Rosemary Wells’ Max and Ruby’s Midas and Max and Ruby’s Pandora take Greek myths and give them a new spin. Her stories are aimed at young children in the hopes to provide an enjoyable reading experience while teaching lessons on life. She accomplishes this‚ but only by completely creating new versions of Pandora and Midas. Wells’ changes greatly deviate from the ancient sources in her characters‚ the objects within the stories‚ and the outcomes. In her quest to make these stories relatable‚ Well’s
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Universities vs. Community College When considering a plan for after high school‚ students can choose between two different types of college education. High school graduates can either attend a four year university off the bat‚ or first attend a community college. Although the idea of a four year university may be appealing to many‚ a community college should also be considered as a valuable option. Both of these types of education have pros and cons‚ but in terms of cost a community college dominates
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Community College vs. Four Year University? It’s very hard to believe that there are so many options for students to get an education right now. Students have the options to physically go to class‚ take them online‚ receive certification training and the list goes on. I graduated high school in 2002 and around that time‚ it seems that I only had two options: community college or a four-year university. Personally‚ I was leaning towards a Prince Georges Community College in Largo‚ MD‚ but my
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C January 17‚ 2013 How State Budget Cuts Affect Community Colleges and Universities as Fiscal Crisis Looms An analysis of the public school system reveals one challenge facing community colleges and universities: Rising costs are putting pressure on enrollment or forced schools to limit the number of courses they can offer. Every year the result has been a dramatic drop in the number of students the system can afford to teach. Most colleges have also reduced the size of their staff‚ and provided
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Technology benefits for the College community and Students BIS/220 November 27‚ 2013 Social Media and Network Technology benefits for the College community and Students Technology is constantly changing and the younger generation is interacting and embracing this new technology at an accelerated rate. The younger generation enjoys having the world information at their fingertips and the immediate gratification of information. Colleges will need to embrace these new communities in order to keep up with
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Bob Rath in his article “The Dropout Rate of Community College Is Problematic‚” discusses exactly what its title says it does. The key focus of this entire article is about how dropout rates for community college students have risen within recent years and how it can affect our nation’s economy in the years to come. With less people in the workforce‚ businesses nationwide will be understaffed and as a result unable to make as much profit as it should. The author elaborates on this crisis when discussing
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for: UMASS Lowell Community College Academic Scholarship Please write describing any personal circumstances or academic experiences you feel are important for us to know about you? Every person who begins a college career has a multitude of reasons for doing so. Some people do it because they are expected to get a college degree. Others do it for a better life than they could have without a college degree. For me it is neither of these reasons. I am a former college drop-out who believes
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taking a course at Merritt community college. Nervously I opened the classroom door‚ the room was not as big as I expected it to be‚ the chairs were all aligned perfectly straight looking at the board. To my surprise the class was decorated with Hispanic history‚ which brought me a sense of confidence and belonging. As I took my seat‚ I didn’t feel nervous anymore and I felt like I was a college student and not a high school student. That day I became a first generation college student ready to take US
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Philadelphia was the nation’s capital‚ and its largest city in 1793. Important figures like Thomas Jefferson‚ George Washington‚ and Alexander Hamilton lived there. It was also the city where one of the most devastating diseases spread through. (PBS). Beginning in the late seventeen hundreds and lasting almost a century‚ The Yellow Fever ripped through Philadelphia and some of the surrounding cities (Finger). The first major American yellow fever outbreak hit in July of 1793 and significantly got
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Parts of a prescription 1. Prescriber information: The doctor’s name‚ address and phone number should be clearly written (or preprinted) on the top of the prescription form. Some states require the doctor’s state license number to be on the form. It is not recommended that you preprint your Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number on the prescription pad. It becomes too easy for drug abusers to lift a few prescription forms for illicit use if that number is easily available. The DEA number is
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