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    people ask you, “why are you in college” or “why to decide to go to college.” People might reply by saying that they want a degree, that they want a higher paying job, or they need that for a future career that they are pursuing. Those responses are the most typical reason of why people go to college. Sure you can say that having a degree means that a person can get a better job with better pay rather than working in the manual labor fields with minimum pay. A college degree is the fundamental stepping

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    This is my first semester attending Richard Bland College and I must say that this is a very interesting school. While it also comes with many advantages and disadvantages. As far as being here for my first semester college is not what I expected. Being here for the fall semester I have learned many thing, whether it was in class or out of class. I am now into my first semester in college and I must say college is not what many people expect. College is not that exciting. I expected having fun

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    My Experience In My Life

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    grandmother arrived at the hospital, and they took her to the back they had told us, that it was gas backed up in her stomach. Later, that day they told us that they was going to keep her overnight to see will the bloating in her stomach would go down and run test. Eventually, the next day approached and my grandmother was released. After my grandmother was released, two days later after her stomach went down, it bloated again so we took my grandmother back to the hospital. They recently told us, that my

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    David Spee Interview

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    “On my first day of colAs I walk into his office the smell of roasting coffee warms me up, and as he’s sitting at his desk in a white button up shirt I gradually tell him “please, have a seat”. This is David Spee, or as a couple of his friends call him Speeman. He is very professional and good at what he does. David is a spectacular speaker, well I mean he has to be if he wants to keep his job. He works down the hall of where my mom works in small Paia Town. I’ve known David Spee for Four years

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    This paper will address my overall growth within my first semester. The experience I have encountered at Shippensburg has been so unreal. Everyday I think to myself “like wow I’m really in college I was just in high school”. I remember my first day at Shippensburg like it was yesterday the anxiety, the anxiousness all of it. I’ve been waiting to go to college since my first day of school and that time finally came. The week of me packing all my stuff and going school shopping all I could think about

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    College Round 2 Essay

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    College Round 2 “As many as one in three first-year students won't make it back for sophomore year” (“Freshmen retention rate”). It just so happened that I followed that statistic. Many colleges do not care much if students drop out or flunk out once their tuition checks have been cashed (Los Angeles Times).Growing up in a very strict household and attending private Catholic school, I was ready to spread my wings and fly. I was looking forward to that independence, my own rules and living on my

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    South Wales had to be considered. In 1901 the first boarder was enrolled at the College, as a response to the needs of those families. In 1907 the school was registered and officially known as Assumption College, Kilmore. The College continued to grow as a boys boarding school with a smaller day school component until 1971, when the first two girls were enrolled. These brave young women paved the way for the introduction of full co-education in the day school in 1985-86 and full co-education in the

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    High School Vs. College

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    High School vs. College In the American schooling system, children begin primary school around the age of six, this is called elementary school and most students stay there for five to six years before they go on to secondary school which involves middle school and high school. After graduating high school some students may go on to “higher education” known as college, but any schooling done after high school is no longer mandatory. In high school there is a certain structure that has to be

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    Honestly as the first semester ends, I feel college is going to be a lot of work not only is it going to take mental strain on me, but maybe physical. I felt the pretty shaky about how this semester went, but as long as improve I will be okay. College is something not to fear, this is something I realized at the mid way point of the semester. I will definitely have my struggles, but only believing in myself will I get through them. Struggle is a part of life, I only learned what does not kill makes

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    College Leader Position

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    for the position of College Leader at Cornerstone College. The position of College Leader is imperative to the functionality of the College; a College Leader is required to accurately and devotedly represent and connect with the student body, a College Leader enthusiastically and consistently demonstrates the morals and expectations of the College, a College Leader makes each student feel important and respected, a College Leader does not discriminate against others, a College Leader must be able

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