College Isn't for Everyone
The words “You can’t”, have been apart of my mind set since day one. I was always told that it isn’t possible for me to be as smart as my sister, or on the same level of my brother who is special needs. I was always in the in between, but the main reason I am striving for success is because I know I can and even though at times I don’t think college is for me, I know I can achieve anything I set my mind to. In less than three years I will have a whole new life started for myself, all because I made it possible for myself to receive a college degree and start the perfect life full of success, money and happiness.
Throughout W.J Reeves “College Isn’t For Everyone”, he point outs many topics that I believe effects me personally but also my peers. Attendance, happens to be one of them. If you don’t give your classes the time needed, you begin to slack in every way possible. “After four years, the bad habits of not being on time and attending sporadically have become second nature. Such habits are unlikely to make for a very productive worker”. In all honesty, this is one of the main things that I have problems with, because of health issues and the thirty minute drive to class sometimes I believe it isn’t worth it. But almost 99% of the time it is worth it, for all I know missing a class could end in my failing the class cause I missed certain notes or a quiz. With that in mind, referring back to “College Isn’t For Everyone” Reeves says “It is hard to be a productive worker if one appears occasionally, yet token appearances, sometime just cameos, are tolerated in college”. I believe if I make the effort to not miss class then I’m not wasting my education or money, I’m making it possible for the life I want three years from now.
Experiencing college so far at community college has been everything I expected but so much better. I take pride in telling others I am a college student, because it shows that I have the initiative to strive for higher education to become the
Throughout W.J Reeves “College Isn’t For Everyone”, he point outs many topics that I believe effects me personally but also my peers. Attendance, happens to be one of them. If you don’t give your classes the time needed, you begin to slack in every way possible. “After four years, the bad habits of not being on time and attending sporadically have become second nature. Such habits are unlikely to make for a very productive worker”. In all honesty, this is one of the main things that I have problems with, because of health issues and the thirty minute drive to class sometimes I believe it isn’t worth it. But almost 99% of the time it is worth it, for all I know missing a class could end in my failing the class cause I missed certain notes or a quiz. With that in mind, referring back to “College Isn’t For Everyone” Reeves says “It is hard to be a productive worker if one appears occasionally, yet token appearances, sometime just cameos, are tolerated in college”. I believe if I make the effort to not miss class then I’m not wasting my education or money, I’m making it possible for the life I want three years from now.
Experiencing college so far at community college has been everything I expected but so much better. I take pride in telling others I am a college student, because it shows that I have the initiative to strive for higher education to become the
Cited: Reeves, W. J. “ College Isn’t for Everyone.” USA Today. CBS Interactive, 01 May 2003. Web. 29, Feb 2012. Soltan, Margaret. “Better Living through Consciousness: Why You Should Take Your College Education Seriously.” Inside Higher Ed. (2008): Web. 29 Feb. 2012.