The Importance Of Being An Older, Non-Traditional College Student

As a senior that is graduating in about six or seven weeks, I am constantly asking myself questions like “What are you going to do with yourself?” as well as “What is my purpose in life?” I do this for the fact that once I graduate I am officially on my own and at that moment acquire a massive amount of responsibly and debt. As I discussed earlier, I would like to find my “vocation”, but I also have to pay bills. So until I can find my calling and make it profitable, I guess I’ll be doing the same routine that every other human does just to keep their head above water. But I believe that I’ll figure it out. I just have to keep on believing that there is a brighter future ahead of me, and all I have to do is find it.

Being a first generation college student is a heavy load to carry due to the constant reminder of having to be a good role model for my siblings. Children of immigrants are often highly expected to excel in their academics and to be involved in extracurricular activities. His/her parent immigrated to the “Land of The Free” in order to receive a better life and to give their children a place to call home. They work from one to two jobs a week just so that we can dig through the pantry, and raid the refrigerator. We sometimes take our parents for granted unknowingly, and constantly fill our heads with a question that we all seem to ask. “How do I please my parents?”, “What do I have to do to make them happy?”. As students we should all be voicing “College!”. Yes, maybe our folks’s dreams have faded away, however that should be our motivation to aim higher; to achieve our American Dream. Throughout our years of education, our very own relatives and teachers have emphasized on the importance of receiving a higher education. I have come to realize that I should not be asking myself “How do I please my parents?”. Instead, “How do I please myself?”, “What will my lifetime goals be?”, “Will it leave my parents hard work in vain?”. Obtaining a higher education will not impact their lives, but will affect yours drastically. My American Dream has always been to become an immigration lawyer that deals with international relations or to become a professor teaching my true passion for

Nine years ago, I never could have imagined I’d be writing this essay. I was a senior in high school, and, like the rest of my classmates, I was apprehensive about the future. Unlike my classmates, I felt like I had missed the proverbial “you need to get your life together” message. I watched my classmates apply to colleges, their majors already decided and their future careers mapped out. While I was an above average student, I felt I lacked the decisiveness my classmates seemed to have. I did not feel passionate about a career or even a field of study. I felt defective. This was compounded by the financial strain I knew attending college would have on my family. It seemed wasteful to try to “find my passion” at school while squandering

I choose these four articles below because either I could relate to them, in some form or fashion, or I gained knowledge of the events as well as people in the articles. The natural plumbing article I found insightful, how infrastructure has changed so much. The Anne Frank article I did not remember her story from childhood, through this article I have been encouraged to gain more knowledge about WWII and the concentration camps. Coronel Sanders and his celebrity reign with his franchise KFC encouraged me to stay focused and not give up. Hence why I am a non-traditional college student, I want to finish something I started years ago for self-gratification. The slave sold to save Georgetown I related to because of the similarity of recently finding out about my ancestry and who is in my family lineage.

I see my life as a series of experiences that build upon one another and, through my hard work and determination, lead to overall long and short term goals that I have set for myself. There are thousands upon thousands of things that affect my life both directly and indirectly all of which have varying degrees of influence on me. Three areas of my life that most certainly have had a profound impact on me are scholarship, spiritual formation, and service. These three areas have affected me positively, and have motivated me to pursue higher levels of education, and have challenged me to set my lifetime goals higher. Though I'm not exactly sure where I will end up in life, I know that if I let my academics, spirituality, and service

Some might know exactly what they want to do after college for the rest of their lives, but for others, they aren’t quite sure

In my younger days, education was not a priority in my life. By the time I graduated high school, like most, I had no idea want I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I started attending a community college a short distance away from where I lived. I was constantly changing my degree course. I would start a class thinking that I would major in the course topic, only to change my mind before the course’s conclusion. At best, I was mediocre with my schooling. I managed to graduate from my community college with subpar grades. Looking back this, is one of my biggest regrets. I came to realize I did not know what I wanted to do with myself.

This chapter includes three topics: 1) physical development 2) cognitive development and 3) college-pursing higher education in early adulthood. At the age of early adulthood, brain develops in weight and size. Senses including eye, touch, hearing, smell and taste are at their peak during this period. Physical fitness depends on proper diet and exercise. Causes of the death during age of 25 to 34 are suicide, cancer, AIDS and heart diseases. Violence, environmental and cultural factors are also common causes of death during this period. Obesity is most common problem in United States for young adults. People who are physically disabled suffer a lot through psychological and physical barrier. Psychological barrier occur by stereotyping and prejudice.

It’s been years of incessant probing, “What do you want to do with the rest of your life?”, but the truth of the matter is that I don’t know. I don’t know if I will go to graduate school or medical school. I don’t know if I will immediately start working after college. I don’t know what my future holds, but I do know this, I would not be who I am today without my passions. I wouldn’t have my personality or my quirks or my life. To pursue a career without them would be a departure from everything that makes me an individual. So what do I want to do for the rest of my life? I want to do what I love and love what I

The first area that you decided to follow is your calling. This was one of the hardest and most important areas for you. After graduation, I know you had a master plan. Instead of thinking of your degree as something you are entitled to, you decided to use it as a lifetime of service. You wanted to start working in auditing, go into the FBI or healthcare after a few years, get married, and start a family. Even though you had a strict ten-year plan, you knew that plans could change. They certainly did. There were times when you got extremely frustrated. You hated when plans change and things didn’t fall into place, but you were able to listen to me and follow the path I intended for you. This wasn’t easy though. You prayed, listened, and prayed some more.

Five years ago, I was a young teenage boy who had no idea what he wanted to do. Now, I am a young adult who is still a little lost. Over this time, it is hard to pick what has changed because so much is different about me. At the age of thirteen, I started realizing that some of my crazy career goals for the future were not going to happen, such as being an NHL player or playing in the NBA. I started focusing on academic goals, and I wanted to become a lawyer or an accountant. There has been a great number of different career paths I wanted to follow in the last 5 years. Now I think I have it figured out, I am pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science, which is something I really enjoy.

What do you think your professor thinks of the new generation of students? Well in this Article of College Students Today: overconfident or just assured? Regardless, they are our future. By a retired professor named Corwin P. King was surprisingly, both inaccurate and accurate about college life. In this article, Corwin King explains how different the new generation of college students are now compared to past college students were. Corwin King also talks about in his article, he explains how students now don’t have the respect like they used to. That college students demand that they pass because they paid for the class. Corwin King also talks about how the newer generation of college students aren’t very respectful and demanding. So he starts to make comments about the new generation college students. So in this paper, I will be seeing how accurate his opinions are in a survey for college students that I posted, and my own personal experience of being a college student.

I found myself aimlessly thinking of a career I was truly passionate about. I often found myself thinking of my friend and family member who had passed away in my teenage years. I thought of all the things she would never get to accomplish and the dreams she would no longer get to fulfill. I thought of myself and how I still had the ability to chase my wildest dreams. So I did something I had not done for some time, I had a leap of faith. I started to look into applying to law schools. While I was always intrigued with the multiple facets of the law I thought it beside myself to actually become a lawyer. But, instead of letting fear rule me I choose to push myself beyond my level of comfort. This journey has revealed to me many sides of myself that I thought long lost. One of my favorite quotes state: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure”. All those years of uncertainty after a tragic loss had taught me not only to trust myself but the ability to gain perspective from the

Innumerable times, throughout my schooling experience, I like many others was asked variations of the same question: “What do you want to do with your life?” And as far as I can remember, my answer has always differed immensely. I know for many, like my mum for example, who’s most rewarding time in life has been while parenting. Or others, such as my pastor in his eighties believes his early years in the military are what shaped him into the man he is today. Personally though, I consider my high school experience as my most valuable so far. And more specifically my two-year study of Senior English at Browns Plains High School. No other subject as managed to psychologically challenge me as much as authority English by delving into such diverse

This is why I have made the decision to wait on school at this time. Originally, I had wanted and hoped that my graduate degree would lead me to my passion, but I now know and understand that for me the right choice is to try and find my passion