Life after High School
I often ask myself what I am going to be doing after high school. A lot of questions and thoughts run through my head. People tell me there are a quite a bunch of opportunities out in what they call the “real world.” You just have to be mature and grown enough to take the chance to take those opportunities. In the next two years I see myself graduating from Hopi Jr. Sr. High School, class of 2017. I would have already applied for grants and scholarships to help pay for my college tuition. Honestly, it don’t matter if I attend a two year college first because I know for sure I am willing to take my education further onto attending a university. Before, I’ve mentioned to my parents that I want to take one year off …show more content…
When I interviewed her I asked her four questions; 1) where did you attend college and what did you major in? She started out at Mesa Community College and took classes to transfer to Arizona State University (ASU), and graduated from ASU in 2010 and got her Bachelor degree in Biological Sciences. After that, she decided she wanted to go to nursing school, so she took her prerequisite classes at Chandler/Gilbert Community College. LeAnne then enrolled at Brookline College. She graduated in 2015 from Brookline College with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. 2) How did you pay for college? LeAnne payed for her college through the Hopi Tribe Grants and Scholarships. Her job has grants for students and helped her tremendously every semester. “I also took out loans to help pay for the rest of my tuition. It wasn’t the most ideal situation but I wanted what I wanted,” she said. 3) How is college different from high school? In her years high school was different from how it is now. She had teachers that knew her and teachers that helped her a lot. As she experienced college, you have to be motivated to get up and attend class, and you are accountable for your assignments. “Deadlines are deadlines! There are no make ups. So turn assignments in on time,” she said. Nowadays everything is technology and most of her assignments and all of her nursing tests were done on one computer. In her
I often ask myself what I am going to be doing after high school. A lot of questions and thoughts run through my head. People tell me there are a quite a bunch of opportunities out in what they call the “real world.” You just have to be mature and grown enough to take the chance to take those opportunities. In the next two years I see myself graduating from Hopi Jr. Sr. High School, class of 2017. I would have already applied for grants and scholarships to help pay for my college tuition. Honestly, it don’t matter if I attend a two year college first because I know for sure I am willing to take my education further onto attending a university. Before, I’ve mentioned to my parents that I want to take one year off …show more content…
When I interviewed her I asked her four questions; 1) where did you attend college and what did you major in? She started out at Mesa Community College and took classes to transfer to Arizona State University (ASU), and graduated from ASU in 2010 and got her Bachelor degree in Biological Sciences. After that, she decided she wanted to go to nursing school, so she took her prerequisite classes at Chandler/Gilbert Community College. LeAnne then enrolled at Brookline College. She graduated in 2015 from Brookline College with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. 2) How did you pay for college? LeAnne payed for her college through the Hopi Tribe Grants and Scholarships. Her job has grants for students and helped her tremendously every semester. “I also took out loans to help pay for the rest of my tuition. It wasn’t the most ideal situation but I wanted what I wanted,” she said. 3) How is college different from high school? In her years high school was different from how it is now. She had teachers that knew her and teachers that helped her a lot. As she experienced college, you have to be motivated to get up and attend class, and you are accountable for your assignments. “Deadlines are deadlines! There are no make ups. So turn assignments in on time,” she said. Nowadays everything is technology and most of her assignments and all of her nursing tests were done on one computer. In her