IB Diploma Programme

possibly get any worse, but little do they know their life has just began. When you drop out your next choice is to get your GED, which stands for General Equivalency Diploma, however many people who drop out never get their GED. With your GED colleges are less likely to take you into their school. However with a high school diploma, colleges are more likely to take you. They know and see that you have pushed through that trial in your life and that you are a fighter. That shows your…

pay, and while your education lasts forever, student loans don’t. In the following paper, I discuss ways of why college is worth it, and I present the differences between the life of college graduates and people who only have their high school diploma. I go into the problems that come with not going to college, and the success that comes if you do go to college. I’m sure I'll be able to persuade you if you believe that college isn’t worth it. In 2013, the average college student paid…

college to accept occupational degree students in Mississippi at this time is East Mississippi Community College. “First time students must submit an official high school transcript reflecting a Mississippi Occupational Diploma from an accredited high school. Occupational Diploma students must also present an approved portfolio. Along with these two pre-requisites, all students must also meet placement requirements, including ACT scores and other requirements as specified by academic and…

My neighborhood in north city St. Louis is desolate, vacant houses covered in graffiti and barbed wired fenced in empty parking lots consume every street corner. The people walking the streets of Garfield, Tayler, and Martin Luther King grew up poor with nothing, and you can bet that the children they birth will be consumed by poverty and grow up with nothing and be poor as well. They will most likely stay in the same area for their entire lifetime there is no such thing as an American Dream on…

to work. I did not find school interesting at all and never wanted to attend. No matter what anybody did or said, I just would not change my mind. I had my mind made up. I hated school so much, but I knew that I would need at least a high school diploma. So I headed to the local bookstore, purchased a large GED book and studied like my life depended on it. Two months later, I took the test and passed with a higher score than what I expected. I was so proud! I still wanted a job, and a paycheck,…

Most employers will not hire people that have not received a high school diploma. If the dropout age is lowered it’s likely that the U.S will see an increase in dropouts. With the availability of brain research, we now know that the part of the brain responsible for making good decisions does not take place until a person is in…

for all of us to come together – parents and students, principals and teachers, business leaders and elected officials – to end America’s dropout crisis.” Many education officials in the government support the fact that students with a high school diploma have a future with more opportunities than high school dropouts. Students should be required to stay in school until they are eighteen years of age. Staying in school leads to an increase in graduation rates and higher earnings, even though…

decision for me to attend Job Corps. Job Corps gave me the advantage to be a seventeen year old with a trade hospitality. Obtaining my trade in hotel and lodging makes me more employable than most teens in my age range. Also I will have my high school diploma before age eighteen. I never thought I would be seventeen years old with the accomplishments I have. Even though I haven’t started work base yet my goal is to complete the program in December of this…

I chose this course to study because I’m good with numbers and people, also because I want to help my community. My career goal is to go to a 4 year college studying business. My professional goal is to attend 4 year in college after I receive my diploma at Honokaa High and Intermediate School. I chose this as my professional goal because I want to go to college and have a stable life after. It’s important to go to college to me because I can chase my goals and do whatever I want in the future,…

The Story of My Search I have always had a dream of doing something that I love to do. I have always tried to have hobbies that allow me to be outside. My dad and I have always hunted and in order to hunt we have to trim trees and plow fields. I have always been around this job setting doing things that I love and have always loved to do. My dad and grandfather have taught me everything that I need to know to have the very basic skills for this job. There are still many things I will need to…