First-year students orientation initiatives that involve taking their phones away for the first 48 hours is not right nor fair for the students and the students parents. Taking the new students phones away is not advisable because making new friends can be hard but I feel like taking the new students phones away can make things very awkward and create an uncomfortable environment. I do not agree with the local university‚ and how they want to collect incoming students’ cell phones and keep them for
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Becoming a Successful College Student “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome.” Booker T. Washington. Throughout life people are faced with a variety of obstacles. How they choose to overcome these obstacles determines whether they become successful or not‚ it would be nice if there was an instruction manual to tell one how to be successful‚ how to overcome these obstacles. One of the most difficult obstacles
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A survey was taken from a wide array of adults in America to answer the question: “If you take out a $1000 loan that has a 20% interest rate‚ how much will you owe a year in interest?”. A simple question that can be answered quickly with $200‚ however‚ two thirds of the people surveyed either could not answer the question or got it wrong (fortune). This survey was taken from a wide variety of people‚ including many college graduates‚ who should have easily answered this question. With this many people
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stabilize emotions. For example‚ there is a tremendous amount of factors that come into play when it comes to what causes mental illness‚ but many studies show that depression and other mental illnesses have been found in a significant amount of students. According to Suicide.org‚ “Approximately 20 percent of teens experience depression or another mental illness before they reach adulthood”(3). As a result‚ the effort to preserve mental health has been diminishing. When it comes to a student’s education
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its Effects on College Students The internet is one of the most important inventions of the twentieth century and can be a very useful and productive tool. On the other hand the internet is also designed with entertainment in mind and can be a tremendous waster of time. College Students as a group have greater access to high speed internet connections than any other group. Therefore the use or misuse of the internet can be a very important issue in the education of a college student. Never before
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important for college students. As a college student‚ I need a healthy diet so that my body can run properly with enough fuel to get through the day. Since college is so stressful and demanding at times‚ it’s important that our bodies are fueled enough to keep up with the stress. I’m starting to see how important it is to have a healthy diet throughout college. It’s surprising how many young people have health issues because they didn’t pay attention to their health during the young college years. According
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thought that African Americans being in the military service would help them eventually claim equal citizenship. He was trying to help African Americans have equal lives when they come home from the wars. In the story “Returning Soldiers”‚ W.E.B Dubois explained that the soldiers were returning home‚ to still be treated unequally after the war. The soldiers were African American’s that had been drafted. The soldiers were put in the war to defend France from Germany. When the African American’s soldiers
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Consequences of a college student cheating on exams In today’s age when you look at the word “Cheating”‚ you may find many different definitions or meanings. Whether you cheat at work; known as fraud‚ cheat at home; known as dishonesty‚ or at school‚ this act of conduct can lead to many consequences made by ones choice. Cheating as a word to me means to not follow rules or standards brought up as a person. As we focus today on students cheating‚ the first thing that comes to my mind is cheating
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Students who are facing problems in the college surrounding can take help of some of the basic tips to have a winning feeling. 1. Get competitive If there is no competition then the students become lazy. During exams the students are there in the most alert state of mind. 2. Don’t expect a miracle If you study well you will get good result but expecting a miracle at the time of exam is not possible. It is always better to crack the exam hard and get better outcome. So‚ the best way to
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that you obtain an graduate degree to open more opportunities for career advancements. There are many benefits of life experiences for returning back to school.One is knowing exactly what degree you want to pursue. The benefits of having an college degree is to be more advanced in the work field than someone whom doesn’t have any college time. It take a lot in returning to school you have to chang you life style a lot to maintain focus on your class work.You have to be more dedicated to time than you
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