Job Corps

friends were there. I fit right in and I felt comfortable because I knew many students. I only remained at Lake Clifton for two years because that high school was closed down by the Board of Education; the buildings were very old. After this happened, my mother discussed Job Corps and my older brother Tyquan told me about his positive Job Corps experience. Months later my mother enrolled me in Woodland Job Corps to complete my education and become more disciplined. I was able to choose which career center to attend. I started Job Corps on April 12th, 2016. I decided to come to Woodland Job Corps in Laurel, Maryland because at this center only two students share a dormitory room. There was another Job Corps to choose, Woodstock Job Corps, but the center had four students…

Wow! I can’t believe I’m here at Job Corps and I can really see my life changing. I can feel myself turning around. It feels like someone caught me and kept me from falling. Every since the accident on August, Twenty Fifth, Twenty Fifteen mu life jas been changing. That day was like no other day to me. But little did I know my like was about to change. There was this convient store down the street from my house that my brothers and I would go to some nights. Well, on this particular…

My goal and purpose for attending Job Corps is to fulfill my dream in having a high school Diploma and a career. I came to Job Corps to make something out of myself and show people I can do anything, if I put my mind, my heart and my dedication into it. I know and feel Job Corps is a place that can help me pursue my future dream of becoming a professional chief. Job Corps is a federally funded program that helps young people between the ages of 16 through 24 years old to better themselves by…

A memorable day in my life is the day I came to Job Corps. I will never forget that day. I was up 6:00 in the morning. I took a shower then got dressed. My clothes was already packed , so all I had to do was tell everybody I love them and get on the road. I live in Brooklyn, so it took me about 45 min to get to Manhattan to get to greyhound , so I could be on my way to Glenmont Job Corps. I left the city around 9:00am and got to Glenmont around 12:45pm. When I arrived on the center of…

A memorable day in my life is when I came to job corps and got my high school diploma. I never thought I could do it but when I did I felt like I accomplish so much in life. It has yet to end job corps made me a better person when I came here. I can finally say I finished school. And that I made it to be successful in school and not be held back no more on stuff. As I walk through the halls of job corps I felt like I could do it from the first till the last day that I was here. I choose job…

Title: The building blocks for tomorrow 's future Essay: Recently the Department of Labor has been closing down Job Corp centers nationwide, I understand the reasons behind their actions but there approach is wrong. This is one of the political problems that face our nation and its concern needs to be addressed. It is an important skill for our citizens of the United States of America to have an academic and professional set of skills. With these set of skills we as citizens would be able…

President Obama is calling for wasteful and ineffective programs to be placed on the chopping block in order for the revision of the United States Spending Budget. Recently the Department of Labor started to close down the Job Corp centers nationwide due to the revised spending budgets. The topic addressed is one of the numerous political problems that we as a nation face and these concerns must be addressed. Nationwide there are a few Job Corps Centers which has a growing problem in the U.S.…

I have had many experiences in my life but the best one has to be my experience of going to Job Corps. The reason for me going to Job Corps was because I wanted to live a better lifestyle and to get my diploma and trade so I can better myself. I was 16 when I quit playing sports and dropped out of school. I stared hanging around with the wrong crowd and stared to do the wrong thing that got me in trouble with the law. I went through juvenile detention and probation after I dropped out of…

A memorable day in my life was when I came to Job Corps. I didn’t even go to sleep that day because I was excited to see the campus I was going to spend months on. I played some last games of “Destiny” with my little brother before I left. I didn’t eat any breakfast because I was so nervous going to Job Corps. My little brother and I left the home to go to the Port Authority to wait until I leave. The people I was waiting for came late so I started to panic because I didn’t know if I was in the…

1) While at my first placement at the Penobscot Job Corp center, I learned three valuable lessons. The first thing that I learned was self-motivation and its overall importance in the learning process. The Penobscot Job Corp center is not the same as a traditional school. There are similarities, but overall, the students at the center have to be self-motivated learners. In the class that I observed, there are no lectures. Rather, students are expected to utilize the computers in the class and…