Junior college

Jonathan Liuzzo – Final Experience Paper - Professor Mullen My growth into the writer I have become today can be viewed and separated into three major chapters throughout my junior year of high school (first), senior year of high school (second), and first semester in college (third). For myself, a great contribution to my style of writing has developed from a sense of humor obtained from a creative tool for memorization and an inspiration to acquire knowledge from expanding my vocabulary;…

As a STEM student, Project Based Learning (PBL) has contributed to my ability on how to evaluate problems, conduct research, and find solutions. Each project in PBL provides me with an opportunity to collaborate with other students, write research papers, communicate ideas through presentations and write papers, the opportunity to build things such as an ROV/ SeaPerch , as well as investigate different careers through job shadowing. The PBL has contributed to my ability to communicate…

four years at college become more vivid. Attending college classes, sporting events, partying with newly made friends and freedom away from parents are all things you have thought about and will now have an opportunity to experience. You think you have your career and all that will happen at college all planned out, don’t you? Parents and students think they are ready for all of the changes and challenges taking place when a student takes the giant step from high school to college, but sadly…

College Prepared or Not Prepared As a high school junior I think about college somewhat frequently. In a few years I will be starting college with the rest of my grade, but I didn’t realize that just 46 percent of Americans complete college once they start, according to, the article, “Why Do So Many Americans Drop Out of College?” updated on March 29, 2010 by Jordan Weissmann. This would mean more people drop out than finish their degree. I started to wonder “why are students so unsuccessful?”…

REASONS WHY I’M ATTENDING COLLEGE There are many reasons for my decision to attend Missouri Western State University. For example, I wanted to create a positive atmosphere for my family so I would become a better role model for my children. While in the meantime, preparing a solid support for my career, and furthering my education to improve my self-esteem. Creating a positive environment, and being a good example for my family, I feel is the most important reason for my decision to attend…

As Tameka watches the news, she is upset at the starkness and plainness of the children’s hospital rooms at her local hospital. With the idea to bring color into the children’s lives, she starts Project Pillowcase. Junior Tameka Judson and her friends have started Project Pillowcase, a project designed to create colorful pillowcases for children at the hospital. The project started after Tameka watched the news over winter break and was inspired to help the children in the hospital. After the…

to drop from my high school and restart my junior year. In the Philippines, students go through 6 years of high school: junior high. The first level of high school is called junior high school, and it encompasses Grades 7-10. This is more general, and prepares students for the next level of high school: senior high school. To enter senior high school, one must prove completion of junior high school, and it involves 2 years of high school before college. In senior high, students choose a track…

of the most difficult times in high school. That was around the time where I wasn’t really interested in college because I thought it wasn’t for me. My junior year I realize that I wanted to do better in school and get into a university. I felt a drastic change from being an average student in my family that only gets a high school diploma to a really motivated student that wants to get a college degree. I started taking school much more seriously than I did before this change. I am extremely…

Billion Industry (2017), focuses on how much sports has had an influence on parents and their young children. This article mentions credible points about the pros and cons of youth travel sports. Cost, time, growth within the league, sports played in college, industries help to support it, and personal examples are all included in the article. The cost of playing sports is one of the biggest issues and arguments of the industry. The article states that some families use 10% of their income on…

Colby-Sawyer College is a private, independent, undergraduate college offering educational programs based in the liberal arts and sciences and designed to prepare students for their professions and lives of ongoing learning. It has been engaged in higher education since 1928 and is committed to excellence, interconnectedness, respect, integrity, and stewardship (Appendix 5, 2014). And while these values continue to hold true today, there has been a continual decrease in enrollment at the college…