Long hours studying outside of class while stressing, asking myself “is this education really worth my time and effort”. At those moments I was unsure whether to continue my education. It seemed like working was just an easier option. The beginning of my senior year in high school I managed to take 4 AP classes as I was working 20+ hours a week and trying to accomplish all of college/scholarship
One time when hard work paid off for me was a year ago. I was a freshman in a very hard school that's grading scale was a around 5-7 points instead of the normal 10. My grades were sinking and sinking until I learned that I may be kicked out if I don't do better. I was frightened, all the stress of high school made me procrastinate and now it's showing in my grades. So when the new advisory came I told myself I was going to study harder and do all of my work better then before, and it showed. I got all of my grades up and in one of my worst classes, Algebra 1, I got an A on the final. I was so excited because I was now able to stay in my school and that I now have the skills to raise my G.P.A. even higher before senior
In his essay titled “Yes A College Education Is Worth the Costs,” published in USA Today, former president of Southern Virginia University and a law professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law Rodney K. Smith, raises his concern about people willing to invest in material things rather than their future. By using the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the unemployed population to show that the unemployment rate is caused by the absences of graduates to satisfy the jobs in demand, he tries to convince the reader of the importance of education. As a 2010 report by the BLS indicates compared to 14.9% unemployed people without a high school diploma, only 1.9% graduates with a doctoral degree are unemployed. In addition, the average weekly income of a high school degree holder is 1106 less than a doctoral degree holder (qtd in Smith).
Working forty hours a week, school (may I add that I have perfect attendance since entering high school), filling out college applications and
Especially a lack of ability for the student's parents can’t have enough money to financially support. Mark Kantrowitz in his article “Why Do Students Drop Out of College?” says that, “Of the students who had no help from their parents, 62% chose their college based on proximity to home or work and compared with 45% and 37% among students who had parental support”, he explains that students lack of financial support from parents made a difficult task between college, work, and family commitments. Kantrowitz cites another evidence to prove this point. “71% of students who dropped out of college said that work contributed to the decision, with more than 54% identifying it as a major factor. About 35% said that balancing work and school was too stressful”, he says that students dropped out or stopped their education needs because they have to work and support themselves and their family while enrolled in college at the same time. In this way, parents' budget is not able for their children to continue education. Therefore, students forced to drop out from college to work because they believe that the standard of living is more considerable than
Over the past twenty-five years, college costs have accumulatively risen four-hundred percent. The percent of parents who contribute to their child’s student debt has dropped from thirty-seven percent to twenty-seven percent, compared to three years ago. Due to the lack of aid, most students have to try to balance a job and school at the same time resulting in eighty-five percent of college students working at least twenty hours a week. It has also been noted that students who work twenty hours or more a week while attending classes at the same time are less likely to graduate due to the high stress environment. Sixty-two percent of college students who drop out were responsible for their own college education. Even when students drop out, thirty percent are still faced with college debt, creating a loophole impossible to recover
Due to the continuing increase of living it’s nearly impossible to be able to live alone. Since the demand of a higher education for better paying jobs is at an all time high trying to juggle a full-time job and returning to college is more than difficult at times. Frank, a full-time employee decided that he’d better himself by returning to college. Never considering that times have changed, he still continued to work and go to school. He stretched himself to the max; he worked late hours and then stayed up doing homework until the early morning only to have to get up and return to class to repeat the long days over. Several weeks passed, he realized that he was never going to be able to get ahead to matter how hard to tried. He was very aware that if he stopped taking classes his chances of being something in the world were even slimmer than if he continued and somehow managed to do both. Frank decided that no matter how tough these next few months were going to be he wasn’t going to let it stop him from meeting his goals.
Of course, I learned to work extra hard by accustoming to the challenges of constantly reading and studying. In my eyes, I saw this as an opportunity to prepare for college, and to save
All through Middle School and High School I had to juggle my academics with my
In my early colleges years, I would work two part-time jobs and go to school fulltime because financial aid would not pay for half-time. Since, I could not afford to pay for the courses and my bills, I was stuck with two full-times; work and school. Most of the times, I spend a whole day without eating. It was hard to eat healthy and get enough sleep with such busy schedule.
Another road block I may face is I am always busy! If I am not at school I’m at work if I am not at work I’m sleeping or studding, there is never a dual moment in my life. Thankfully my boss works with me and cut my hours back so I could focus more on school, which helps a lot. I am also blessed that my parents and Aunt and Uncle support me, and push me to my fullest potential.
Where a regular student can afford to block off time days or weeks in advance for study or extracurricular activity I have found that flexibility is my strongest tool. There have been nights I have found myself studying for an impending test while pacing my kitchen with a crying baby in one arm and a text book in the other. Any reading assignment I can manage to listen to through audiobook is absolutely a God send, as I can complete it in the car or while packing lunches. I work two jobs on top of everything else. This semester has been my favorite in terms of schedule synchronicity. Everything is flowing in an orderly manner, I go straight from school to work taking time to study during my breaks.
I work thrity-five hours a week at a warehouse in Ontario California. When I first registered for college classes, I figured college would be fairly easy to fit into my schedule. After all, I thought, college students are not in class all day, like high school students are. So, I assumed the twelve hours a week I’d spend in class wouldn’t be too much of a load. But I was in for a big surprise. My first semester at college showed me that students who work while going to college face problems at school, at work, and at home.
I have a profound attachment to my education. At times, I prioritize it above socializing with friends on the weekends. I am not afraid to sacrifice my time and sleep to complete my homework and studying. I have a couple of motivating factors behind this drive to complete my education. For one, I am fascinated by the material being covered. I love going to class and learning about chemistry and math. The “Aha” moment feels so satisfying when I pick up a concept in class. Also, I am motivated to graduate and to be able to find a promising career in engineering. Ultimately, I hope that my hard work pays off and I can be in a career I am fascinated in. In all, this amounts to is my drive of finishing college not demising.
Studying for me is the time when every single second is dedicated to getting more knowledge and experience. However it has never been easy for me to find enough of this time. I come form a very poor family . My father was an alcoholic who never took care of his family, so everything have to be done by to my mother and her oldest child; who happened to be me. Since the moment I can remember I always had to work and take care of my siblings. When I was 15 years old my mother had to go out of town for work to support the family. It was my task to manage the family, make sure we had food, and take care of my sister and brother. I had to wake up every morning at 5.30 to crush giant blocks of ice and deliver the crushed ice to local businesses. I
The first cause of students dropping out of college is due to the fact that they are unable to balance their work and school together. A questionnaire was completed by 42 first- and second-year students from a single degree program at the end of Semester 2. Findings - Within this group, 83 per cent of students worked at some point during term-time of their degree program. In total 58 per cent of those students who worked did so to either cover or contribute to basic costs of living. While the majority of students felt they could balance work and study, half of all students questioned felt that working could have a negative impact on their degree classification (Working to live). Even full-time