Why Going To College

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The iconic figure, John F. Kennedy, an American president of the United States, once famously said, "The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth." Education is the single most important factor in the development of a country. When I thought about why going to college was so important, I remembered my high school years, when I enrolled in Robert A. Millikan High School in Long Beach, California. It was there, where I was amazed by academia-a rigorous community concerned with: research, education, and scholarship. Making it to college gave me a general surrounding and improved my lifestyle for the better. It helps me build a unique perspective on knowledge. It helps me manufacture assessments and perspectives …show more content…
There are many methods to study; it provides the guidelines one must adhere to for instruction about the examination. I plan for success because studying hard is how successful people succeed by setting goals and working to achieve those goals. For example, time management made me realize what I should do in a day. I manage time to help me make sure that I have done both the things I need to do and the things I want to do. I plan a definite time to do my studying. I committed myself to my time plan because studying was an important priority to set. It was the most important task to rank. I bought a planner to have a regular schedule, one that would be clear about what had to be done for that day. In high school, there was not a day, when I did not have information put down on the planner. It helps me become organized by being on top of things and gave me a general overview of my day. Studying was always a habit of mine to do every day. In high school, studying made me want to work hard by dedicating hours of reading to keep the information for the subjects: English, Math, History, and …show more content…
Rodriguez had gained a first-rate Catholic school education in the white suburbs of Sacramento, California, which allowed him to pursue higher education with all the adequate scholarly preparation that most Mexican American youth are not given. Rodriguez education costs him his connection to his culture and family. I acknowledge Rodriguez work ethic, because studying hard was a prime reason for his success in the classroom where he did not, "forget that schooling was changing me and separating me from the life I enjoyed before becoming a student" (Rodriguez, Page 47). Studying hard benefited my life, because in an educational institution, where only results matter receiving a passing score of a letter grade of "C" or better would give me an opportunity to make it to college in the

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