After leaving my high school life behind me‚ I looked for a way to escape my dreary surroundings. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and even if I had‚ I had no plan to achieve them. I spent my last year trying to enjoy my time and desiring that other people invited me to be in their company that I had no plan for when that last school bell rang. When it finally rang out‚ I was again lost. The only difference was that I no longer had classes. Going to Rock Valley rectified that. Like
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Academically and professionally my former boss‚ Gisella‚ has been the most influential mentor in my life. Gisella was once a professor at my junior college but I knew her as the director of the East Los Angeles College Writing Center. I was hired as a writing tutor and Gisella was my main boss. What I admired most about Gisella‚ was her intelligence and her empathy. Her knowledge of literature and her ability to think critically‚ always inspired me to push my intellectual abilities. As a student
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people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school programs (for example working for a charity‚ improving the neighbourhood or teaching sports to younger children) To what extent do you agree or disagree? Community service and pursuits such as charity work are praiseworthy and important ventures. There are both benefits for the individuals who are helped as well as for the volunteers. However‚ the issue of obligatory community service raises questions as to the
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Community College Tuition When my brother graduated from high school‚ it was difficult for my parent to pay for his tuition‚ seeing as how he just recently come to the States. The Free Community College program was able to help him go to college for two years and soon he will be planning to finish his last two years at another school. These give me the opportunity to be able to attend a university of my choice. My parent not having to worry about funding my brother college tuition gives them the
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amazing for college to be free‚ but if we really think about it. There is a lot more going into it than just free community college. The money has to come from somewhere if President wants to make it free for students to go to community. A lot of people do not think about the consciences or the aftermath of this plan. They are just paying attention to solving one problem‚ but do not stop and think about the rest of the problems that are going to raise when they make going to community college for free
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into the fraternity you see men who are dedicated to their morals‚ service‚ and friendship. “A fraternity is an association of men‚ selected in their college days by a democratic process‚ because of their adherence to common ideals and aspirations. Out of their association arises a personal relationship which makes them unselfishly seek to advance on another in the arts of life and to add‚ to the formal instruction of the college curriculum‚ the culture‚ and the character which men acquire by contact
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art have greatly influenced my life and have had an enormous effect on me as a person. Throughout high school‚ of all the great works of literature‚ poetry‚ and other types of art that have given me a feeling of joy‚ my senior year I discovered one piece of literature that stands out and opens my eyes to the world around me. Art‚ literature and music not only intrigue and inspire me‚ but also despite all of the thought provoking choices at hand‚ Brave New World‚ by Aldous Huxley‚ has had the greatest
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“THE PERSON WHO HAS INFLUENCED ME I am sure that I can attribute some of the positive aspects of my life to my older sister Mireya. I was living in Mexico at my mother’s house with the whole family except my dad. They got split and my dad came to United States to live. Then were all responsibilities for my oldest sister and my mom. My sister Mireya had a very clear mind of what she wanted in life at a very early age. Being the oldest sister of seven and with an absence of our father‚ taking the
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Community college‚ The worst fear for some and the best experience for others. Many people think that community college is a bad place to attend. They think they might not be good enough to be in a 4 year university. They seem to take that negativity throughout‚ their whole college experience. In the article‚ The Seven False Beliefs: Addressing the psychosocial Underpreparedness of the community College Student by Miranda‚ It stated that many community college students don’t start with the greatest
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Community colleges have become a vital part of higher education system. Many events have contributed to the development and continued growth of American community colleges. Their history dates back to the early twentieth century‚ and largely came about due to the need for workers to operate the nations expanding industries. In addition there was also an increased pressure on the nation’s school system to fix any social issues or problems that were occurring; such as merging ethic lines‚ unemployment
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