August 10th, 2010 How to be successful in college The transition for most of the high school student to college can be a difficult and stressful time. College life is not only change of study place, college is a huge different life change, this transition from high school to college include amount of new challenges. That challenges include, new friends, take own decision, time management, independence from parents rules, new social norms, and financial management, but how freshman student…
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In the passage “Who Needs College” by Niall Ferguson, Ferguson gives his own two cents on why college, in his opinion, isn’t as big a deal as we make it out to be. Ferguson explains why he thinks the college system is doing it all wrong and wasting peoples time and money. Ferguson doesn’t think that the college system is failing kids, but rather making it so only a handful of kids actually benefit from the experience. Throughout the passage Ferguson quotes people of influence such as Rick Santorum…
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future is a part of life and should not be taken away. Imagine being told you could only receive straight A’s and only attend an Ivy League school to be successful in life. Patrick Goldstein’s “Tiger Mom vs. Tiger Mailroom,” which first appeared in Times on February 6, 2011, emphasizes how you can be successful in life with or without attending college and receiving a degree.…
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What does it take to be successful? Success can be measured in so many ways it is difficult to know a certain path to take in order to achieve it. Monetary success is measured by how much wealth you accumulate and educational success is measured by how well you perform academically. Education is a valued privilege in America. People should take advantage of every opportunity to become smarter. However, knowledge is not always obtained through the traditional forms of education. Is the brick mason…
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College? “Are you going to college?” This is one of the most common questions high school students are asked. Not every student knows the answer. Some do and have an extensive plan, while others are unsure of what path they may end up in. Either one is okay, but hopefully a student is considering college. College is important and people should be motivated to go. A college degree is vital in order to have a successful career. College allows a person to grow with knowledge and become an expert on…
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Why are we in college? What do we expect to get out of college? I know how you answered both of those questions and it was to get a good paying job of course. But what if I told you that you could get a high paying job without having a college degree. However college is still important and I will tell you why. The main reason most of us think we are attending college for is to get a high paying job. However you are very capable of having a great job without going to college. This is the land…
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Everyday life is based on personal responsibility, maintaining an efficient way of living is very important for today’s society Personal responsibility is accounting for your own actions on a daily basis. For example, handling finances, college, health and fitness, children, setting up one’s personal goals for their future. These are all basic personal responsibilities that a person has to deal with every day. The true definition of personal responsibility is one’s ability to take care of oneself…
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The Importance of College A human being progresses to the next stage when graduating from high school and begins college. Attending college can be a vital stage in a human beings life, even though some people argue otherwise. Without college we would be people who have skills and talents but never develop them to something that can be beneficial to not only ourselves, but the community as well. College is a place for development, making connections and even a branch of family and cultural tradition;…
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September 5, 2012 How to be a Successful College Dropout Have you ever been sitting in class and all of a sudden you notice that one of your friends isn’t there? Now that you begin to think about it, you have not seen them going to any of their classes or around campus the past few weeks, so you go to the only reliable source known to man, Facebook. As you are scrolling down their page you see one their status says, “college dropout”? As you sit there in amazement, you start to wonder how did they dropout…
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During this visit, the staff member, along with a parent(s) and the student will discuss and sign a contract. The contract basically shows the three pronged support system, or three legged stool as they mention. The support they are to receive to be successful must equally come from the school, the parents, and the student. Below are the three videos I observed, and the questions in relationship to these videos that I must answer as part of this assignment. (1) List and briefly discuss three of the projects…
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