ENGL 112-O Persuasion Essay October 13‚ 2010 Professor Belding Persuasion Essay As young Americans living in the 21st century‚ we have many options when it comes to what we want to do after we graduate high school. Many choose to go to college and earn a degree while others choose to go straight to work or join the military. While all are very good choices for the young men and women who choose each path‚ some might be more rewarding than others. Earning a
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Why I decided to return to school The Purpose of my essay is to give my readers some high in sight on a few different challenges in my life that helped motivate me upon my return to school. I am a single 45 year old divorced woman with six children. I needed a good paying job and a college education to be able to continue supporting my family. I am also the youngest child of four and the light of my mother’s eyes. I was once married to my children’s father for 20 years. My ex-husband was
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Single Mothers; How Family and Childcare Issues Affect Employment In fall of 2009 Specialist Alexis Hutchinson‚ a 21-year-old Army cook and single parent‚ was days from deploying to Afghanistan for a year when her mother backed out of an agreement to take care of her 10-month-old son for the duration of her tour. Her mother‚ Angelique Hughes‚ had a child of her own at home and was also caring for a sick sister while running a day care from her home in California. Feeling overwhelmed‚ Ms. Hughes
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fit. This point of view says that sometimes‚ in today’s busy world‚ people need flexibility to manage their lives. For example‚ many single parents who are trying to earn their college degrees will sometimes need to skip a class because of the demands of their other responsibilities. However‚ I believe that the great majority of college students are young and single‚ and have few responsibilities‚ and that they need the discipline and structure of a system that requires attendance. Young people who
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I decided to return to school because of my financial situation‚ my children‚ and myself. All of these reasons above are why I decided to go back to school‚ and so I would like you to sit back as I paint you the picture of my life before I decided to go to school. I have been struggling financially for some years since I had my children. With the economy being so bad‚ and prices constantly going up how can I continue to survive on mininum wage? Before I had children it seemed a lot easier to survive
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Single Parenting “No one can be a single parent‚ and likewise‚ no one can alone bring a child into this world.”…Shoshana Alexander A young twenty four year old girl who just finished college should have nothing but her whole life to look forward to. A girl who just got a job as an aide in an elementary school‚ has many friends and a family who loves her. She is a girl who loves to hang out and be as normal and free as a twenty-four-year-old should be. But she has come to the conclusion that
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Sometimes at night‚ when it is so dark the darkness becomes almost smothering‚ I lie awake listening to the cars outside and the endless barking of the dog next door. I think back through my life‚ to try and comfort me into restful sleep. I remember summers from my middle school days. The images yellowy‚ orange‚ warm‚ happy. Endless weeks abroad‚ the sun almost unbearable in its cruel sunburnt heat. A time when swimwear wasn’t a terrifying thought: flabby thighs‚ see-through bikinis were things
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that Co-Ed schools are the best schools you can go to. Not only that there is a school called Single-Gender‚ but also you get better respect in that school. What i am trying to say is single-gender schools are better than Co-Ed schools. The first reason why Single-Gender schools are better than mixed gender schools is boys and girls are treated differently. In fact‚ the girls are getting mad at the teachers‚ because they get less respect than the boys. In the article “Single-Gender Schools Make the
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Persistence: Low Income Single Mother Welfare Recipients Research Paradigm The research paradigm that has been adopted for this study is Post-positivism and Critical-Advocacy. . Statement of the Problem This research will explore why a high percentage of graduates from the Life Design for Single Mums’ program are dropping out of higher education and regressing to previous program‚ give up or joining other community social service programs. The ‘Life Design for Single Mums’ is a two-track
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Returning back to school at 43 has been one of the most rewarding‚ yet the most challenging experience. It did not take me long before I knew that this was exactly where I was supposed to be and what I needed to continue to progress in my life. Attending to school was all I wanted to do and I attempted to return on many occasions but there were always trials and hurdles that at the time I could not climb. After the first semester of college I knew that the person I was then would never have completed
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