Academic elitism

I would personally like to spend the vast time here in college studying and taking in the incredible amount of knowledge being laid out and provided for me to absorb and learn from it while doing so to help me be successful in my future endeavors. My goals at Central Lakes College are quite simple to outline. I want to work strenuously and maintain a high GPA to be able to graduate with honors so I am able to achieve a more accomplished future transcript to carry forward to my subsequent place…

Maricopa Community Colleges hold their students to a high standard and they have an academic misconduct policy that all students must adhere to. Any student that is guilty of plagiarism can be punished with academic consequences or disciplinary sanctions. The academic consequences consist of a warning, grade adjustment, discretionary assignments, or course failure. The disciplinary sanctions consist of disciplinary probation…

Every goal has its own obstacles, but higher education is unique because many individuals never finish. The idea of college is marketed everywhere in the United States because of all the amazing benefits. There are several reasons why students would want to finish, but there are obstacles that may be challenging for a recent high school graduate. These barriers aren’t impossible to overcome, but it’s important to understand that it may lead many individuals astray. Individuals may…

The most terrifying sentence of John’s childhood was, “wait until your father sees this!” This sentence, emitted by his mother, immediately sent chills down his spine, a knot in his stomach, and a lump in his throat. He very well knew a punishment was underway. The wretched sentence followed the rare occasion he received a school grade that didn’t quite meet the well-known expectation of his household. John was raised under the notion being well-educated identifies as having earned high grades…

I went into the spring of 2016 semester taking on too much, too many classes, too many hours at work, and too many charity events with my fraternity of sigma tau gamma. I started off thinking that I would be able to take 18 credit hours of school while working anywhere from 20 to 25 hours a week and still find room to attend all of the philanthropy events put on by sigma tau gamma. Simply put, my struggle with the spring of 2016 semester was due to myself taking on too many things at once. My…

There are many things that can be implemented in order for this problem to decrease and/or stop. Given that these three main points, are the many reasons that students should have more academic originality in learning how to understand that there are different ways to understand the work given and that plagiarism and cheating is not the honest answer. In the final analysis, there should be isolations in schools when given test, more software…

Zahraa Issa How would it feel, when moving from one country to another? Imagine a person moving from one side of the world to another. I am originally from Bagdad, Iraq. I left Iraq in 2006 when all of the corruption began, the killing was random. The scenes that I witnessed were heartbreaking. In 2006, I moved to Egypt where I was exposed to new life, new culture, and new delict to learn. In Egypt if an engineer is homeless it is not a surprise; the degree in Egypt has no value. My uncle had…

A very essential part of nursing is being able to understand the literature review and what it offers for evidence based practice. In regards to research there are primary sources as well as secondary sources. Both primary and secondary resources are vital to a good literature review. There are different types of primary and secondary sources that a nurse might use when preparing for a research project. Primary and Secondary Resources A primary source is “original information presented by the…

I was born and raised in Senegal, West Africa. After my birth, my mother became sick and had to stay in the hospital. I went home with my paternal grandmother and never had the chance to live with my mother again. I waited for her, but she never took me back with her. I am currently 23 years old and have been living in the United States for four years now. Last year, my father did not file his taxes on time, and I was refused financial aid. I stayed in my room several hours a day crying and…

In an age of media and resources galore, many students are faced with many the question of “should i take the easy way out?” in regards to their work. We wonder if the word ‘crime’ ever lingers within their mind as they continue with a quick swipe of ‘copy and paste’. That being said it is within the school 's best interest to attempt to annihilate that realm of oblivion, and produce an outcome of original and morally secure students. This valued process though,could place grave pressure on…