Community Transit

Race should not be a criterion for college admission because students are with higher grade point averages and SAT scores are being denied because of their white race. Blacks, Hispanics, and Native American applicants receive a more privileged status. Critics argue that the admissions system is biased and hypocritical because students like Grutter, Hamacher, and Gratz, feel that they are discriminated against in a country that is supposed to oppose discrimination. Applicants who are children of…

“A discourse community is a group of people who share similar goals or purposes and use communication to achieve these goals” (Swales 220). Discourse Communities are thought to have six characteristics according to John Swales in his excerpt “The Concept of a Discourse Community.” Swales stated that “These characteristics being the community has a set of common goals known to the public, mechanisms for communication, mechanisms to provide feedback, has one or more genres of communication, an…

those are the only two options and never really gives people the opportunity to express who they truly are without a retaliation or consequence. This is where Judith Butler 's aspect of vulnerability to our lives come into play. Not only is the LGBT community vulnerable persay but everyone living on this earth is, not just the people of the United…

For example, classes are scheduled within the parameters of traditional classrooms with a professor or on-line. Moreover, Ball State Honors College will develop leadership skills that will enhance learning both inside the classroom and in the community. By transferring, Ball State’s Honor College will act as a catalyst to engage me on the career path as a Registered Dietician. Furthermore, once the decision to attend Ball State University, there will be no looking back. Pursuing an education…

Attending a community college for two years and then transferring to a university is the best way to save money on expensive university tuition. Starting at a community college can save students so much money and will reduce students debt compared to attending all 4 year at university. University tuition cost skyrocket compared to community college tuition cost. For example, University of California, Irvine tuition is $14,749.47 annually for California residents, while a community college is…

(Ross 168). According to the documentary The Celluloid Closet, gayness was made to be something to laugh at, to pity, and to fear thanks to Hollywood’s early construction of implied gay characters (Avila 8.1). For many closeted gay people in the community, watching this inaccurate representation in movies made them question if there was something wrong with them. Early in Hollywood’s history there was no outlet for an accurate portrayal of life as a gay or lesbian individual. For others,…

The Struggles of a Community College Student: A Thirst for Knowledge and a Degree I grew up impoverished. Financially underprivileged, my parents whose total annual net salary of $3000 struggled to raise me and my brother to afford basic education. They did not miss to provide our needs, in fact they provided more than what was expected. I lived in a developing country where I was forced to wake up 4am to pump up water six blocks from my house. Considering my parent’s income, our daily staple…

A group of students known as the Dream Act 5 practiced civil disobedience by staging a sit in inside senator McCain’s office in Tucson, Arizona in May 7, 2010. Three of the students remind me of Thoreau when he got arrested for defying the government laws for not paying his poll tax, but instead these students were switching to civil disobedience to support other students brought to the United States illegally. Henry Thoreau thought that people should live under what they believed in and not…

For many years’ people have wondered should there be sports teams at Pellissippi State community college. A lot of people believe this would bring the kids together, there would be more school comradery. People would be proud to walk down their school hallways chanting Panther Pride. Yes, all this sounds like a great time, teams getting to travel to all the nearby schools playing different sports, sounds glorious right? Wrong in my opinion this all sounds too good to be true this is a pipe dream…

students face many different barriers while they are in school. Anything from financial barriers to economic standing barriers. One of the main barriers that college student face, community college students more than four-year university college students is the Placement Exam. A placement test is an aptitude test many public community colleges use to place their students in the classes and programs fit for them. The two that are well know is the ACT: COMPASS and the ACCUPLACER. Students going…