California Community Colleges System

MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine: Instructions: This page is OPTIONAL. Below you may provide any additional information, not previously stated, you feel will help us gain a complete picture of your life experience. This may include major life achievements or explanations of application discrepancies. (500 words) Although not as disadvantaging as others’ circumstances, being the child of divorced parents, who split when I was four years old, has brought significant challenges into my life.…

movement that has unfortunately developed in reaction to the racist system, the existence and growth of this movement is quite telling of why integration still matters and how segregation causes inequality. Anderson talks about over-enforcement of law as a product of segregation. As crime and poverty typify segregated black neighborhoods, stigmas intensify surrounding the black identity. Stereotypes of young, Black men (black community in general) state that they are dangerous, criminals, lazy,…

and the older of two children. She is currently in her freshman year at a University in California. She is unmarried, which is typical of people in the emerging adulthood stage. (Berger, 2016) Emerging adulthood is characterized by great learning and growth, both physically and psychologically. This stage is full of changes: moving out from under parental authority, asserting your independence, and going to college. (Berger, 2016) Beth says that more freedom and the feeling of entering the real…

On the last day of November 2008. A young man was murmuring about his pain lying inside a hospital room. His eyes were dark, and his head became bold as a result of a series of chemotherapy and the effect of the medicines he took. He could not breathe well, even with the help of an oxygen mask because his tumor metastasized to the lung. The doctor told his family to prepare for the worst situation as this was going to be his last few hours before death. Family members were surrounding him and…

to address a majorly controversial topic, Affirmative Action. I would like to ask you the question, do we all have equal opportunities? The answer is too often no from minority students. Affirmative Action is a popular debate that has to do with colleges and workplaces letting in more women and minorities. I am going to argue that Affirmative Action should stay legal and should be allowed in more cities and companies. It gives everyone an opportunity at a higher education and it gives those who…

She did her best to help us in all aspects. For example, my mother involved us in sports teams and church groups. Not only did she help us get into college, but she also fostered important values that she lived by. For her, it was crucial that we lived humbly, as resources were readily available to mold our potential. She is proud of the family that she created and established, despite the absence of…

William Daniel Wiley and Olive (Thomas) Wiley. Shortly the family moved to Warwick, Rhode Island, a white suburb of Providence. Wiley’s, father was working to support his family, but he was a political activist by running a newspaper for the black communities and lead the Rhode Island Urban League. While his mother was active in black charities and political organizing. His family had a strong religious belief of working hard and staying focused on achieving as Wiley’s was growing up;…

help underrepresented groups have a better job opportunities or college admissions. Generations of people have been disadvantaged by institutionalized discrimination and one way to remedy this is to place a policy that evens out the playing field. There has been numerous legal cases against affirmative action concerning college admissions, and a few have made it as far as the Supreme Court including Bakke v. Regents, Univ. of California (1978), Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Parents Involved v.…

Mandatory Civics Education The original intent of free public education was to prepare citizens to participate in American democracy, yet only eight states even require a course in citizenship (Campaign For The Civic Mission of School). Since, the beginning of education, pioneers to John Dewey in the 20th century theorized the purpose of education was to prepare of citizens to properly participate in American democracy. (Lan15). Now more than ever the active role of citizenship is needed and…

clearly true, when it comes to this dysfunctional education system. School was created to give everybody equal access to education and higher opportunities. With this system, it seems as if these educational systems are only targeting a certain group of people. It shows that minorities do not fit in, and even males in general are not cut out for this education system. School should be equal for everybody, that is why this education system needs to undergo a change. One that will actually make…