La Trobe University

In the winter of 2015 I met my best friend Anisa Henry she had all the significant good qualities a best friend for life had. She was charming, intelligent, compassion, and a goal to become a doctor. Ever since I met her I’ve always been on my top game because I have always assumed our friendship was built on each other academic successes that would be the spinal cord to the gates of glory we call college. During the months we were developing our friendship I was excelling in all my classes…

Lady Bird: A Movie for the Coming-of-Age Time to Fly https://m.imgur.com/YC9GMaw The setting: St. Francis Xavier High School, a Catholic, all boys college preparatory. Plot Twist: It’s located in Sacramento, California. When I first saw the trailer for Lady Bird, I was initially disregarded the film as a cliche, sappy coming-of age movie. A few weeks later, after the recommendation of my sister who pointed out its relevance to me because the movie is set in a Catholic high school, I buckled…

September 6th, 2016. The first day of my freshman year of college. Not only was that my first day, it was many others first day as well. We all decided to spend thousands of dollars to further our education with one main goal in mind, to graduate with a degree that will lead us to our dream job. Many of us share common interests, experiences, and methods of communication. This is, I’ve learned, all part of being in a discourse community. Although the discourse reading was somewhat confusing,…

Penelope was a freshman honor student at a state university and having a hard time transitioning into college life. High school had been an easy task for her; she never needed to study and always made the best grades. When she had failed her first college test, her parents began breathing down her neck. However, she still wanted to use her new found freedom to have some fun before all the adult responsibilities became her everyday life. Penelope was growing frustrated. She believed the required…

Thinking Maps Personal Experience Being a teacher was not my dream nor one of my dreams when I was young. It did not occur to me that one day I would have the noblest profession in the society. When I was still deciding what to pursue in college, my mother was hoping that I would choose education as my college course. She did not interfere, so I decided to follow what I desired that time. She did not ask for any explanation, but I still gave her my side. I told her that being an educator is…

But still it would be there each day he arrives, keeping him separated but equal .The white folks would allow them in small department to integrate. Even so the keep getting calls from people warning them not to push any further to integrate the university but her mom kept going to her meeting and classes. With everything going on Bealis kept going to school and when new school year come around they offered them to go back to the same school, but one of the had to sacrifice something and then…

Annually a lot of international students have left their own countries for the sole purpose of seeking higher education in Universities abroad and with this the population of international students is increasing every time. Moving to another country is a major life transition that can have potentially detrimental effects on people’s mental health (Mallinckrodt & Leong, 1992). Hess (1994) postulated that, in most situations it is very common for people who face an unfamiliar culture that during…

The centres of higher academic education were the colleges and universities. Individuals ranging from the age of 18 years and older were still not ready for the responsibilities and if there’s problem they need someone who was older than them (Gray, 2015). The older college students were happier than younger students.…

Students Vs. Athletes Over the past few decades, it was considered unnatural for athletes to get the same treatment as an individual who did their best to succeed in school. Thanks to their social popularity for being physically talented and their excused absences due to practices during the school day, some teachers often give athletes an advantage over others who aren’t athletic. A rising question of conflict continues to rise amongst their peers; Is it right for athletes to get treated…

My school community is filled with opportunities to make the world a better place for others. There are so many service trips and groups dedicated to fundraising at my school, which I've also participated in, but there was an atmosphere dedicated to just trying to raise the most money possible and send it off somewhere. That's why now, as group leader of the Philosophy Club, my advisor and I try to emphasize that this club isn't about raising money but instead trying to create a space for…