Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Describe why you believe this adventure will have a positive impact on you life and future. What do you hope to do after high school? It would be fun to got to a different country with friends, and help the turtles to live without the poachers. The volunteer hours should be helpful when applying for colleges and when doing job interviews because employers and colleges look for people who are active in the community. After high school I hope to go to college to be a conservation officer and…

Transitioning from high school to college is a huge milestone of our lives. College is either the happiest moment of our lives or the most stressful once we get our foot inside the door. As a freshmen on campus, the stress of finding new friends, getting familiar with the campus, and maintaining good grades can be a difficult challenge. As a college student myself, I created a guide of tips to help me cope with my many stressors of college and I have also taken tips from Jacob Sokol’s article in…

Would you like to graduate with the high-grade point average? Students on every college campus should recognize the rhetorical effectiveness in their writing to earn the highest possible grade point average. Being aware of the intended audience will improve the persuasiveness of any piece of writing. The article, “Why do Doctors Commit Suicide?” written by Sinha (2014), focuses on the rigorous workload inexperienced physicians and the toll it takes on the mental health of doctors. The argument…

holds about 50 million people. Not only does this create a vast difference demographically, but also it separates the country and forms an extensive gap between the wealthy and poor, which can consequently lead to the inequality of female and male education success. Learning how community and family factors influence unequal educational outcomes…

A concept is a mental grouping of similar objects, events ideas, or people and my concept is college. My prototype, a mental image or best example of a category, of college is Penn State University. The first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word college is Penn State because it’s one of the most popular universities in central Pennsylvania. Their football team is very famous along with the fact that I know a lot of people who are Penn State alumni, including my brother, or are currently…

“Change brings opportunity.” Nido Qubein once stated. Change is not always easy to adapt to, but with change new doors open to a fresh beginning. One of the biggest change in my life is transitioning from high school into college. There are many adjustments that I had to make, many challenging and exciting experiences, and the want to change something about myself as I progress through the college experience. Numerous adjustments had to be made during my transition from high school to college.…

Competition in High Schools People always think that good students can get into good colleges. However, sometimes the reality is different, those top students do not get into colleges they want to go. There is a lot of competition between schools and schools, as well as between students and students. Every school wants to be one of the top schools and wants to be better than other schools. However, competition usually will make students more stressed. Now more and more news reports that high…

In order to make it work, each individual has to be responsible for their acts, be tolerant and open-minded to what they are not accustomed to, and respect each other and the rules they set. No matter how great the friendship between roommates is, or no matter how perfectly agreed upon the rule is, there is always going to be…

When people say college, the first thing they could think of is education. Why is it that we think that? Well, that is because college helps one itself branch out to what they wish to do. According to Kwame Anthony Appiah (2015), article writer of New York Times Magazine, “What is the point of college?” he claims that young undergraduates go to college for one of two things: which is the intent to attend college for the good values of the consumer or the ability to acquire a good job. On most…

Growing up in inner city Baltimore was not easy at all. I have seen so many horrifying things at such a young age. Countless times I have seen crackheads slumped over like zombies walking throughout the neighborhoods I called home. I have been to countless memorial services, vigils, and funerals for people who were senselessly murdered in the streets. I have even been grazed by a stray bullet during a routine drive-by while playing in my front yard. I have heard and seen things that most young…