Is college worth it? Should I go? What do I want to major in? These questions were quite common in my head my Senior year. Earlier this year, I successfully passed through one milestone in my life: Graduate High School.…
Then, I shook the sweaty hands of the school board members and grabbed my high school diploma. After years of eagerly waiting for this moment, it was over in a flash. It was now time to ask myself “what do I want to do with the rest of my life?” The possibilities were endless, but I still struggled to answer this one simple question and it confused me as to why I could not answer it or commit to a career path. Fifteen years later I can finally answer my own question: I want to become what nobody else in my family has ever accomplished and that is become a college student.…
The question is innocent enough. Why did I decide to take cosmetology? There are hundreds of thousands of career paths out there, but this is something I am passionate about. Cosmetology is the art and science of creating, and enhancing the beauty a person already has. A cosmetologist is the cocoon in which a caterpillar entrusts to bring out their inner confidence, to allow them to feel good inside and out.…
I already have a basic idea of what I want to do for a living. I have always had a soft heart and empathetic mind for people. Already knowing this about myself, I know I absolutely have to pursue a job that serves other lives. I want to help people so badly, and the first step to deciding that’s what I needed to do involved changing my life plan. Sitting in that chair at the computer, imagining life at USU, I changed my whole path.…
Deciding what you are going to do for the rest of your life is one of the most important decisions you will ever make, and the most nerve wrecking. All my life I was repeatedly told to become a lawyer or doctor that I was drawn away from those career choices. I started college as an undeclared major because I had no idea who I wanted to become. Professors repeatedly told me not to worry it will come to me, but after 2 years of college I was still clueless about what I wanted to do and I was rushed into picking a major. I declared sociology as my major.…
Well, class of 2016 … today you become official graduates of Twin Valley High School. And I can’t tell you how proud I am of each and every one of you. These last 12 years may have seemed like a long road with some ups and downs along the way. But you’ll be leaving here today with many accomplishments to your credit, a high school diploma and I hope some very good memories.…
People often ask me what I want to do with my life and I still don’t know the answer. Ever since my freshman year, I have wondered what I will do throughout high school, what college I’ll go to, what I will do at college, where I will go after college, and how my life will turn out. I have been trying for a long time to find my passion. As I walked into Heritage High School on the first day of freshman year, I saw a multitude of opportunities set out in front of me: hundreds of clubs, many different sports, and a large variety of classes to choose from.…
Dear 6th Grader, Welcome to Lathrop Middle School! You have now reached 6th grade and I know it came so fast, I mean you were just in Elementary School now you are here. Don’t worry though we will all welcome you with open arms. It actually seemed that my year in 6th grade flew by so fast that I didn’t even see it coming.…
My classmates around me knew what they wanted. They wanted to be doctors and firefighters and teachers. But me? I had no clue what I was interested in. However there was one thing that I was sure of.…
Throughout my life, I have had many different ideas of what career I should aim to have when I finish my education and become an independent. In early elementary school, I remember wanting to be an artist “when I grew up,” and for all of middle school, I was almost obsessed with the idea of owning my own bakery and decorating cakes when I graduated from school. It wasn’t really until high school until I gave any serious thought to what type of career I should stride towards, or any serious thought to what meaning I wanted my life to have. In high school, I took many interesting and challenging classes, got to know a lot of very good teachers, and got involved in a multitude of diverse extracurricular activities.…
I remember pushing a button on my Nintendo Gameboy and being amazed at how this little piece of technology worked. I would be moving my character around the screen with a smile on my face. The emotion I felt was pure joy. However, it was only recently that I realized that I wanted to do something to create these kinds of experiences for people to enjoy just like myself. As I grew older I realized that in order to create these types of experience I would need a degree in computer science, and from there I realized that I could do a lot more with this knowledge.…
want to say how extremely proud I am of each of you for your dedication and hard work over the 5 weeks of Summer Early Entry! You have proven to your instructors and yourself that you can do college level work and you are HILLTOPPERS! I hope you all have had an outstanding week with M.A.S.T.E.R Plan, made new friends and adjusted to your new home here at WKU. If you need anything during your undergraduate college career please do not hesitate to ask. I look forward to seeing you ALL walk across the stage in four years!…
In his 1959 book The Sociological Imagination, C. Wright Mills insists that people are formed by social, political, economic, and cultural processes that take place at a particular point in time. For example, people attend college for reasons beyond personal interest - there are always broader forces influencing the decision and ability to get a college degree. My family structure is composed of a firm and supportive family that encourages you to be your best in life and to achieve your goals. My family, ethnicity, gender, and my own personal interest have greatly influenced my choice to get a college degree. Most people have different aspirations have different aspirations in life.…
I am tired: Hello and I thank you sincerely for listening to my topic, I will begin with my name Charmell Shaw, If you listen to my story can you tell me if I am a target of invidious discrimination by NYC welfare system/government. It is a system that depolarizes the poor when they unfortunately lose their income, Let me try to explain. SINGLE MOTHER I will begin with this important statement. I am a single mother and I have one roll of toilet paper left in my apartment as I am writing this 10/18/16.…
Graduation was a time to celebrate my achievements, to celebrate growing up and maturing into adulthood, to celebrate my friends and family that guided me along the way, and most importantly to celebrate one chapter coming to an end, and another one just beginning. The night before graduation I could hardly sleep as I knew that my high school career would soon be over. I got up that next morning, took a shower, put my makeup on, straightened my hair, and put my favorite black dress on, only this time I had my chords, cap, and gown to go with it.…