hard and make sacrifices to better my education and future. My parents came into this country to give my brothers and me a better living condition and a brighter future. They have made huge sacrifices in order to achieve this. My father for example‚ works seven days a week. I see him struggle‚ I see him tired‚ but I also see what he is doing for his family. I want to be able to go to school‚ pursue my dreams‚ obtain my dream job and help others become better people. I want my parents to see that I
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Why Go To College? Why go to college? Why would someone spend thousands of dollars to sit in yet another classroom? My uncle says “people that get a degree make over a million dollars more in a lifetime.” My dad counters that with “the world needs ditch diggers too.” I came to college to start my life‚ to become an independent man who finds his niche among society. I suppose some people can do that outside of school but I find college to be an optimum transition to the adult life as it teaches practical
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poverty and destitution‚ my life there was not that bad. Since my dad has lived in the USA since long before I arrived‚ I was able to go to private school in Ethiopia and get a good education. I came to the USA when I was fourteen years old. Nothing was as easy as I thought it would be. New country‚ new language‚ new home‚ new school‚ new friends: everything was new for me. Being a high school student made it even harder. It is obvious that all teens face typical problems during their high school life
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many reasons why people go to college. College plays a role a student’s life‚ one of these roles are to help get students a better job that pays them a lot but that isn’t the only reason. According to Melisa McCreery “Higher education provides a number of benefits; most notably to the nation’s economic stability and job creation‚ civic engagement‚ and pulling students from low socioeconomic situation and landing them securely in middle class America.” In other words college is to help better a student’s
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a position working during the day‚ due to the lack of supervision available to my children. I do not wish to take any position just to pay the bills‚ I want to be successful. I wish to be a better person and role model to all. I want to attend college to obtain an associate degree in elementary education. Studies show with an associate degree I have a chance at higher earnings. The school my children who are ages 7 and 6 are attending is momentarily short staffed with assistants. I wish to
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Value of college People should go to college because you can get more money in the end. My reasons for this is you get more money in the end‚ you have a less chance to be obese‚ and you can get better benefits from your job. Now i will explain my reasons for putting these reasons. Going to college you can get more money. You can get more money because you can have a better education and better jobs will want hire you. Those better jobs will hire you because you know more and you can do your job
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Why do young adults decide to go to college? The answer is to receive a degree in order to obtain a worthy job. The young men and women who decide to go to Marywood University so they can achieve one of Marywood University’s Core values: excellence. They want to receive good grades‚ graduate with a degree‚ and go through life doing the job they worked hard for. Part of the Marywood’s education system is the liberal arts core. For example‚ students who are a Pre-Physician Assistant major would
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ones tell them how college is the uppermost important decision a person can make‚ pushing them to attend a college. But is college really the best choice? Authors Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill of “Should Everyone Go to College?” argues yes‚ college is the best choice but not for everyone. Sawhill (a codirector of the Center on Children and Families) and Owen (a senior research assistant at Bookings’ Center on Children and Families when the report was written) believe college should be carefully
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want to go to college or not. When it comes to the issue on going to college‚ most people understand that going to college will help their future. It helps prepare people for their careers fields. Most people believe it is a waste of time‚ when in reality it is not. Not going to college can make it harder to get a job. People believe college is too expensive‚ but the only thing that is going to become expensive is not having a college education. There are many reasons why obtaining a college degree
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College is a stepping stone to education‚ some people will go to it and some will not. There are rumors that people hear about college. Some of these might be that college is hard or that it is just like high school. These stories come from people that may or may not have attended college. A debate that goes through most high school student’s minds is wondering if they should go to college or not. Going to college and not going to college are both difficult decisions to decide which should not be
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