Buffalo State College

When I was little I thought the world would be a good place but really it’s not. My life isn’t perfect, but my parents always wanted the best for me. My family started drifting apart when I was in the fifth grade. Their divorce made a great impact on me. I had thought the divorce was just temporary because I would see my parents talk & hang out around home at times. But little did I know that they were discussing about how are we going to be a family & how the situation had affected my siblings…

A student-athlete is a partaker in a specific sport. They are the ones who are being sponsored by the government or by the educational institutions. Student-athletes must also know how to balance and manage their time as a full-time student and as a full-time athlete. They should not get a failing mark on their academic because it is one of their responsibilities to balance their academics from their extra-curricular activities. Student-athletes are tested by their education, passion and…

not like her because our personalities would crash together and not in a good way.Alexandra shows them a book their cousin Joshua wrote, and the kids already know this story from Atticus. The story was about how their cousin Joshua went crazy at college and tried to assassinate the president of the school. Alexandra tells Atticus to talk to the kids about appreciating their heritage, but he just frightens them because he never talks to them this firm and with that…

Do you remember in primary school when you were taught about the simple characteristics of people and places? Do you remember how you never understood them until you grew older? Exactly, the importance of one’s characteristics is never really understood until you grow older. Each person has his or her own unique attributes. On a day-to-day basis we encounter people who possess the attributes of greed or pride. Greedy people are the ones who tend to be selfish, manipulative and calculative. There…

School dropout is defined as an act of withdrawal from school before completion of a course. According to dictionary.com a school dropout is defined as a student who withdraws before completing a course of instruction. Can students use factors that influence schooling years to justify the reasons why they dropout of school. There are factors that influence the learners dropping out from school but those factors do not make it right for learners to drop out of school thinking that they can…

to deal with these challenges in a controlled classroom environment. Since the founding of the United States, racism has been and continues…

school examinations being held in Sri Lanka, students obtain additional assistance from tutors who visit homes and are also compelled to attend group/mass classes to improve their performance at these major pre – qualifying examinations to enter the state universities / private degree awarding institutes affiliated to foreign universities and vocational training centers. The rapid growth in the education sector has created a demand for stationery items such as exercise books. The stationary…

The first reason to support why children should be respected more is because these children are too young in age which sometimes effects decisions. According to Jeffrey Gettleman, he states, “While the number of conflicts involving child soldiers has dropped since 2004 from 27 to 15, human-rights experts estimate that more than 200,000 children worldwide are still being used as combatants, usually against their will. And it isn't just…

I was seven years old when I landed at London Heathrow Airport as a refugee. I was accompanied by my mother, sister and cousin. The year was 1995. I have vivid memories of the flight and the aftermath. My mother recalls the sympathy and kindness with which we were treated. We were taken into a small room by an immigration official who gave us tea and rich tea biscuits. I remember being tired because we landed just before midnight on a Saturday night. I also recall being excited because I was…

Staying in school until around 5:30pm was always the norm for me. But it wasn't because I was in any varsity teams or advanced classes. Instead, it was because I was behind on the lesson and I was recommended by my math teacher to attend remedial classes during my first and second year. I had a carefree, light-hearted, "bahala na si Batman" kind of attitude towards my academics and I couldn't really join any varsity teams even if I wanted to because of it. My attitude and academics didn't…