Bluefield State College

In my life, I have experienced two completely different educational models which are Chinese education and American education. Some people have the same experience around me are often used to compare these two educational models. Then I am prepared to express my views from my personal experience. In china, many people think that American education is more developed than Chinese Education, because American education is more freedom and more emphasis on integrated education. Although these are the…

The path of learning to read and write is a journey in which everyone is given the opportunity of doing, but experienced differently by all. Particular teachers, classes, books, and author’s styles contribute to one’s own unique personality. I have always had a keen interest in the stories that reading provides, and the ability of putting thoughts onto paper through writing. I began these at a young age and they have followed me throughout the course of my life. At a young age, I recall lying in…

those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Everyone has dreams.Weather they want to be a world class surgeon, a big shot lawyer, or even the next President of the United States. I have three essential dreams that I plan to achieve. I plan to make a difference in the world, by being a peer advocate. Also, to attend college and graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. Lastly, to settle down and start a family. This dream may not be important to some people, but it is…

Jodi’s Personal Plan for Success The title on my name badge at work reads: Jodi Enloe RN, CNOR and just underneath that it states that I work in Perioperative Services at Providence Medford Medical Center. I wear that badge five days a week, eight hours per day, and more often than I’d like, late into the nights or early mornings on call-back. I am an OR nurse, and from what I hear from my peers, a pretty decent one as I have been at for going on 13 years now. My journey to where I am now…

“The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too”. (Stephen Covey) In today’s society academic integrity has become a problem. More than 70% of students admit to cheating. Some of this is due to pressure from society to get good grades. Studies show that the cheating starts as young as middle school. Google defines academic integrity as…

offer free two year community college for responsible students that maintain a part time schedule with a 2.5 GPA. This proposal offers hope to students that want to be successful and need access to the middle class. There is positive effects of this proposal but also drawbacks. According to the documentary “Discounted Dreams” there is a twenty percent increase of enrollment into community colleges that is straining the system. This proposal of free two year community college will become a great…

devoted to his family. My first goal, at this time, is the most important one for me because this one can lead to other goals being accomplished or realized in the future and it is the one that I have the most control over. This goal moves me into a state of flow because it is a goal that I am focused on since I first entered FIU. I knew that, no matter what my degree was, a Graduate Program was the next logical…

school prepare me for college?” I can’t say that I only blame the high school curriculum for not learning the skills that would prepare me for college. Although the majority of the blame belongs to me for not embracing my studies, I will point out that there was a strong emphasis spent on preparing students for the workforce as the first priority, then a secondary focus on a small percentage of student, who were expected to pursue a higher education and prepare them for college. I can…

another great chapter in my book gearing me towards my degree. Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy is the cause of my success; SACA’s structure helped me to think more deeply, the uniformity taught me discipline, and the workload helped prepare me for college. Southwest Atlanta Christian academy is the cause for my success. Without SACA I do know if I would have made it to Morehouse. SACA…

Academics and getting a proper education are far more important than participating in any sport. The reason why is because, if a student’s grades are not up to par, it does not matter how good of an athlete they are, the college of their dreams could turn them down. Even if students receive scholarship opportunity, they still have to meet grade point average requirements. Also, your grades and school performance follows you all through your life, even as an adult. If your…