Growing up is was no question whether or not I was going to college, it was an automatic yes for me. No one had to ever ask me if I was going to college because they all knew that the answer is yes. The reason why I knew that I had to go to college was because everyone in my family went to college; now don’t just think that because everyone in my family went to college that we are a bunch of rich snobs. We have all been hit with the reality of struggles in life. That’s why I learned quickly that you don’t just go to college so you can get a better education you have to be able to do something with that education.…
Purpose of a College Education Enrolling in college was not a decision that I took lightly, but is one of the most important decisions I have ever had to make. Taking college classes and working towards a degree is something I want to achieve. Attending college was a heated and an important part of my divorce decree. Recognizing the privilege that I have of being able to continue learning, achieving and stretching my limits is appreciated. Because of the fortunate circumstances that I have, to live in a country where I can attend college and have the same chance at success that everyone else has been one reason I enrolled in college.…
Have you ever felt like your trapped in a deep dark hole? If you have ever felt like that don't because we each have a purpose in the world. Think of the world as a play everyone has a part in it you just have to find it. I have many things I love to do like sewing, baking, canning, sports and many other things. My parents and family think I am a determined girl because if I set a goal to do something I do it no matter what.…
I view the student as the central part of education. Therefore I believe the purpose of education needs to be to nourish within the student the ability to think, to question, to explore, to analyze, to innovate, and to dream what can be. In this way the student then will become an informed, educated, and contributing member of the local and global society. From the very beginning the student is learning through the experiences that he encounters. His knowledge is built upon these experiences, first in the home, then in a more formal social setting.…
What is the goal of your College Education? Some people may think that college is about leaving home, picking a career, getting a job to make money and working for the rest of their lives. However, some of this is true, a lot of it is wrong.…
Well, that is a difficult problem to address, isn’t it? It is often true that we do not know what we do not know in light of the fact that we do not know it. I could be lazy and say something like, “I do not know what country is going to send humans to Mars first,’ or, ‘I do not know if extraterrestrial life exists,” but how could we know everything that we do not know if indeed we do not know it and have never known about it? If we have known it before and forgotten, it is not difficult for an object, event, or individual to jog our memory, yet unless new data is introduced, the unknown cannot be known. This revelation of knowledge happens all the time, but the sheer volume of attainable data is what makes it impossible to fully comprehend everything you already know, let alone…
Education is an advanced unearthing of individual ignorance. Mark Twain once said, “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” I must use every resource possible to ensure my future is bright and better for the people that follow my footsteps. This cannot be done without taking all necessary measures to go to college despite my economic background. I am the second oldest of five children born to a non-working parent and an absent father.…
Opportunity is gift we’ve forgotten how to utilize. I was born in Nigeria, a western african nation riddled with internal struggle, a corruption, and turmoil. Life there was completely different, namely in the fact that we lacked the same opportunities most Americans enjoy. In Nigeria it was common to see students spend the little money they had to receive an education that would amount to practically nothing. Merit did not allot you credit, that was earned by having connections.…
College education is the key to a flourishing future. With a college education, a person becomes more clever than when he/ she was just a high school graduate. By being more clever, a person can see the world through a different perspective and have a better life quality. Therefore, with a college education, a person can acquire various necessities that would have been difficult to achieve if he/she lacked a basic college education.…
I was born and raised in Snellville, Georgia with my two parents and siblings. From the beginning, I’ve always been a smart and respectful student in the classroom. I never found education to be anything “stressful”, ”hard” or something to complain about. School never really came as a concern to me, for I always aimed to do my best. In my household, slacking off and bad grades were never an option.…
The importance of studying and education was greatly stressed in my household from the time I was in kindergarten to when I was writing up college application essays, so for a while I thought my desire to succeed and get good grades stemmed from my parents always pushing me to do well. However, as I grew older and my parents did not feel the need to keep driving me to study and get ahead I realized that that want for knowledge and education was something that I had always possessed even before my parents started to influence my studying. I would read books upon books of stories of any kind without anyone forcing me to just because I loved to read and learn about new things or words. The passion I had for education continued to grow and resulted in me taking more challenging and demanding classes in high school and…
Purposes of Education Suppose we did not have education and therefore, no need for teachers. Where would society be? My personal opinion is that we would not be able to accomplish the things that we have in society such as computers and electronics in general, the tall building we see in cities, and we never would have made it to the moon. The purpose of education as we know it is to learn as much as we can, then we pass it on to the willing persons of the next generation for them to continue where we left off and stopped.…
Having the knowledge on the content is imperative, although if you do not know how to communicate that knowledge than it would be useless to teach it to your students. The purpose of education is to help students in life, inspire them and educate their minds, and to create productive citizens. To allow them to form their own beliefs and facts and to form those beliefs. To help students figure out what they are good at and to help them with whatever their needs are to succeed.…
Imagine a student who wanted to go to her dream college. She spent nearly every waking second of her high school career doing homework, and sleep was placed on the back-burner in order to have more time to study for tests such as the ACT and SAT. Fortunately, she is accepted into her dream college; however, she receives no grants and only $2,000 in loans. Her parents, an elementary school teacher and high school headmaster, are required to pay the additional costs of college – $58,000, nearly triple what the Free Application for Federal Student Aid calculator estimated. This is the story of Katie Hutchins, a Georgia high school senior, who had to pass on the opportunity of studying pre-med at the University of California, simply because she could not afford the expensive college.…
School is a weird place. I say that because if anyone has attended a public school in Mexico, it is a mess. So, the transition to an American school was vastly different that changed my whole perspectives on the purpose of teaching. I soon came to realize that a teacher is immersed in knowledge and passion in their subject matter, they are also aware that they are not only teaching, but touching and affecting their students’ lives, and opening whole new views and appreciations to what is taught. I hold these values close to me, thus the reason why I want to teach mathematics.…