University-preparatory school

families in my area, sent me to a private college preparatory school to avoid the failing school system in East Baton Rouge Parish. While my school’s white population totaled eighty percent, Caucasian children represented the minority group in my neighborhood public school. As…

education. Nowadays with advancement in computer technology, the use of digital media has become more usual than ever in classrooms across the US. Institutions of higher learning offer complete online degrees. Meanwhile grammar schools, middle schools, and high school are starting to see an increase usage of digital media in their classrooms. Recent studies conducted by Andrea Lunsford show that the use of digital media as a mean of communication has increase exponentially in the last couple…

Many people do not attend school due to the lack of funds. There are also many who do not receive financial help due to the fact that education has become very expensive. Students who have parents that have a high socioeconomic status tend to have to pay out of pocket, which sometimes does place the family in a financial bind. Since every year the cost of education rises, it makes it hard for students who cannot afford their tuition to attend college. Thus all students should have the…

pocket and have to take out loans to get a better education. Another major change is the college mentality from the 80’s. Today most high school students feel pressured and that it’s necessary to go to college. However back in the day, college wasn’t pressured on students and going straight to work out of high school was a social norm. For this reason, most high school graduates today go to college without knowing what they want to do with their life. Lastly, there are many…

land of United States last December, I have been in the College of San Mateo for two semesters. Along with my studying here, I have had a deeper understanding of the qualities of a successful community college student. Unlike the courses in my high school in China where all the students are concentrated in a same class and taught by the same teachers, the courses in community college here are more flexible because the distribution of majors generates the flow among different courses. Community…

Today there are many ways for a student to earn a post-secondary education. The traditional option for attending in person classes at university or college is still present, but there many students are choosing to earn their degrees through a completely online or hybrid program, which is mostly online but does include some in person courses. No matter which style of earning an education students chose, the main goal associated with achieving a degree remains the same. That goal is for students…

programs, or location. What most of the students applying to the University of Tennessee do not realize is that the school has a very rich history in paranormal activity. A myriad of ghosts reportedly haunt various buildings across the University of Tennessee campus. A few of the UT ghosts include misplaced soldiers, Native American’s, two suicidal students, Fanny, Evening Primrose, and Sophie the stern dorm mother. The land that the University of Tennessee was built on came equipped with…

better for diverse career options. Furthermore, everyone has the opportunity to get a college degree. Graduates now have to compete for jobs even after years of studying. The only difference is that all the people looking for a job have degrees. The universities raise expectations which are difficult for the government to…

Being a student grants you the access of many job opportunities on campus. For instance, in Oklahoma State University, Erin Pretotta states that, “Students can work with faculty members in research labs, campus offices unrelated to their major, lifeguard, referee, student research assistant, campus tour guide, office assistant, editor/writer for the school newspaper, media relations contact for an athletics team, technology support, dining services, and residential assistant”. By…

potentially go towards other tasks such as homework or studying that the students need to accomplish for their various classes. If seeing the academic advisor could be an in and out process, not only would it benefit the students, it would also benefit the school by allowing more of their students to graduate successfully with the classes that they…