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ritual,” then ends up of having horrific consequences causing deaths, physical, emotional, and/ or mental instability. Hazing should be banned throughout the world because it’s the main cause of bullying, it’s the number one problem in colleges or universities, and it’s has resulted in outrageous deaths. There has been an increase of hazing throughout the years and even though there has been more help it just doesn’t seem to stop. Now in days hazing can be found in any sport activity but you…

Money is the central focus in every society that exists today because money means power. Money means the difference between survival and total failure. In college total failure ensures a future of mediocre jobs, and this is why it is important to be financially wise when going through college. Today the price of tuition for colleges is the highest that it has ever been, and that price is still continuing to rise. A lot of college students are being forced into debt as they follow their dreams…

"I probably would have taken one or two loans, and then I would have hustled. I would have picked up groceries in college, I would have babysat everybody because they guarantee you a degree, but they don't guarantee you a job, and they still want their money” (Whiteside). This statement was made by Rhea Shannon, who is a college graduate who has collected $54,000 in student debt. Her father was the cosigner on her loans, but he died her senior year of college fighting in Afghanistan. Shannon’s…

become a negative if a specific college needs more funding to help the local community. State payment would be more diverse and appropriate, but certain states may not be able to fund colleges as well as other states. New York has higher capita than Wyoming, and can afford to give more to the state colleges. President Barack Obama’s funding plan for free two-year college is to have the federal government pay three-fourths of the costs while leaving the states with the rest (Korte). The problem…

In a discussion about the paradigms of public education, Ken Burns addresses the controversial topic of cultural education. Public education is experiencing a time of confusion in helping children develop cultural identity so the new generation can continue to play an important role in globalization. This confusion causes an immediate reaction: continue to do what has been done in the past--instruct children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many…

observed many children who have dropped out of college because they were not ready for the freedom of being on their own. I remember my next door neighbor only let her son attend a local community college. The other children attended colleges and universities far away from home, but he went to school nearby. The reason behind that is because his mom wanted to make sure her child was prepared for college mentally. She didn’t want her son to drop out because of parties, and not keeping up…

According to E. Allen and J. Seaman (2013) in 2013, 32 percent of college/university students were participating in one or more online courses. In an article “Revolution hits the universities” by T. Friedman (2013), he explains how MOOCs will revolutionize the method of education in the next few years. This will create an easy access/low cost method of delivering education to students around the world. With some of the best universities already offering courses thru this platform, soon we…

The Desire for “More” Derives from School In every classroom, there are an abundance of different students that attend school for several reasons. Some of those reasons may be to graduate and venture to college, to play sports in college, to get a brighter education, or just to receive their diploma at the end of one’s twelve year-period of struggle and chaos. Each person has a goal that is different than another’s, but there are some students who struggle with the question of why to stay in…

Hardwork. Dedication. No reward One of these doesn’t seem to connect with the others. If you are a working hard and dedicated to what you do, shouldn’t you receive a reward. That thought goes through the heads of college athletes, everyday. They live this story, putting in hard work and time into playing for their school, yet they receive nothing. All these athletes play for the organization known as the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the NCAA for short. The NCAA is a…

Resume Their Educational Pursuits in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by authors Theresa Philips and Barber Herlihy a “student departure from higher education is a major phenomenon that has many implications for students as well as colleges and universities” (Philips,…