Part 2

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…

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,…

dealerships throughout Minnesota. Most of them have service garages attached to them which repairs and checks out cars. When theses garages need a part to fix a car they have to call it into the hub, which is the warehouse that has all the parts. The warehouse fills out the order and delivers it to the service garage that need the part. The hub uses to be an old auto part store before Walser bought it and was the best place I ever worked at. The Hub is located in South St Paul, right next to…

In this day and age, there is a plethora of part-time jobs for hardworking college students to avail themselves of. One popular part-time job is lifeguarding. During the summer of 2014 and 2015, I worked as a lifeguard at the Burnham Park Pool in Morristown, New Jersey. My job as a lifeguard at Burnham Park was the best job I ever had for three reasons. The first reason Lifeguarding at Burnham Park was the best job was the benefits. One benefit was the raises. Lifeguards got a seventy-five…

Due to the issues at home, I had to start taking responsibilities to help support my family. My mom was able to get a full time job at a factory as a machine operator and I was able to get a part time job at McDonald’s. We both got paid minimum wage, and we had to make our checks last longer in order to survive. During this time, I was in high school, and many times I decided to drop out of school. I was working up to 7 hours per day up to…

Bridging Assignment When I leave sixth form I would like to move on to university for three years to do a degree in English Literature. From there, I haven’t decided what career I would like to do, but I am hoping starting my A-Levels at Post 16 will show me what I enjoy, and what my strengths are. I would like a career that I find enjoyable and very rewarding, and one that I can progress in so that I have something to work for. The requirements for a degree in English Literature at universities…

After learning about Canada’s situation of poverty and seeing an up close view of the daily struggles I interviewed one of my father’s friends about his time in poverty about two years ago. He preferred that I kept his identity a secret so I am changing the names. The McManus’s, Ryan and his wife Alysica had a six year old daughter, Allison, a two year old son, Cooper and were expecting another child in December of 2013. After asking Ryan several questions I reflected upon his answers and put…

“The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore was about two boys with the same names, similar backgrounds, who had in similar situations, and grew up in the similar neighborhoods. Wes Moore the author and the other Wes Moore grew up with difficult life situations, but whose lives took two different paths. One becomes successful and goes down the right path and the other Wes Moore is a failure because the actions he decided to do. One of the reasons why Wes Moore is successful was because his mother Joy.…

ends meet. The reason why I chose this article is because I think it hits home for a lot of us. As a college student, life can be never ending rollercoaster. A lot of us are either going to school full time while working part time or if you’re like me you’re going to school part time and working full time just to make ends meet, but sometimes even working just doesn’t cut it. In the article Akane Otani says that going to school is a great way have a better life in this world, but in order to get…