ago‚ there were 14.1 million students in the U.S College and Universities. Since 2011 the number has risen to 19.7 million. So the question is‚ “ Why do students go to college?” Robert S. Feldman‚ the author of P.O.W.E.R: Learning Strategies For The Success and Life‚ most students when asked‚ “Why are you going to college?” responded with because they wanted to make a lot money. Feldman believes “that the value of College extends far beyond dollars and cents.” College offers a myriad of benefits beyond
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Effects of Racial Diversity on Complex Thinking in College Students by Anthony Lising Antonio‚ Mitchell J. Chang‚ Kenji Hakuta‚ David A. Kenny‚ Shana Levin‚ and Jeffrey F. Milem go in depth with their research in order to find out if there is a correlation between the opinion and thoughts of minorities and how it can influence others. The experiment that I decided to create in order to understand if racial diversity affects the complexity of our thinking is similar to Antonio‚ Chang‚ Hakuta‚ Kenny
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IMPORTANCE OF A COMPUTER FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS Technology has become more advanced and played a major role in our daily lives. Today‚ an invention such as the computer appears in almost every home and has become an essential tool in the school system. A computer is necessary for college students for three reasons: taking notes‚ doing research‚ typing and submitting assignments. First of all‚ a computer is necessary for students for taking notes in class. Not every student has good handwriting so
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My PersonalGoals I have many personal goals I hope to attain as a college student. Along the path to my degree I will be setting an example for my children‚ building my own self confidence‚ and starting a lifetime of strategic learning. My parents are both college graduates. I watched my parents obtain their degrees while I was growing up‚ and it instilled in me a sense of the importance of a good education. I was raised knowing that sometimes early in life things happen to knock one off course
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The Ables vs. the Binges ! In the Selection “The Ables vs. the Binges” written by John Verdant‚ the author outlines consumer behavior and the consequences it has on family life. The Ables strengthen their community by shopping locally and organically. They take pride in keeping money in the national and local economy and assuring local food security. For example‚ the family has a crate of local vegetables shipped from outside of town each month. The author explains how local business owners respect
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Drinking Age “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy‚” was once said by a very smart man named Benjamin Franklin. He lived in a time when there was no minimum drinking age. Before the 1900’s there wasn’t any kind of drinking laws anywhere in the United States. The drinking age was regulated by society which was family‚ church‚ and communities. Yes‚ some kids probably drank too much back then‚ but I’ve learned that the current laws aren’t doing much to stop it now either. At
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2. Behaviors and attitudes common to students or workers who behave professionally are: attention to detail‚ hard working in every task assigned‚ working to be the best both personally and within their environment‚ the drive to do well and the pride felt after a job well done‚ and the ability to receive criticism in a positive manner and better his/her self based on the feedback given. With all of these characteristics put together‚ along with others‚ a student or worker will be able to greatly excel
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when I got suspended for ten days. After that had occurred it made me think that maybe they have a limit on alcohol for a reason. One of those reasons being that kids are not mature enough yet to handle the side effects that alcohol brings. Underage drinking has been around for years but it brings little to no good to our society. In the United States‚ there is a certain legal age that states the time in which individuals are allowed to drink or purchase alcohol. Even though you may not agree with
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Maintaining the Drinking Age Law of 21 Teen alcohol use kills about 6‚000 people each year‚ more than all illegal drugs combined (Hingson and Kenkel). Alcohol use by persons under 21 years of age is a major public health problem. Alcohol is a common used and abused drug among youth in the United States. Although alcohol is harmful to everyone‚ alcohol harms adolescents much more than adults. Adolescents are more vulnerable than adults to the harmful effects of alcohol on learning‚ memory‚ and
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successes‚ then learning to adapt and overcome all that is necessary to become who or what you would like to be. As college students we face many challenges and have many responsibilities from financial to personal responsibilities to balancing personal and school time. I believe one of the main things you have to do first is identify the challenges faced by students. As college students we face many challenges and have many responsibilities. For a lot of people returning to school is a big adjustment
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