Vocational school

Personal Statement My challenges as an undergrad was the catalyst that lead me to decide that my future career endeavors involve helping college students succeed. All students need and deserve a solid educational foundation. Higher educational counselors are the dependable support system students have in community colleges and universities. Financial Aid advisors, Academic Advisors, and Career Development Counselors and more are important in universities and community colleges. Students should…

After one year of vision therapy, I could read chapter books for the first time without falling asleep. My vision improved immensely as well as my confidence and self-worth. Secondly, when I was forty-five, my older sister graduated from nursing school. As she walked across the stage to receive her diploma, I was deeply moved by her ability to overcome diversity in her own personal life and attain a lifelong goal: a degree in nursing. Although I was deeply moved by the…

Secondary education systems all around the world typically maintain a distinction between academic and vocational tracks or programs. Yet, the question of whether to vocationalize the secondary school is still recurrent in many educational systems, especially in developing countries (Holsinger & Cowell, 2000; Lauglo & Maclean, 2006; Psacharopoulos, 1987). On the one hand, different studies show that vocational secondary education provides students with better chances to compete in the labour…

College education? Is it really worth the price or is it overrated like a many other things in the world. First, finish high school. Then go to college and get a degree. College education is education and training beyond high school, the purpose of college education is to explore new opportunities and prepare you for the world. The price of college education is rising, but is it still worth it? Nowadays you have alternatives to a college education and in some cases they are better than a college…

How would you describe your community college academic experience? Has it been "a walk in the park," "an uphill climb," or something else? Fill in the blank with your own expression and explain. (Limit 600 characters) I wrote two different paragraphs. I wanted to see how they sounded. I will choose one. Coming from Nepal, a country vastly different from the United States both culturally and academically, my time here at TCC NE campus has been one of the most challenging, rewarding and…

Continuing professional development (CPD) CPD is a term used to describe the opportunities in which individuals will take in order to develop and enhance their skills and abilities and it is the process of monitoring and documenting these skills and experience that are acquired either formally within the workplace or informally referring to elsewhere oppose to within their working environment. These skills may have been gained over the likes of training, and this process helps individuals to…

Unfortunately my convincing fell on deaf ears and I had to go with my other option that I didn’t want to resort to which was going to school full-time and working full-time. I had worked full-time while attending college full-time, but that was only for small moments of time when my employment management needed me to fill in the gaps of people taking a vacation or going on paternity leave…

think about school they believe that you should go for a four year degree or something even longer. But people need to know that trade school is just as important as the degree that others are going for. Everyone looks down on the trade school degrees saying that people are lazy because they do not wanna put in that extra work to get the degree, but this is not true. Trade school is very important when you think about it, just as important as a four year degree in some cases. Trade school is not…

the median hourly wage for an esthetician is $13.92 and the median annual wage is $29,940. The upper hourly wage is $27.37 and the upper annual wage is $56,930. The lower hourly wage is $8.40 and the lower annual wage is $17,480. According to Avalon School of Cosmetology, education is a factor that can affect an esthetician’s salary. Those that choose to continue their education after their base program will be able to provide more services and advanced techniques which can translate into more…

friend majored in music in college; however, after 2 years of studying it in college, she discovered the only way she would get a job in music would be to teach it. And realistically, music teachers do not make much money—at least not in the public school system. She ended up dropping out of college and was forced to take a job as a receptionist at a law firm. In this case, music was not applicable to her world; thus, the value of knowing it was diminished. Yet, is our personal growth and…