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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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Is Attending College Worth the Cost? “It’s just extremely disappointing and aggravating to have paid all that money and have nothing to show for it other than debt.” proclaimed Michelle Polyakov‚ an English graduate from Drake University. Polyakov obviously feels that college is not worth the cost and that all someone has to show for the education is debt. College has been deemed‚ by some‚ that it is not worth the cost because of the financial loss‚ the future job security‚ and the need for “blue
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College is an open door to many opportunities especially for someone like me who comes from a conservative culture in which most believe the working field is not for women. Times have changed and yet an employed woman is looked down upon. Many girls dream about having a bright future only to see it shatter once they become older and their opportunities are seized. I want to be able to beat the odds and go against the old-fashioned beliefs of my culture. To do so I need to achieve a higher education
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students go to college with the sole intention to get their degree‚ become employed‚ and earn a higher salary. Students with these intentions tend to struggle more throughout their college years. Students go to college because they obtain skills and characteristics that employers find desirable. These skills and characteristics also allow them to function in society. Making the leap from high school classrooms to college campuses can be difficult for many students simply because college professors expect
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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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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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