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    education. Pursuing a higher education, such as a college will enable me to open new doors and experience different fields that college offers, recognizing my highest potential. With higher education comes exceeding job opportunities, which increases earning potential and the possibilities of employment in a career. All these support the idea to achieve higher quality of life for me and my future family. College will teach me the discipline and the importance of independence.…

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    life. I have the desire of obtaining the only key to success, a college degree. Attending college with financial assistance suchlike a scholarship is one of my greatest ambitions. The Sanchez Family Scholarship would be the chance of a lifetime to help me pursue my educational goals of earning a nursing degree at Texas A&M International University without having to suffer with student debt or loans. Acquiring a scholarship for my college education and dream career would be my proudest…

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    attention to the importance of the youth vote as well as the challenges that the youth voters face. Statistically, young voters can make a huge difference in the outcome of an election. In 2010, the turnout of young adults ages 18 to 25 to vote was just 21%. In the 2012 election for president, Obama earned at least 61% of young voters in Florida Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio. If Romney had of split the youth vote with Obama he could have won all together. Why are Georgia college students ages…

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    In Fried's second chapter of The Game of School, the main idea he conveys is that once students are given labels in middle school, they move onto high school where they compete against each other for college opportunities, stopping at nothing to get to the top; with the arrival of college, they start spending time partying instead of retaining what they learn. First, in middle school, the two main things students do are aiming to get to the top of their classes as well as the social hierarchy.…

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    felt upon seeing the college campus on move-in day. The jubilant golden sun shone across the ripened foliage of early August. The stunning fountain in the center of the jade green pond erupted jets of streaming liquid, which created a gentle ripple that filled the place with an ambient rumble. The paved sandstone walkways interweaved between the grand and antique structures of the campus like ornate streets of bronze. Opportunity hung in the air. On my very first day as a college student, I felt…

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    Valley College is now offering students an opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree, as of 2014: The Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Business Management (BASM), Dental Hygiene (BASDH), and Information Technology Networking-System Administration (BASIT). The community and technical colleges play an important role in producing baccalaureate degree graduates in Washington State. State Board of Community and Technical Colleges advocated for the community and technical college…

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    The schools throughout the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah followed and Dozens of other states are considering similar laws the welcomed momentum is growing (National Assessment Governing Board, 2014). Civics testing equalizes the importance of teaching Civics in schools but is not the answer to successfully meet the goal of creating informed civic-minded citizens throughout the United States. Instructional time and teaching methods would be more beneficial with a redirection back…

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    globally. In the text, “that student would be offered one nor more programs leading to another diploma recognized all over the world as good preparation for an very demanding selective college.” Author is suggesting that an student can be offered one over another program to present himself and prepare for the best college. As in high school students can finish their curriculum early and move further through…

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    long stays at Northwestern wasn’t enough for me to learn what being an undergraduate student there is like, but during my transition from Nerd Camp Student to High School Student, and now to College Student, I’ve also realized the academic benefits Northwestern offers. Throughout the process known as “college applications,” the one thing I kept in mind was how easy it would be for me to figure out what I want to do for the rest of my life. My future is emptiness before me, and I have no idea…

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    high schools teach students to learn how to take standardized tests on writing, rather than actually prepare them for college. Therefore, most secondary students are entering college without an understanding of how to meet demands of college writing beyond the prescribed “standard five-paragraph essay.” Susan Fanetti’s “Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations” examines the discrepancy between American high schools and their post-secondary…

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