Berkeley College

Sort By:
Page 44 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Good Essays

    education should be, and as result they differed in their opinions regarding what should be taught to students in high schools. Before the era of Urbanization and Industrialization, secondary education was seen as a means to prepare students for college and for moral development. However, by the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, America had changed. High schools were educating many students who

    • 1007 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Students Facing Obstacle During College Life During the college life students have to deal with different types of obstacles. In the article, “College Pressures” William Zinsser focuses on the pressure faced by the college students. He talks about how the students are dealing with economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-induced pressure. College students are worried about getting high paid jobs and being rich instead of relaxing and enjoying now. Zinsser claims that students

    • 1346 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Virtually every school district in the country has been or is currently facing the need to reduce their budget. In the last two years, budget cuts have become far more common in school districts than ever recorded. Some schools are able to cushion the effects of the reductions by shifting fundings around or pulling out reserves, but there is no debate to the fact that these cuts have, in one way or another, a negative impact on the education of students in school districts. Some strategies to reduce

    • 1693 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    School uniforms are beneficial to students at all grade levels and can be a contributing factor in improving test scores, attendance and the graduation rate, while decreasing school violence and behavior issues. Research has proven significant connections between school uniforms and the success of public schools. In 1996 approximately three percent of all schools in the United States had a school uniform policy (Gentile & Imberman, 2009) . In 2015 23% of schools reported a uniform policy (Statistic

    • 1099 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    I believe that "Diversity" plays important roles in our lives. Without diversity, we cannot widen our field of view. Diversity helps us to open up our eyes and our world. From reading the essay "How diversity makes us smarter", written by Katherine W Phillips, I learned that there are some negative effects brought up by the social diversity where dialog of inclusion is advanced, but mostly diversity is something that has positive effect in our society and even individual. I could also reflect and

    • 1355 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Mr. John Smith, attached is a recommendation on how to improve education in most developing countries. After making some researches and reading several educational articles, I recommend the following strategies mentioned below should be implemented to enhance education in developing countries. In case of any questions, I will be much honored to arrange a meeting with you at your convenience with other members of interest. Mboy Embanglian Gabriela Mr. John Smith, Seventy five percent of children

    • 1254 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    which included the lack of parental support, since they were both resistant to the idea of having their last child move away from home. Another common barrier I had to think about was money. My parents’ lack of salary discouraged me from applying to college because I knew that they would not be able to send me far. However, my sisters encouraged me to apply for the Gates Millennium Scholarship. I was

    • 935 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    Preamble Career development is a lifelong journey combining an individual’s personality and interests with their world of work. When it comes to educating and counseling about careers in an elementary, middle, and high school it will look different, since there is an array of topics to focus on for each level of education. The focus of this Career Curriculum is for 7th Grade Students and has been based on theories appropriate to this level and created with Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory and

    • 3040 Words
    • 13 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The same contestant maintained nomadic and other children living in remote areas They travel between 10, 15, 20 kilometers. This means there are children who walk 30 kilometers every day to and from school. We have students here at Ngoreme Secondary school who parents need to escort every day to school because they leave home very early night to go to school. They can leave home from 3AM and parents leave them to go back home sunrise. Parents pick them again in the evening because they live far away

    • 1790 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    the process of college admissions. While it may seem like no big deal - it may sound like a blessing when the length of a graduation ceremony is considered - the impact of a class ranking extends far beyond the privilege of giving a speech on graduation day. Class rankings are a vital component of high schools, and eradicating them would be detrimental to both colleges and students in many ways. Class rankings provide colleges with data needed for evaluating applicants. Some colleges have a plethora

    • 1424 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays