When I decided to go back to school, knew that college would help me refresh my brain in certain areas that I may need improvement on. I also returned to school because I want a job that will fit with me. Since I have been out of high school, I have had quite a few jobs. The jobs that were employed at, I knew that those jobs were what I did not want to have a career out of for the rest of my life. So, after all the different jobs I had back to back and me not being satisfied with either one.
Learning Against Grades In this society, students are encouraged to pursue a higher education after graduating from high school. Yet, each individual has a different reason for desiring to move on to college. Students attend college either because they want to increase their knowledge, get a decent paying job after college, or they just want to get the “college” experience instead of going on to the working force after high school. As a first-year college student, I pictured college to be a “… place for learning and growth…” (Jerry Faber, 387), but I was slightly wrong. Everyday I stress over earning a good grade in my classes, instead of being driven to learn the material of the course.
Connie McBride AC0707685 Writing Assessment EN110 Achieving Academic Excellence “Why College is Important to Me” Working menial jobs to get through high school really didn’t give me the push to jump right into college. I tried a few classes here and there and it was something that seemed to be a temporary thing to occupy time. I was young and didn’t realize what college was going to mean to my adulthood challenges. After finally accepting a full time job that could lead to a career for some time it became clear that college would have been a good choice for me to have been successful. I quickly began to attend college classes through my employer to make gains in my career and try to possibly secure my future.
It also states that the community college can be for people that have jobs, but who want to study for a career. I agree with Rose in the point that students in community college should have more acknowledgements to have better resources for their career field. There are some students who have struggled with high school education, but have decided to do something to study for a career. Most students don’t have enough time, or financial means to pay for university classes. These students then enroll in a community college.
We were all somehow exposed to different backgrounds, as well as lifestyles. Therefore, it’s safe to say that the statement “Is College for Everyone” doesn’t imply to certain people who were raised to think otherwise. However, Pharinet seems to think that most kids should consider not going to college at all. Pharinet went on to explain how most students will find themselves working full-time jobs to help pay the expenses of college, in result their grades begins to drop. Then the student decides to drop to a part-time worker, register for less class hours to find more time to work on improving their grades.
set Jonathan Davis Professor C. Taber CSS 125-02 November 28, 2011 Mindset of a Student Starting college for some people is straightforward. They have an idea in their heads of what to expect and how to handle it and succeed. The thought of failure does not scare this group of people because they are ready in their minds to meet the challenge. This group of people has what we call a growth mindset. Others go to college with a fork in the road outlook on college.
After four to six years of studying, working, and sacrificing, the rest of my life will be a breeze. I'll will be working my dream career, instead of working at a miserable, dead-end job. Out of my Immediate family I will be the first to attend college. Which makes me very proud to change the cycle. My primary goal is attending and finishing college.
Like most high school seniors, I felt I knew everything I needed to pass by life. The thought of college very rarely crossed my mind so after high school all I was thinking of was all I need to do now is find a job. I quickly found out finding a job isn’t as easy as everyone who tells you. When I did think of college, I kept telling myself “I think I should take a few years off from school to find work.” Boy was that the worse idea I ever had, and now I wish I could take it all back. Unlike most high school students I didn’t attend a normal class, I felt the teacher was going too slowly at times and there was never any stress from other Students.
I questioned if students have been taught that education is the key to success, why do they chose to drop out knowing that it is going to lead towards a very difficult to path to walk. I also questioned how could educators and parents been more aggressive in preventing these choices amongst our youth. In my paper I concluded that changing the legal age to 18 would be beneficial to society because it would force a student to be in high school until their senior year. At that point it would be pointless to dropout because they are so close to reaching their goal. And by graduating they would probably be more ambitious about education and be more likely to pursue a college education.
They need me to set an example for when they get older and it’s difficult to take care of kids when you’re working dead end jobs, living check to check. I want to be able to provide for them easily and make it easy on them to go to college when they get older. I was determined to make it this time and my girlfriend