University of Pittsburgh

Saturday, August 19, 2017, was the day I left my best friend. Going into my senior year of high school, my initial thoughts were college applications and the freedoms college would soon grant me. I could make my own schedule and decisions, I didn’t have to abide by some sexist dress code, my parents wouldn’t be down my back, but most importantly I would just be identified as myself rather than the twin. My identical twin sister and I have always been grouped together and almost every time…

Purpose Paper Pur·pose (n.): a person's sense of resolve or determination. The purpose paper is a paper that helps students outline their goals, and find their purpose through their strengths to reach those goals. I have 3 goals in my college life: to pass my classes with a B or higher, apply for an internship, and to become more knowledgeable and wiser. My purpose is to live life to the fullest, to discover what is beyond the horizons; in other words, I want to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.…

education within the system of universities, as well as a juxtaposition of their positions. In “Universities and their Function,” Whitehead writes that “[t]he universities are schools of education, and schools of research.” (Whitehead, “Universities,” 2). For the universities to properly serve these functions, they need to cultivate imagination in the students and in the faculty. In fact, he states that “A university is imaginative or it is nothing”(Whitehead, “Universities,” 2). This…

Kids these days love to get what they want. Most of them are shown that they need to earn it, or either wait for it. This causes children to flare and want to get a job, to earn the things they want sooner. Student’s should not be allowed to get afterschool jobs because it interferes with school, students are risking their grades to earn minimum wage. A job creates a less personal life for a student that it does not allow them to have leisure time or even a social life. Those who get a job at a…

First Generation College Goers The article by Liz Riggs “First Generation College-Goers” is primarily about the perceived struggles of people who are the first in their families to attend College. The issues of a first-generation student tend to involve financial burdens and being behind academically compared to others. While colleges may accept these students, they are far less likely to graduate on time or at all compared to their peers. Most of these students are unaware of the resources…

as a medium for expressing the solutions to our problems before implementation of the agreed plan. However, when you have a big organization with multiple departments like Creighton University does you often have the problem of bureaucracy within the organization. The president of Creighton acts as head of the University and works for the board to ensure day-to-day operations are going along in a cohesive and efficient manner. But when you have many different departments that mean the…

The Growing Problem of Student Debt A question that always seems to come up at the dinner table when a senior is finishing their last year of high school is that of, “what college are you going to choose and how are you going to pay for it?” Although both questions are kind of hard to answer on the spot, one is more difficult than the other. Most high school students struggle to come up with the finances to pay for college. The sad part is that everyone needs an education to have any sort of…

graduation rate was 57 percent for males and 62 percent for females. 2. Support material: On the other hand, only 33 percent actually graduated in 4-years and received their bachelor 's degree. B. Here in Cal State University San Bernardino our overall graduation rate was 52 percent in 2009 and 2 percent for our transfer-out rate. Based on the office of institutional research I’ve found statistics that students pursuing a Bachelor 's degree only 9 percent…

College…. The ultimate freedom from mom and dad, especially when they can be kind of strict about how you behave and what you believe in. High School graduates all over the country leave home to go to college and gain a higher education, but could they be losing their religion because of it? In the article, “Why College Students Are Losing Their Religion,” by Conor Friedersdorf he expresses that it is not the college’s fault, but rather the weak hold that religion has on its people. I agree with…

“Mr. D, how do you say this (holding a pen) in English?” It was my first day back to school in Dubai. As I looked at my seventh grade student whom I knew I was going to be teaching history and geography to, exclusively in English, I realized I was in for a long semester. But, I empathized. “It’s a pen,” I said patiently. She nodded with understanding. Eight months later, my socially acclimatized student was conversing fluently in English with her peers. And, she had become one of my top students…