My experience at the arch makes me wonder if the University of Georgia purposefully put up a plaque honoring Confederate students and teachers beside the first black student’s hall. There are many other amazing professors that have gone through the UGA system before 1991, so was this a direct jab at the Hunter and Holmes Hall? Honestly, I do not believe this invalidates anybody’s rights. Ultimately, this just makes people uncomfortable to remember such a dark time in American history. It does not make sense why Athens would want to promote such a horrible memory like the Civil War to outshadow such a great victory for civil rights. This class is very beneficial to me, it truly has opened my eyes to how much injustice occurs around me and how to improve not only Athens but my hometown. All of the lessons are applicable to real life scenarios, which is priceless because sometimes …show more content…
Currently, Georgia has a law that the top five most competitive public schools cannot accept illegal immigrants. However, the few schools that do accept undocumented immigrants charge out of state tuition with little to none financial aid which makes it impossible for most of them to afford. Its purpose is to provide the students with a higher education because the state of Georgia is denying them that simple right. I believe that this violates the core American value of equal opportunity. Furthermore, Georgia is denying immigrants to college based on that they were not born in this country, not based on their grades or any controllable situation. Ultimately, Georgia is essentially promoting the idea of dropping out of high school because there is almost no chance of obtaining any higher degree of education. Why sit in class when you can work for your family? In conclusion, Georgia is wrong for this and should allow college admissions to be based on merit not where you are
East Carolina University is and has always been a dream school for many students including myself. I have grown up hearing about the University and it is nothing short of spectacular. Many family members of mine have attended East Carolina, and I have always pictured myself at this school. It would be an honor to be a pirate. Throughout high school I have struggled in Science and Math. I know I could have done better in high school but in life you can always do something better, im eager to push myself more and work harder than ever to succeed as an adult, if given the chance There are many times when I should I have put school in front of my extra curricular activities such as dancing, art, work, tennis, and swimming. However, all of those
When I think about what I could contribute to Florida A&M University based on the knowledge that I do have with your institution is that i’m a extremely committed student who has beliefs that you can do anything that you set your mind to. There may be some times when I may feel discouraged but why must if I feel like that if things aren’t easily handed to you. You must chase your dreams, and when you do that things will slowly fall into place (not exactly how you planned for it to be at times). I learned that through the many obstacles I had to experience to make me the well informed women I am today. The best activity, interest, experience, and achievement in my life was being a Big member of “Big brother, big sister”. Becoming a mentor for
In my last two years of highschool I duel enrolled St. Petersburg Community College, my local community college. In my senior year I decided to take online classes due to the very long drive to the nearest campus. I ended up taking Calculus with Analytic Geometry and two other classes online. My Calculus proffessor did not teach or provide any materiel to learn from other than the text book and homework questions. For the first quarter of the class I did well and completed all the assignments easily; however, the class got harder and the textbook no longer provided me with enough information to complete the assignments. I struggled through this part of the class and had a hard time mainting my grade which I wanted to keep as high as possible. After several trips to the campus for tutoring and spending hours trying to find other external resources I began to learn how to solve the problems and brought my grade back up and finally passed the class with an A.
Hey folks! I’m Shea Casey, and I’m an upcoming Sophomore (yikes!!) at SUNY Geneseo, along with being a proud member of the Geneseo Volleyball family. Even though I have a year of college under my belt, every time I think about going back up to Geneseo, I get excitement butterflies. I cannot even put into words how perfect Geneseo is for me, and I think all the rest of us can agree with that. From the beautiful campus, to the great academics, to the ever-lasting friendships, I can say SUNY Geneseo is a once in a lifetime experience. Just the volleyball community alone is one of the major reasons Geneseo felt like home right as I set foot on campus. This team has created unbreakable bonds with some of the best people I’ve ever met, to the point that in this upcoming semester, all of this year’s freshmen are living in the same dorm building…on the same floor…with 4/6 living in the same suite (we just can’t get enough of each other). I cannot wait for August 18th, when all my best friends are together again playing the sport we love in a place we love.
Through my experiences and achievements at California Baptist University, I can gain an academic advantage over my peers attending other schools. The amount of programs and majors offered at CBU will help me develop as an educated and experienced woman with a strong educational background at CBU. With the help of CBU, I can grow into my full potential and maintain a great headstart in entering the real world with a strong mentality of maturity. I have always maintained upstanding grades and high GPA in high school, and my attendance at CBU will merely continue my pattern of success.
“‘A great nation does not hide its history, it faces its flaws and corrects them.”’ George W. Bush spoke these words at the grand opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (Nelson). He said this in hopes of keeping monuments reflecting slavery and segregation standing so people today could learn from mistakes in the past. Most monuments dealing with the topic of slavery are Confederate monuments, but they are causing controversy over their true meaning. Some people believe Confederate monuments are about southern pride, but many think they are symbols of racism (Ingraham). The debate over these monuments has caused violent protests like in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a Robert E. Lee statue was removed. Although Confederate monuments anger many people because of the history behind them, they provide lessons that can be taught to help end racism and make a better country. Confederate monuments and statues need to stay to preserve the history of the United States so it is not repeated, but the meaning to them should be altered to show segregation is immoral.
On Thursday, August 20th 2015 I was accepted into College of Southern Nevada. On Friday, August 21st, 2015 I arrived onto the CSN West Charleston Campus at around seven o'clock in the morning to be one of the first people to take the math, reading, and writing placement tests for the day. After I took the placement tests, I went to the Student Recruitment office and spoke to a woman named Kimiko Walton. I told Kimiko about what happened to me and she recruited me. Afterwards, I purchased my textbooks from the bookstore (a typical mistake made by college freshmens). As I existed the double doors of the CSN bookstore, I told myself: "Nobody can give me the life I deserve expect myself..." On
Wilmington started out as home, then became just a vacation. After years of moving and resisting the pull to move back, I finally made the best and brightest decision I think I have ever made. I am moving home, and in the process, I thought there would be no better place to further my education than The University of North Carolina at Wilmington. I have recently taken a year off in between high school and pursuing my college education, and frankly, I think it has been one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I have learned to appreciate everything that was taught by my parents and the schooling I have received. In that year I took part in America's workforce constantly facing the struggles of being independent and caring for myself,
Georgia created a ban in 2010 saying undocumented students cannot attend specific colleges/universities which affected many students (Correspondent, 2013). In 2010, University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University and others prohibited undocumented students to attend these respective colleges (Brown, 2010), limiting the college options in Georgia even more. The colleges mentioned are some of the best colleges in Georgia but limiting the options is more trouble for Georgians. An undocumented student may be the best of his class but will have to attend a community college because he does not have enough money nor will he be able to attend the college of his dreams because it is prohibited to attend there. This may cause trouble because when put out to the real world, jobs will not pick a student because they studied in a community college. Proposals like The DREAM Act try to help undocumented students to attend a good college. This
As I sat on the couch getting ready for the first day back at school, I heard the phone in the kitchen ring. I stood up to go answer it and I heard loud footsteps coming down the stairs. My mother was running down the stairs to answer it just in case it was one of her work calls. I noticed that her voice started to crack as if she was going to cry and the smile that she once had on her face had disappeared. The person on the other end of the phone was my Uncle Dylan from California calling to let us know that Aunt Liz had died in a car wreck. We were so devastated but little did we know she left me $12k. A couple days later I received a letter in the mail saying that I had to use it to help pay for my tuition. I am looking to attend the nursing program at Lindenwood, Missouri State, or St. Louis University.
Finding a interesting topic to write about, is challenge on Louisiana College’s campus, but with a little patience and observation, unique stories are scattered amongst the staff and student body. It didn’t take me long to wander into the student center to find a story or interview that would spark my interest. Walking down the hall I approached one of the most important offices on campus. No, it’s not the president’s office, but the Nurse’s office which I’ve seen many times. I had a feeling that this place would be full of stories and experiences that would give me the interview that I needed to boost my grade. I wanted to do an interview about something that I care about and is important to shed light on. I thought about how I often forget one of the most important things in my life, which is health and the people who work to keep us healthy.
During my visit to Arizona State University this summer, I was able to receive a unique tour of the campus thanks to current students, Claire and Maddie Grayson. The two sisters granted special access into some student-only buildings, and provided a great amount of information about the campus as well. Maddie, Claire, and Glenn Markov, a former ASU student and now current Stanford attendee, were also able to answer any questions that that I had regarding ASU.
I was born and raised in a small town in California called Paradise. I was homeschooled from kindergarten to fifth grade. In middle school, I attended a small charter school. My whole family is very close and most of them all live in the same town. Growing up I lived right across the street from my three cousins and my aunt and uncle, we are all very close. My cousins became my first friends it was a long time before I had friends that were not related to me. I just recently moved here to Hawaii to study nursing at Chaminade University. This has been my first experience living on my own. I have had some great experiences while attending Chaminade University. I have meet many different people from diverse cultures. Through this paper, I will
I expect that I will feel very comfortable at the University of Delaware since I have lived in Delaware for all of my life and several of my friends already attend the school. However, I am not too used to northern Delaware, so that will take some getting used to but that excites me. I am also used to both large and small classes since I went to a positively tiny middle school and a very large high school, so I do not expect to be shocked by the class sizes. Although, I do hope that I can remain as close to my professors I have been with my teachers for the past twelve years.
I recall it being the end of October and the wind was picking up outside while the clouds were concealed in darkness. I felt a chilling rush go up my spine at the thought of another storm occurring that week. I was on my way to my last class of the day at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It was my sophomore year there and I was entirely satisfied with the decision of moving from Montana to down south. My parent’s weren’t happy that I was determined to go nearly all the way across the country for college, but Emory University had such a substantial nursing program I couldn’t turn it down. The weather was unbearable sometimes with temperatures that rose above one hundred degrees during the summer and mid-fall and while I was walking to