Academic major

Everyday, colleges students wake up and just go about their day. Not once thinking about how college cost could be lower or how they can help make it lower. Linda Lee’s essay, “The Case Against College”, talks about the rising costs of college and the increased difficulty for students to afford to go through 4 or more years of higher education. The staff from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity’s essay, “25 Ways to Reduce the Cost of College”, talks about the 25 different ways…

student sixteen years of schooling to get a degree in the major of his or her choice. Believe it or not, with sixteen years of education under a student 's belt, the end result is the obtainment of only a bachelor 's degree, a four year college degree that in this day and age is the minimum requirement to even apply for most jobs. A bachelor’s degree is obtained in four years only if the student starts on time, does not change his or her major, and does well in all of his or her courses. The…

Letter grades existed long before we are born. According to Mark W. Durm, “1883—At Harvard there is a reference to a student making a B. This apparently was the first use of a letter for a grade that can be found” (1). There are many great leaders attended schools and received letter grades; even our grand parents might have received letter grades in their life. Many people attended school and grew up with grades and every one of us is very familiar with grades. We fought for good grades to get…

The Learning Environment There are many important elements involved in managing a classroom. Two of the most important elements in managing a classroom are discipline and management itself. The way in which students are disciplined has changed a great deal over the past few years and the way that classroom management is look at has changed along with it. It is important to note that education has undergone a great many changes. The changes in education appear to be ongoing. Teachers today must…

Although I am not a physical therapy major, Doctor Permar and the staff at Permar Physical Therapy have two core beliefs to which I adhere. The first conviction is the importance of striving for excellence. This May, I not only officially completed high school, but I also finished my associates…

My full name is Brandon Daniel Arioso. I was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on March Fifth, 1997 making me seven-teen years old. I was raised in Cheyenne by my mom, Linda and my dad, Benjamin. Currently I am still living in Cheyenne but I am longing to explore the states, specifically Alaska or Northern Colorado. Even though I am a local to Cheyenne I still do not have a vast pool of people I would even call my acquaintances. However, my best friend is, Chris Smith. Chris and I talk on Skype…

What will I do with my future? What will I be? What will I do? These are decisions that each of us have to make, sometimes more than once in our lives. As we approach the end of our high school careers, the pressure to make some choices and get a clear direction is mounting. It doesn’t matter whether you want to be a musician, a therapist, a chef, a college professor, a banker, or a restaurant owner. These are all jobs that require an answer to one question. What will I do with my life? Deciding…

covered by the Pell grant, the HOPE scholarship, or state student assistance funds” (tennesseepromise.gov). Students can use the Tennessee Promise Scholarship at any of the thirteen community colleges or twenty-seven applied technology. Two of the major components of the scholarship is to reduce the financial burden and also provide…

of design of a micro-hydroelectric turbine that can be used in remote areas where electric cannot be found. The main focus was to make the turbine sustainable, efficient in creating power and cost effective. Without these four years of collegiate academics, I would not possess the engineering knowledge I have to be in this great position I am…

to work with real scientists and visit different labs at Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and Energypac Engineering Ltd. I was given “Temperature Controller Using PID Control”to work on as my project. In my final year, I chose electronics as my major. For my thesis, I joined hands with two of my friends to work on MESFET device under the supervision of Dr.Hossam-E-Haider. The thesis was titled “STUDY OF MESFET CHARACTERISTICS AND ITS MODELING”. We studied two different models given by Tajima…