Dual enrollment

It all started June 12, 1999 in Atlanta, Ga. A new baby, Sara Glass, came into the world not knowing the adventurous life ahead of her. The sassy toddler was drawn to sports at a young age. At three years old, she performed in the arts of ballet and gymnastics. As the years went by, her interest for cheerleading grew stronger than her previous love for gymnastics and ballet. It was as if she was bulldozer knocking down every obstacle in sight. She was in the gym day and night to improve her…

In my first semester at Valencia College, I have met many brilliant minds. The people I met here do not deserve the stigma that centers around attending a community college. This school is their second chance. Often enough it is their only chance. The students I have met here have different stories. I met people who were detoured in high school and Valencia is their only hope to graduate from an university. I have met people who entered the service when they turned…

Born as the 2nd and youngest child of a single-mother in a small farming town south of Detroit called Monroe, Michigan, I was taught values and character traits vicariously through our mother, brother and father. Although my father was not in my life directly, the lack him because of his alcoholism was an illustration of addiction’s power. Being raised by my mother, she demonstrated her mantra that anything is accomplishable if you work hard and never give up. Becoming the first female Cub…

As a senior at TCPS, I am currently taking my second dual-enrollment college course, comp one. Before this college level writing course, I thought I had the skill of writing papers mastered. Throughout grade school, writing a paper in a few hours was easily achievable and was the general thing to do. My peers and I easily wrote papers without effort and made good grades. Therefore, when I started my first college writing course, I thought this was the thing to do. I just assumed this would be an…

This past year, I complete my first year of college with a total of 64 credit hours. During my high school years, I managed to complete dual-enrollment credits in order for me to graduate college earlier. As a result of my decisions in high school, I continued to strive for above the minimum that is required, which is why I enrolled as a full time student taking six class each semester. Overall…

In today’s day and age one highly controversial topic of debate is religion. Has God become obsolete with all the scientific progress the human race has made in the past few decades? Lewis Vaughn explains in his book Philosophy: Here and Now ( pg. 64-66) St. Thomas Aquinas’s evidence for God. Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God are known as the first-cause argument and the argument from motion. Aquinas explains that in the universe everything is moving and caused by something, for…

In the United States, Americans often talk about how important it is to have an education. Without having a high school diploma in the United States, adults would not have the option to enter in the workforce easily, enroll in college, or enlist in the Army. Many adolescents in different locations of the world do not get to choose what they want to do in the future. Some students in different countries have to earn their high school diplomas by passing numerous tests. There some students in the…

Problem Statement The Office of Diversity and Academic Success in the Sciences (ODASIS), is an academic support unit within the Division of Life Sciences at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The goal of ODASIS is to increase the recruitment and academic success of underrepresented students, as well as educationally and economically disadvantaged students, who are interested in pursuing careers in the research and health professions. Since its inception, the program has successfully…

have no problem with finding a job because I see that the school district are looking for teachers. Or if I decide I will like to work at a daycare working with preschoolers again that is always a possibility. Lastly, I am glad that CCP has a dual enrollment program with four year universities especially Temple University.I will like to attend there soon after I have done a certain amount of credits and enroll in their 5 year education masters…

I have a strong belief that urban, underserved, underrepresented, and first-generation going college students are at a greater disadvantage than other middle and upper class students. There is a need to recognize that “segregation is important not only because it separates children but because it leaves minority children in inferior schools” (Logan, Minca, and Adar, 2012, p. 287). More importantly, “schools will continue to be segregated as long as the locations in which they exist remain…