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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…

(This essay is under the premise that I just got accepted into Deerfield. Whenever I say you I’m referring to my future self who is graduating from Deerfield.) If you are reading this now, congratulations on graduating from Deerfield. I'm sure it wasn't easy but you're graduating from Deerfield and moving onto to bigger and better things. Right now I was just accepted into Deerfield and I am excited. Actually excited is an understatement; I'm thrilled. There are a multitude of things I…

Criteria for Selection According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Community Planning and Development (2013), in January of 2013, over six hundred thousand Americans were homeless. Sixty-five percent of homeless individuals live in emergency shelters or temporary housing, while the other thirty-five percent are living in their cars, on the streets, or in abandoned houses, shops, and other buildings. When broken down into age groups, under eighteen, eighteen to…

This paper is being written to identify and provide demographic information on a population that I am providing services while learning. The name of the organization I am working with over the spring break is identified as Special Olympics. Special Olympics has a lot of remarkable individuals, the only entity different about these individuals are their mental capacity or physical impairment; their learning performances are slightly lower than the average person. Can special needs individual…

Benefits of College Some students in college say they go to be able to make more money in the future. Many people attend community colleges to achieve an associate degree. It is true that individuals who achieve a two or four-year degree have better opportunities than one with a high school degree. Achieving an associate degree is a way to put he or she straight into the workforce with a better pay, when finishing the two-year degree program. Dr. John Dever believes, “Reality is that the…

This concept does not just relate to the gay community but to everyone, we have all had fear in one form or another and have made us question who we are that may have made change how we view the world. It 's because of this fear I think I will find that most of the people I will talk to will understand…

Troop 1019 is transitioning to Cadettes and we are making many changes in our troop dynamic. Some of the girls felt that the way we run our meetings should be different because we have been doing them the same way since we were in Kindergarten, and we wanted to try something new to keep it interesting and exciting so girls will want to stay in our troop. At one of our meetings, our troop leader made up a survey about what we would like to change or keep the same about how we run our meetings.…

Kiwanis to receive a scholarship for my dedication and hard work. Now that I have the opportunity to run for office, I would love to be able to give back to the Kiwanis through Key Club. For several years, I have been involved with helping the community. I have been dedicated to P.A.W.S. and the San Diego Humane Society, as well as helping the kids in the La Mesa Spring Valley School District. When I started with these organizations, I could not wait, especially to start volunteering. Now…

Paseo is a ritual where the natives, usually the young singles, go door to door to visit all of the leaders of the community in the middle of the night and get served hot soup, trago, and coca. After sharing these treats with each other the visitors dance the sargento for the leaders. This happens at many different stops to meet with all the Runakuna leaders, the final…

In reviewing Vollmer professional policing principles, Community policing, CompStat and PEPPAS there is no comparing the different concepts. In my opinion each of these concepts are more detailed analysis of each other. More or less related to the continuous understanding and development of policing as a whole. Each of these models interaction with each other in the development of policing the public and learning vital position of police officers in society. For example, Vollmer seen that…