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On this earth, most people are forced to get an education at a young age. We think that children need to start learning early on in life instead of waiting until adulthood. As a society, we want our young people to be as intelligent and creative as they can be. That’s why there are elementary schools and preschools to help children develop learning skills early on. This can benefit a person greatly in the long run. That’s why I believe that education is an effective and easy way for an…

SHY “Alex would you please be quiet for one second?” asked my mom. It’s funny that she always says this to me, because I got my talkative side from her. She talks more than I do, most of the time at least. Everyone else thinks that I am just shy, but that is not the case. If you really know me, you know that I am very outgoing. I have a ton of friends, that support me. My friends know my strengths and my weaknesses, and they could tell you that being shy is not one of my weaknesses. Because I…

In a time where traditional college is becoming more and more expensive Community College offers a more approachable alternative to those seeking to escape their cave and reach enlightenment. According to Moneycrashers.com students are expected to save at least twelve thousand dollars when attending Community College over the course of a two year degree (Eneriz). Everybody receives essentially the same high school education however what people chose to do to further their education can be a…

Rivers of Rhetoric I can feel the eyes of my peers on my neck and my cheeks are burning bright red. The buzzing from the fluorescent lights fog my thoughts as I squirm in my seat, not used to being confined to a typical elementary school desk. I can’t stop getting chills, not because of the incoming blast of fog chilled north coast air, but because I’m nervous of what Ms. Morton will say. Her lips are pursed as she looks my scrawny sixth grade self up and down before she blithely asks, “what…

As I reflect and reminisce upon the obstacles that I had to conquer to get to this point in my life, I can honestly say that I have come a long way. However, even though there were many obstacles in my way, I appreciate and value my past experiences because they have molded me into the person I am becoming. I often tell myself, there is a beauty in the struggle, and I say this because one seems to appreciate things more after having to work so hard to obtain them. Education and the experiences I…

In the United States of America today there seems to be this expectation that one must go to college or they are considered unsuccessful and looked down upon. There are numerous reasons I believe college is not for everyone. Every person is unique, school may not be there thing, and in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with a person going directly into the work force after high school. Also college degrees are becoming worth less and less as more people attend college and end up in careers that…

The essays in Chapter 13 discussed the role of colleges in society today. There are many expectations students have of college, and there are many expectations that college place on prospective and current student. Unfortunately, gaining college education can be quite challenging, and one of the biggest obstacles that most college students face is student-loan debt, especially so soon after graduation. College plays a huge role in society especially in today’s time. There are so many…

childhood to adulthood. In addition, I was perplexed about my career and was pondering on various stream such as science, arts, commerce, economics, etc. to select for further education. Eventually I got admitted myself in the science stream for Higher secondary education (11th & 12th grade). I tried to established my own identity in the college and among the peers and was somewhat successful in doing that. However, at this stage of adolescent I had lost my path in life as well as in career, and…

My childhood was not easy; it consisted of struggling through a broken home. As a young child I dealt with a drug addicted mother and a life filled with poverty in Oakland, California. My mother was addicted to crack cocaine, and could never keep a steady job due to her addiction. There were times in our lives where my brother and I went without food, water, or electricity. My father and mother divorced when I was still a toddler, and he was rarely present and provided no financial support.…

has become a widely debated in post-secondary institutions. Though higher thinking has always been valued in these institutions, critical thinking is a relatively new term that people are finding difficulty in defining and struggling to implicate in schools prior to post-secondary in order to prepare students. As many of the reports agree on, our secondary school education system fails to prepare students for the higher thinking skills required by post-secondary schools. (Holmes, DiCarlo,…