Diploma

headlights of her little red Chevy Chevette brought feelings of both relief and distress. We speedily tossed my possessions in the car and disappeared in the night. With the support of my forever friend and her family, I went on to attain my High School Diploma and began working toward a college degree. My goal was to earn a Bachelor 's Degree and live happily ever after. I would like to report that it all went as planned, but life’s contests turned out to be crippling. Suddenly I was in the…

As 2015 is shortly coming to a close we are still experiencing the age old debate of the importance of a higher education, more specifically a college degree. Is a college degree really necessary in our society today? Is a degree worth that much of your time and not the mention the debt that comes along with it? According to CNN Money, a college degree, despite all the factors involved, is still worth it. Although tuition has been continually rising and wages have been falling those workers…

In this essay, “College Prepares People for Life,” by Freeman Hrabowski portrays the notion that college is an absolute requirement to prepare students for “THE REAL WORLD”. Hrabowski embellishes the fact that without college, students are not going to be ready for the competitive job market and won’t be able to reach a high level of success if they don’t have the college experience. Yes Hrabowski point of view is completely understandable because in today’s society college has become such a…

I come from Houston TX and I carry a Middle Eastern background with a mixture of both modern and traditional family value. Through having both modern and traditional views in life I feel I am able to conceive, a wider array of religious points of view and apply them to my life accordingly. With my religious outlook towards life, I have come to learn that I have much strength but none stronger than holding to my faith and believing in those that I love or myself. Along with my strengths, I have…

Participant One is a 50-year-old African American sales manager. She is a grandmother. She cares for two of her grandchildren. She has had 2 ½ years of college experience. Quite often, she has tried to complete a bachelor’s degree, but her job has consumed most of her time. She seemed to feel that a degree would mean the world to her despite her present obstacles, which seem to be financed. She has a great desire to complete her degree, but “the timing is just not right at this time.” She…

Prior to being enrolled in this class, I had never heard of SMART Goals before. After watching the video, I sat at my desk and thought about setting a good goal for me. I have to admit, I have never been good at setting goals for myself. It might be because I don’t like to set myself up for failure, or that I tend to stick with things that come easy to me. After multiple attempts of filling out the SMART Goals Worksheet, I decided that I would set a goal that could further my career in law…

“Knowledge is power. You can 't begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it.”-Randeep. My personal career goal was decision that I had to critically think about. They are many career options that you can choose from and it can be hard to narrow it down to the one that best suit to your talent. With that being said, I have decided that my career goal is to be a marketing manager which are responsible for managing marketing, advertising…

Athletes needing a Bachelor 's Degree to play in the league Why should college athletes be required to have bachelor’s degree in order to play in the league? In the United States today their is a debate about whether or not college athletes are required to get a bachlors in order to play in the league. Although some people believe that college athletes don 't need a bachelor’s degree to play in the league because it uses up money and less people might play, but it makes smarter player’s in…

In paragraph thirty seven, Rosin 's concerns about women dominating higher education, fails to advocate that men are "failing to adapt" to education after high school. She begins by stating that "women now earn 60 percent of masters degrees" however she does not state what the sixty percent of masters degrees represents. The sixty percent may represent the amount of degrees at one university and who knows, that university may be in a city where trades are more common than careers that require a…

Regarding the Worth of College In this paper I will be arguing for why college is worth it. Worth in this context is going to be thought of in terms of quality of job, rid of debt at some point, and more options open to a person. The reason for questioning why college would not be worth it is as follows: As price of school increases and jobs are not promised many students such as myself wonder if going to college is worth it. A four year degree alone can rack up debt. I have found completing a…