Jessica Lopes Professor Rubalcava D. 01 Sept. 2014 Blue Collar Brilliance Response In the essay, “Blue Collar Brilliance,” Mike Rose illustrates the complex attitudes of intelligence coinciding with blue-collar versus white-collar jobs. The author uses anecdotes from real life situations and statistics in order to prove his point that not all workers in the service industry are incapable of beyond average intelligence. According to Rose, though society expects people with lower class jobs to sustain a lower class intellect, the reality is that the workers are learning constantly and picking up a large amount of knowledge just based on their surroundings. Rose begins by discussing his mother and how as a waitress she was always on her toes and to “make every move count” (par. 5).
These students then enroll in a community college. In the article making sparks fly, Rose talks about three different student and their achievements in college. Their achievements are: Cynthia running for student government, Bobby going back to school to get an academic degree, and Elias is going back to college after he had dropped out of high school. They are acknowledge by coming to college to work on making a higher level in math, show that a woman can do the same as a man, and showing leadership. (Rose 2011) I believe these students are doing different activities to better their lives and to experience different life styles.
I left a job in Human Resources at a Fortune 500 company to become a teacher. Some days, I do question my sanity. But, most of the time, I just have to think about how useless and uninspired I felt behind that desk, staring at a boring spreadsheet, and I can remember why I teach. I teach in order to make a difference for children and to share myself with the world. Keep your reasons for teaching close to your heart and you'll realize that all of the stress really can be worth
There are some teens however, who are still considering going to this 4 year university with tuition cost and dorm living fees, which is wonderful for those who can afford it with scholarships then go for it but if you see that your parents to make less money than the cost of one semester, it is time to get a grip. Things in this economy are hard right now, “ The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite erased their gains for the year, while the Dow is barely hanging on, up only 0.3%
By doing these, you will be able to ‘jungle-through’ senior year just fine. It is because of this senioritis that several seniors are having problems graduating high school properly. However, practicing such good habits will surely make anyone immune to senioritis. Never let senioritis rule over you. At the end of the day, the failure, the blame and like consequences will surely fall back to
“For Once, Blame The Student” The article “For once, blame the student” by Patrick Welsh expresses the idea that American students are falling behind academically not because of the common excuses themselves. I agree with the article and have seen through first-hand experience as a student that a large portion of American students have lost the internal motivation and determination needed to succeed academically, i.e. my 7th period. In “For once, blame the student” Welsh talks about the way students who have emigrated to the United States often do better in school than the middle and upper class American students. Welsh says the reasoning behind the emigrated student’s success is the self determination and motivation to do well in school, as well as hard work exerted by the students.
College scholarships are often tied up to grades, and students that fail to maintain a good GPA can lose scholarship money and even financial aid. Some states offer free or discounted tuition to students who maintain reasonably high grades. Although financial aid will allow students a grace period of a semester to bring up their grades, a lower grade can trigger financial issues and leave students scrambling for money to cover tuition. The most important effect of getting a bad GPA is the difficulty to get a job fresh-out of college. Nowadays, most employers that recruit recent graduates require a minimum GPA, especially if you are applying for technical openings.
As well as “The making new friends” challenge. I mean why bother making new friends if you are going to lose them each year? But in the other hand, you should expect (and accept) the diversity of people. What to expect from college is not really something to specific. For example, many of us weren’t really use to studying during high school, mainly because it was so unchallenging.
(Teacher) (Class) 1 November 2011 High School Vs. College Everyone needs a good education in order to sufficiently make it through life these days. In order to achieve this, a person must graduate high school and college. Many people seem to think life as a high school student and a college student are very similar, but to me they have many differences. When I graduated high school, I decided that I would go to college and I became very aware of not only the differences, but the similarities as well. A couple of the things I noticed were the differences in the scheduling and rules and attitudes, responsibility on my part, and the work load.
Many college graduates graduate with a large amount of debt, but those who do not use a gap year to earn money so they are not in such debt. For some students who have graduated with low test scores and/or GPA, a year off can be used for studying so that the chances of getting accepted into a college are