Module 1 Rough Draft2 Millions of middle aged people like me have decided to return to school in hopes of attaining personal satisfaction, switching careers, getting better paying jobs and even climbing the corporate ladder within their current company. As a non-traditional student, I feel that I have encountered more disadvantages like age, higher living expenses, raising children and greater time constraints than the traditional 18 or 19 year old student who is entering college for the…
where Mary knew the owner” (p.19). Mary did not have a good method for coping with stress so she would often turn to clubbing, which provided Wes with a bad example for dealing with life’s stresses. Then, things took a turn for the worse. Mary’s part time job developed into a full time job, along with a couple other jobs. As a result, she was rarely home and Wes did not have any supervision in the house because Mary was trying to provide for him and her other son. Four months after moving to…
The types of employees at Queens Library include full time workers, custodians, full time librarians, managers, computer technicians, part time workers, tutors, volunteers and so forth. The Queens Library impacts nearly every age group and resident of Queens. Around 11.2 million people attend a branch of the Queens Library, which also had more than 15.7 million items circulated in the…
As of now, it is not really necessary for me to break out of my financial comfort zone. I am making a decent amount of money with my part time job and my parents still send me money from time to time. I have noticed that even though I do not have to change my comfort zone, I may have already done so. I have not been spending as much as I used to, before I got my part time job. I think getting this job has raised the limit of my financial comfort zone, but I am not willing to meet that top limit.…
College is very important and plays a major role for anyone that attends. It is where they learn life lessons, and find out who they really are as a person. Very few people are fortunate enough to be able to go to college, much less being able to continue to play sports. College can be very expensive for some people but some can also use their talent from the sport to get scholarships. Which brings up the reason of why college athletes should be paid. Most of the athletes aren 't able to receive…
Besides my school life I was and still am very social and well known. I was involved in so much high school activities like Varsity cheerleading, P.I.N.K Panthers and I took some parts of Varsity Basketball. I stayed active and into everything to keep my head off my personal life and to simply meet new people and travel. As I got older my friends list grew smaller and I kept the good friends I had close to me. My mom told me on…
Firstly, by economic pressure, Zinsser refers to the pressure about tuition. He adds “Tuition, room, and board at most private colleges now comes to at least $7,000” (20). The student does not make enough to pay for their tuition even though they have a part time job or full time. This force students to pass all their classes, so they don’t have to take it again and have to pay for it the second time. I believe a student is using economic pressure as an excuse for slacking off. If…
electronics, which is a South Korean brand. The phone was manufactured in South Korea as it stated on the box. Even though LGE states that they are aware the importance of protecting human right and they will prohibit the Discrimination (LG Electronics), parts of the phone are made in other nearby countries such as China and India. China is the biggest player in the phone production and supplies most of the rare Earth materials, which often use in the many phone (O’Leary). To manufactured a…
to take the Compass test as a first year student, and deciding on a major and degree. First of all, one of the most important parts of admissions are the SAT or ACT. You have a choice of either one. The major difference between them is the areas of testing. The SAT contains only three sections reading, math, and writing and language. The ACT is sectioned into four parts which are reading, math,…
Ben Jonson wrote Shakespeare “was not of an age, but for all time,” indicating how 21st century ideas and themes can be connected through the centuries to the time when 1 Henry IV was written. For instance, a contemporary issue demonstrated in the play is a phenomenon known as helicopter parenting. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, helicopter parenting is when a parent is extremely involved in a child’s life (“Helicopter Parenting”). Parents will often place expectations on their…