College is a time for discovering oneself while educating themselves on how to live on their own efficiently. College also develops a student’s way of life that they will carry on throughout their adult life’s. I am currently a sophomore and in the two years that I have attended here I have lived with a roommate as well as by myself. Living in these two different environments has affected my territoriality in many different ways. For me personally, college has changed my view on personal space, living
Upon entering the course I really didn’t know what to expect. This is my first year as a college student, so I was hoping for a smooth first semester. I planned out this semester thoroughly as well as for the following two years. I was skeptical about the course at the beginning, because a few of the individuals that I’ve met mentioned that either the assignments took up too much of their time or their professors wasn’t giving them the right amount of information to work with in the course. Hopefully
Help to Reach Full Potential One of Crucet’s arguments in her novel, Make Your Home Among Stranger, states that first generation college students should receive more help than other college students because it will increase their likelihood to pursue graduate from a university and they will have a better future than their family. She discusses the struggles of her main character faces while she attends to school far away from her hometown and her academic struggles. She also conflicts with her self-identity
the past few decades, receiving a college education has been a stressed importance in today’s society. However it is often misunderstood that attending a 4-year school is the best and only way to go. Following this belief, many students attend these schools with out being academically, financially, or mentally prepared. Unfortunately students like this have failed to over look the more realistic options available to them, such as community college. Junior college is a resource available to anyone
As a first-generation Latina in college, I could not be where I am without the help of multiple individuals. My parent’s sacrificed so much coming into this country. They left behind their family, their home, in order to one day provide a better future for me. Initially, my parents planned on staying in America for five years then they would go back to Ecuador. However plans changed once my mom became pregnant with me. The decision to stay in order to give me the best future possible greatly affected
Survival of the College Life College: it’s an interesting subject. Many have the option to either attend school for another four years or not go to school at all. College is very different than high school because teachers normally do not care if the students’ are late, or if they leave early. There are also fewer assignments, and grades are mainly based upon tests. Whether it is at a junior college or university, it is primarily up to the student to take responsibility of his or her
senior year of high school. It is time for you to decide what you want to do after you graduate. You have a few possible things that you could do. You could start applying for colleges, get accepted to one, and then go to college right out of high school; or you could do the same thing, but take a year off. This brings up the argument of whether or not a student should take off a gap year before they begin college. There are both, pros and cons to taking a gap year prior to starting college. In
College: it’s an interesting subject. Many have the option to either attend school for another four years or not go to school at all. College is very different than high school because teachers normally do not care if the student’s are late, or if they leave early. There are also fewer assignments, and grades are based upon tests. Whether it is at a junior college or university, it is primarily up to the student to take responsibility of his or her schedule. Oftentimes, when students go
HOW MUCH!?” my father exclaimed in shock. His eyes bugged out of his head and he held the piece of paper away from him, as if it had assaulted him. I knew at that moment I wasn’t going to my dream college. “Maybe I can just put college off for a year?” I asked timidly. “No”, my father said firmly. “You need to go to college. Having a degree makes life easier, so you need to do it.” As I finished my first year at my second choice college, that statement my dad made bothered me. If college is so mandatory
Why do some college freshmen find it harder to write an essay in college than in high school?” College freshmen usually struggle with the transition from high school writing to college writing. They do not know that the writing in college has a lot of differences. They also do not know that college writing has different rules. These students get confused with these rules. There are many other reasons cause these struggles. There are different styles in writing, for example: In college writing in college