Vocational school

to focus on learning a trade at the same time. My freshmen year I wanted to go to our local vocational school to study Biotechnology, but my mom always looked down on non traditional sources of education. “Vocational school is for people who do not want to go to college,” my mom would say. “I went to vocational school and I turned out fine,” my dad would reply. My dad went to our local vocational school to be trained in carpentry and though he never got a job directly tied to carpentry, he…

ago today I was filling out this same application contemplating what my dreams and aspirations were. I was naive and sheltered, unaware of what awaited me as I stepped into the “real” world. This past year has been a year of change, I am attending a school that has helped me come into my own personally, professionally, and academically. The things I have done this year would have been unimaginable to me a year ago. Personally I have grown through the culture shock I faced coming from a community…

In high school, one is taught that once you step out into the Real World, everything changes relatively quick, which so far I have found to be true. All of the once popular people now come crawling back to the ones they used to prey upon because they were smart. The value of a dollar to a person in university is extremely higher than that of a high-schooler, and the fact that most professors in university don 't specifically teach in class. Thus, the all around responsibility put on a person in…

plan on going to college, mostly since their parents support a sports team or attended that school as well. But, all schools are different. Some schools include better academics, some are composed of multiple sports championships, and some are more expensive than others. All these factors vary by school and by state. High school students looking into higher education should not assume out-of-state schools are not an option; they may include a higher quality degree plan for a more preferable…

Merriam Webster defines education as the knowledge, skill, and understanding that one gets from attending a school, college, or university. Many different aspects in today’s society are determined by the type of education that one receives; receiving the best education possible, only puts one ahead and brightens their future. There are a number of social benefits in getting higher education, college students have higher self- esteem, self direction, are more satisfied with life. According to the…

Does a student’s attitude play a role in their success in school? According to Andrew J. Martin and Herbert W. Marsh, resilience is a key factor in whether you will not only be more successful in school, but in life after that. In their study, they collected data based off specific psychological questions that determined if students in high school possessed this base characteristic of success. Martin and Marsh used the answers to the students’ questions, calculated them on a mathematic scale,…

increase of options in everything from high school. It is also where students learn skills that will shape their career and life, and create connections that will benefit both themselves and others. Universities offer considerably more education options than high school. This variety helps students learn about themselves because they now have the ability to look at more options and discover their interests, talents,…

society hypotheses that the way to a better life is through formal education and the school administration are rated on their ability to prepare their students for higher education, which will allow them to obtain a higher standard of living. Therefore, certain schools and school districts go to extreme lengths to keep out military Recruiters out. On the contrary, it is vital to allow military Recruiters into the High Schools in order to provide opportunities to qualified students in order to…

bothered me though because what I was good at was school. The one place where I did standout was in the classroom. I loved football and cared a lot about Wildcat Football, but I understood that it was only a game and what mattered most was my education. Knowing this, I strove all through school to do my best to be able to attend college to further my education. I knew that the only way I could follow my dreams was by pursuing a higher…

apprenticeship and is from Canada. Using the aforementioned structure of myths and rituals, I began looking at why we were in school, and found that for all three of us, a key motivation for pursuing a post secondary education is increasing employability. The challenge of underemployment comes form a tough economy and also from the fact that more and more people, now 80% of high school graduates, are choosing to attend post secondary institutions (Fenesi, 2015), making it necessary to get an…