Bethune-Cookman University

There are many things that aggravate me, makes me upset, or just down right mad. These things are referred as pet peeves; consequently, I have several of them. My pet peeves are squeaking erasers, people gossiping and people talking loud. In most classrooms, I notice that students use pencils with jacked up erasers. The noise of erasers just irks me. The sound of them are just awful. It sounds as if someone is scratching nails along a blackboard. I just cannot take the noise at all. Whenever I hear the squeaking, it seriously drives me crazy! I suggest to throw the people away or just get a new one. Another one of my pet peeves is people gossiping. Every single day I hear others always blabbing about someone else, but there is no point…

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was born to parents of slavery, but was a child that was born into freedom. Before Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune became a leader she was just a child who worked in the cotton fields with her family to earn money. As a child, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was so fascinated about books and education, but was corrupted by a child who said she couldn’t read because she was black. A lot of opportunities came her way to further her education so she attended and excelled in school in…

Most African Americans are not aware of their history. Rarely, do they recognize or honor figures before their time that helped make a change for the future. Mary McLeod Bethune, a woman from poverty, becomes one of the nation’s African American leaders of her time. Bethune’s life consisted of three different careers: an educator, an essential figure to the creation of Bethune-Cook Man College in Dayton Beach, Florida; along with founder and president of the National Council of Negro Women. She…

When it comes to attending Chapel, there are as much cons as there are pros. Chapel takes up time that we as college students don't have much of, Considering that most of us if not all have classes, homework, and extracurricular activities. Another issue with Chapel service is that we are required to wear "Professional attire", even though I believe God would want us to come as we are. The main problem with Chapel is that we are instructed to write an essay about what we learned during our time…

public or private? large or small? Ivy League or HBCU? This research project will observe, compare, and contrast the differences between the advantages and disadvantages of attending Ivy League schools and Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs). The research and its conclusions will help give insight into which type of higher education is better than the other and give future students the tools they need to make good decisions to help their paths to success. The results will…

to protect us from the bad things that happen to us in life. They cause an uproar on the debate of public safety and public protection. Many gun enthusiasts believe that easier access to guns would increase the safety of the college students off campus, since a majority of gun-related crimes occur off-campus. Although, anti-gun advocates argue that easier access to guns doesn’t lead to better protection of students, it leads to more mass shootings because of the easier access to guns. Every time…

In a discussion about the paradigms of public education, Ken Burns addresses the controversial topic of cultural education. Public education is experiencing a time of confusion in helping children develop cultural identity so the new generation can continue to play an important role in globalization. This confusion causes an immediate reaction: continue to do what has been done in the past--instruct children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many…

I have observed many children who have dropped out of college because they were not ready for the freedom of being on their own. I remember my next door neighbor only let her son attend a local community college. The other children attended colleges and universities far away from home, but he went to school nearby. The reason behind that is because his mom wanted to make sure her child was prepared for college mentally. She didn’t want her son to drop out because of parties, and not keeping up…

With 86.75 percent of the U.S. population having some type of internet access, this statement is accurate. We do everything over the internet; from keeping in touch with love ones to completing our educational goals. In the last couple of years the number of students taking online classes has seen a steady increase. According to E. Allen and J. Seaman (2013) in 2013, 32 percent of college/university students were participating in one or more online courses. In an article “Revolution hits the…

The Desire for “More” Derives from School In every classroom, there are an abundance of different students that attend school for several reasons. Some of those reasons may be to graduate and venture to college, to play sports in college, to get a brighter education, or just to receive their diploma at the end of one’s twelve year-period of struggle and chaos. Each person has a goal that is different than another’s, but there are some students who struggle with the question of why to stay in…