Learning Experience of International Students; Is The Trip Worth It? The popularity of U.S. schools has increased in many countries throughout the world, especially China with students learning english in elementary school as mandatory curriculum. The 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, finds the number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities had the highest rate of growth in 35 years, increasing by ten percent to a record high of 974,926 students in…
enjoyed a challenge. It gives me the opportunity to discover something new about myself. It started when I was chosen to represent my school in the city’s math Olympiad. Later on, the challenges continued when I had to represent Albania in an international math project Olympiad. Yes, there were challenges, but I was still in my comfort zone. I owned math. Yet my biggest challenge was when I moved to the states at the age of 18 to study, and I completed my college degree in 4.5 years. I…
The communication using different world language benefits business, education, research, technology, medicine and tourism, consequently benefits the economy. “Today’s economy demands not only a high-level competence in the traditional academic disciplines but also what might may be called 21st century skills…kids are global citizens now” (Wallis and Steptoe, 2006, p 2). It is obvious that citizens should possess excellent math, science, language-arts, and social science skills. On top of…
Community Gardens A community garden is a single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people. Have you ever wondered where our food comes from? When your eating vegetables, that's where it's coming from. If we had a community garden, we could save money. First, community gardens helps you communicate with other people. They increase a sense of community ownership and stewardship. Community gardens offer a focal point for community organizing, and can lead to community-based…
contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” This TedTalk was given to educate people on the importance of creativity in education from toddler through adolescence, Robinson is attempting to change the education system so that creativity is nurtured as much as math and being literate. It was…
Education is of the utmost importance and is often looked down upon by the younger generation of students in lower levels of education. Unfortunately for most students it is not until they attend a university do they really appreciate all that education has to offer them. The cost of education just continues to get higher for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, which sets them back further in their success upon graduation because of crippling student debt. It is pertinent that…
She bites her tongue and hesitates to point the gun once she sees the flashing number “one” on the screen. She was not ready for this war, but she has to fight, or else her peers would consider her a fallen comrade. All of the science lessons, the math tests, and the late-night study sessions have paved a path to this moment. So, with a deep breath in and the push of a trigger— Annie is one of the many students in Ontario who are anticipating university admissions letters. Every year, thousands…
When most people hear “accountant” they imagine a sunlight-deprived, backroom, number-cruncher whose condemned to a life of long math, and staring at excel sheets. Fortunately, this is not true. Accounting is a diverse field with a plethora of different responsibilities that range from investigating tax fraud in large corporations to providing critical analysis of data to financial decision makers. Despite the wide range of jobs in the accounting profession, UNLV’s accounting major prepares its…
Unions have condemned many firms and industries to decades of struggle. Unionized wage does not appear out of nowhere, but they are taken out of business revenue. Unionized companies must raise prices to compensate for unions’ cost, which causes them to lose customers in the process. Unions also have a hand in reducing company investments. Lower investments hinders the competiveness of unionized firms…
When Biff was in high school, he was a charming football star who had scholarships to universities. But Biff failed math and could not graduated because he did not have enough credits. He could have gone to summer school, but did not after he found his dad cheating made him go crazy. He got into the habit of stealing which made it hard for him to keep a job. He is the…