Academic major

learn to sift through all the information already out there on their topic, one useful way to start is by google searching scholarly and academic journals. After narrowing one’s journal search to journals useful to their research, it is beneficial to look up the credentials of each journal to be sure they are reliable. For example, for this paper I researched academic journals and popular news sites on the effects of positive and negative reinforcement on children in the classroom. I chose…

My Motivation: What motivates me the most to pursue a college degree is that I will be the first person in my family to receive one. My grandmother is the backbone behind this motivation because she was always making sure that academics came first in my life. There was rarely a day that I would come home and she would not ask me questions about my homework, asking what I learned in school, or even looked over my homework. As I got older, she made sure I was a part of a college prep program…

How to Become a Paralegal So you are interested in becoming a paralegal, excellent choice! To thrive in this business you most definitely must be a detail-oriented person with an interest in the law. You will be the liason between your attorney and the outside world so you must bring exceptional standards and ethics to the table. You will be responsible for essential day-to-day tasks, being responsible for strict deadlines, research, knowledge of the court systems, handling of confidential…

A welfare state is defined as: “a system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits.” Both the United States of American and Iceland are considered welfare states, however the role each government plays in regards to healthcare is monumentally different. The dissimilar approaches to healthcare can be explained by the regime each country follows. Iceland is a…

Technical College Tuition Should Be Paid Through Taxes for students That Maintain 3.0 GPA For the Students that maintain a gpa 3.0 plus the first two years at a community technical college should be pain through the taxes. And yes we will have more taxes to pay at the end, but more student will be able to go to school, and education is something that can’t be done just fast, and quick so that’s why I think its good idea to have our state to pay for the first two years of technical college so…

My Senior Year Experience The year we waited 3 long years for, being up before sun rise, hearing a jail bell every 54 minutes indicating that it was time for the next hell of a class to begin. Scary lunches you couldn’t really identify as Pizza. Having to repeat that day in and day out, until that last sweet sounding bell of the day that told you it’s now time to go home and take that meant to be 2 hour nap that ended being a 6 hour nap. Which in my case most of the time meant “No time to do…

Higher studies degree from a foreign country will increase carrier opportunities for the student across the world. The major reasons Indian students migrating to abroad. There are numerous individual profits of examining abroad, and approaches to develop both professionally and generally. A part from this, better job prospects are another major reason behind this trend of studying abroad. a) Personal growth Firstly, studying in abroad is a challenging adventure, academically and…

A Worth of your time? It’s the old same protocol; graduate from high school and go to college. One must attend a university in order to “succeed in life,” many will say. By not going to college, it will be difficult to get a job, or at least a decent job that is. But why go to college when it just generates more problems like student debts? According to Forbes, college tuition has seen an increase of about 538% since 1985. At Texas A&M University, for example, the tuition has increased 6% to…

For its reputation as the “land of opportunity,” America has made the path to finding that opportunity remarkably unclear for its immigrant populations. Most Americans would agree that some level of education is necessary for success or eminence, with higher education usually leading to more career opportunities and connections. However, state and federal policies concerning benefits have historically made education difficult to access for undocumented immigrants. Some argue that the United…

Without a bachelor’s degree, for instance, it would make it tougher for job seekers to find their dream jobs. According to Matt Sigelman, CEO of Burning Glass Technologies, “employers appear to be using a bachelor’s degree as a rough, rule of thumb screening system to recruit better workers.” Technology has evolved so much that jobs, that were considered unskilled labor, are now based in the employee’s use of technology. For example, janitorial workers now have a company email account. Their…