Stonyhurst College

Expectations of High School Junior high is two years where it is comparable to the most awkward years. That is why most people can not wait until high school. I would say most people compare and contrast high school with their high expectations. Tv shows and movies and parents persuaded many upper elementary and junior high students including myself of what to expect out of high school. Tv shows and movies gave me high expectations of high school since they all showed the students not…

College is not Unattainable Over the past decades, attending college has been stressed to all high school students. Many students are lucky to survive the struggling years of high school let alone make it to college. The students that are prosperous in attending college usually drop out or get pulled into the partying craze. Specialty businesses look for college educated people to hire that have a degree that meets requirements the business searches for. All high school graduates should attend…

Is college really worth the debt, the hard work and the headaches you’ll receive? With jobs getting harder to get into and standards being raised, attending college can be a big advantage when applying for a job or starting a business. With all studies and statistics taken, it can be proven that college can be a big step in someone’s life. Numbers and percentages can speak for themselves there is a great difference between those who have attended college and those who haven’t. Workers with…

my strict boarding school of Saint James, and I was ready to There was no longer the supervision of my parents or teachers to hold me back, and there were no limits on what I was allowed to do. I had a clear path to success, in which I would go to college, get a job in a field I loved, find a wife, and live happily ever after. There was nothing I couldn’t do. When my condition kicked in, however, I was unable to achieve those goals. Instead I was an either a patient…

first-generation students keeps increasing as the years pass by. In 2012, about 32% of undergraduate students were first-generation. There has been a small increase from 10 years ago (1992), where about 27% of undergraduate students were first-generation college students (Horn & Nunez). These statistics are small compared to the traditional students, which are students who are not the first-generation to attend a post-secondary school. One main factor that there is a small percentage of FGCS is…

on average, about 78 years to live, we still spend the first five years at home as babies, the next thirteen in required schooling, and are then expected to continue with at least two-to-four years of college, which is followed by years of graduate school. A gap year between high school and college has proven to be extremely beneficial to the students that have taken this opportunity and should be completed by more students. By taking a gap year, students are allowed to travel and reach a…

Mr. Hartman also says, "more residential colleges will offer students the option of taking courses on campus two days a week and picking up the rest of their coursework online, so they can hold jobs while keeping up with their studies, and without completely forgoing time in the traditional college setting" (Young). The online classes have been set on the same curriculum as a traditional class is, such as due dates for…

toll on our lives. Contrary to this idealism, 37 years later, David Leonhardt wrote an article, “The College Dropout Boom,” which stresses the fact that lower-income students are discouraged about higher education. The author does well with his use of pathos as well as the structuring of the piece, keeping the attention of the reader to understand the issue of college education today. “The College Dropout Boom,” written in 2005, addresses the issue of how lower-income students are discouraged…

(1). Although I may not have the strongest GPA among my peers, I consider myself to be an active member in my community. Compared to my affluent friends in college, I was born and raised in a low-income community on the East Side of San Jose. Additionally, my family 's social-economical background placed us at a disadvantage due to the fact in which my parents were not able to afford to pay for certain academic luxuries that my peers have had (private tutors, extracurricular academic activities,…

There are many things in someone’s life that helps a person define themselves, many experiences and encounters help to shape the person they end up becoming later in life. It’s funny how one can aimlessly live their life without knowing who they really are. If you ask someone the question “who are you” or “what defines you” chances are the person won’t have an answer right of the top of their heads. Most people might not know who they really are until a major event occurs in their life. The way…