Imagine someone being 17 years old with a few months left until high school graduation and on their own with the future to think about; that person was me. I decided that I was going to wait a couple of years before I went back to school and I really wish that I wouldn’t have. If I wouldn’t have waited, I would already be done with my degree and making good money. Students should attend college immediately after high school to better their education, achieve independence, and earn higher wages.…
I would like to thank my lecturer and all the people who help me in the completion of this assignment through their valuable input.…
Lastly, I would like to give a special thank you to my beloved friends who are willing to enlighten me throughout the process of finishing up this paper. I want to thank them for sharing their opinions and ideas in order for me to accomplish this term paper.…
Claude Brown was born in 1937 and raised in Harlem--that district of Manhattan north of Central Park between Eighth Avenue and the East and Harlem rivers. His parents had moved up from South Carolina in 1935 and settled in a tenement at 146th Street and Eighth Avenue. Included in the family were two girls, Carole and Margie, and two boys, Claude and Pimp. The Browns were among the first of the waves of black migrants who left sharecropping farms in the South to come to the urban North. To these people, moving to the North meant a better life--a life in the "promised land." Claude--or Sonny, as he was called by his family and friends--spent his preschool days battling other boys in the streets of Harlem. He was encouraged to do so by the lifestyles of the street people. He was adopted as a mascot for an infamous Harlem bebop gang, the Buccaneers, and later became a member of its stealing division, the Forty Thieves. By the time he was ten years old, he had been in and out of New York's Children Centers and had been expelled from school several times. His parents reacted in two ways: His father tried to beat him into changing, and his mother pleaded with him, believing that Claude had been "born with the devil in him." Hoping that Claude would do better away from New York, his family sent him to live with his grandparents in South Carolina. During…
degree? Should my degree be specializing? Is the cost of an education worth going into debit…
Physicians post- high school careers take many years to complete. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that, “Almost all physicians complete at least four years of Undergraduate school.” The math that is required for you to take in college includes algebra and trigonometry. A few math’s that would be useful for your physicians’ career include calculus one and two and linear algebra. You must also complete “four years of Medical school.” Each Medical school has their own math requirements. After completing those eight years of school, depending on your specialty, you must complete three to seven years of internship and residency programs. After completing your schooling career, you will start using math on a daily basis.…
There are several fundamental reasons why students all over the world choose to pursue higher education: to broaden their knowledge base, to achieve financial independence, and to be a part of an environment that fosters personal growth. I truly believe that the best way to accomplish these three goals is to fully immerse oneself in a stimulating environment, where there is an abundance of opportunities to grow both during and after college. I am currently a second-year student at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), and I spent my first year of post-secondary education at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). I am highly interested in pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, but my current institution only offers…
My ultimate goal is to get expose to Higher Education as much as possible. I know that my career goals for Higher Education will change many as I get my experience. But for now, my ultimate career goal is one day become a Director of a Trio Program. I want to get chance to work with first generation and low income students. I can relate to those students because I am a first generation student myself and I also come from a low income family. The chance to make differences every day and make a career out of it is the ultimate goal. Other ultimate career goals I am interesting in are Dean of Students and College/University President. The types of positions that can help me get to Director of Trio are Academic advising and supervisor positions…
Before cancer, I was a stellar student who, with little effort, excelled in academic arenas. Since cancer, assimilating and disseminating information has been more difficult. Chemotherapy caused extensive damage to the regions of my brain that process memory. Nevertheless, I have persevered. With each new day, I move forward with my academic career. There have been roadblocks and setbacks, but it doesn’t matter, I crave learning and do so with fortitude.…
There comes a time in a person’s life when they need to start thinking about their future. Of course, kids tend to think about their futures from an early age. We’ve all wanted to be princesses and ninjas, pirates and fairies, superheroes and singers. But there’s a time to start thinking about your future reality-wise. In the modern era, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to obtain a job without an education past that at the high school level. While college is set up as a luxury, it’s evolving into a necessity. College is something I definitely see for myself in the future although not for the same reason. Personally, I would like to be able to learn about what I want to do and learn how to do it to the best of my ability. Going to college…
To say that I dedicated numerous amounts of hours deciphering the purpose of why I’m going to college would be a lie. For years I have always thought that college is somewhere you just go after high school. I believed that it is only somewhere you go to start your career and in turn make a lot of money. In fact, this “purpose” is what has been institutionalized within U.S. citizens under this Capitalist system. We are told to go to college so we can get jobs where we can make money, buy a big house, start a family, and live the lifestyles we have always dreamed of. For a very long time this was my only goal in life: to go to college so I can get a well-paying job to afford the lifestyle that I want to live. I never put much thought into what…
Describe your college and career goals. Explain how LBCPA will help you to attain them.…
College, it can be the difference of doing the job you want or not. Going to college, whether you use your degree for what it is or not, proves that you are hardworking and intelligent. True, the cost is going up and the amount of jobs are going down but people are stubborn and stick to their believes that those who go to college are better than those who don’t.…
This is an important year in my early college career, because I’ll be taking four college classes. I will grow academically by using my resources wisely. I will be advocating for myself when I need help in a subject. I will be using my time wisely like doing my homework or helping other people.…
Neither of my parents graduated from college, I am the first in my family to earn an associate’s degree. I chose to pursue my college education despite pressures from my working-class family to just work instead. They wanted me to avoid what they view as a costly and unnecessary expense and to stay out of debt in order to avoid the money-problems they faced. At HCC, need-based grants covered my tuition, but I hope that with scholarships like the ones UT offers, I can afford to finish my degree and inspire my six brothers and sisters to pursue thier college education.…
