Why I Decided To Go To College Essay

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    meant to do. For me I'm a soccer player and I have been playing since I was 8 I keep on planning to play til College. Where I find the career that I want which I have decided on being a Physical Therapist Assistant, Engineer, or an entrepreneur. My dad wants me to be an Entrepreneur because it's a very smart job to have and I really like PTA so I haven't decided which I will in college where I will learn a lot more about the job. I like PTA because I will still be around sports

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    know about me is that I am a teen mother and about to graduate high school! Being a mother, I have developed some skills that are going to become very helpful in my work career and even in college. I have become more organized in many different ways. I have even become more fluent in handling my time management. I realized it is much better to be at least ten minutes early rather than on time or late. All the skills that I portray will do me just as good, (if not better) when I start to get my career

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    College Time There are many reasons people attend college. Some people attend because they are expected to, either by their culture, their family or peer pressure. Other people have a desire to continue learning and want to go to college and still others do not know what they want to do with their life so they decide to attend college to explore their options. I choose to attend college right out of high school, but now 30 years later I am back. This time I am back in college because I work in

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    College is always one of the biggest steps in a person’s life. It sets them up to get a high paying job which eventually leads to a happy life. However, one of the most difficult aspect about college is choosing the one that best fits the person. Choosing to go to Stevens amongst other colleges was no easy task. However, the rewards that come upon receiving a degree will be worth all of the investments that have been made. The benefits that come with this decision, such as one of the best educations

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    Influence When I was just a junior in high school I was struggling in Algebra two and trigonometry. My teacher was out for months on maternity leave and I was having trouble learning the material without a decent instructor. I caught word of a man who taught at Saraland Middle School who was proclaimed to be an outstanding educator, Mr. Hester. I began to consult with him for math tutoring throughout the rest of the school year. During those sessions he would give me general advice on other school

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    My Role As A Society

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    first I wasn’t sure what to do in life after high school. But then again, learning what is happening around my surrounding as stated to the functional perspective, society is like a living organism with its various parts working together for the good of the whole (pg.16) really help me realize and opened my eyes that I want to make a difference. And in order for me to make a difference I need to have the knowledge to what I can do to help others. And this is why I decided to go to college. Based

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    College Benefits Have you ever thought about going to college? Many people don´t think about going to college at all. But those same people are the ones that end up in a bad place or spot. In other words they may stay without a job or suffering to look for one while others go to college and have many benefits in life. My opinion on college is that it is a successful place because it gives you lots of benefits. One might think that college is a waste of time, however in my eyes college gives you

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    Vacation Bible School

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    I grew up in the St. Louis suburb of Eureka, where I still live today. If you ever look at me and wonder where that scar on my forehead came from, well it happened when I was roughly 12 months old when I fell out of a moving car. My parents raised me as a Methodist at the Eureka United Methodist Church. During my years attending Geggie Elementary School, every Sunday my parents would force me to get out of bed and go to Church with them. During church, all the children would go to Sunday school

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    others have been poised time and time again. Why do I need to go to college? My parents didn’t go and their life turned out fine. My friends never, have time for relax and have fun why would I put myself through that. Bill Gates, didn’t finish college look at him now. In the article "The Future is About More Than College", by Joshua Starr only 3% of Americans think a high school degree is sufficient to tackle today's work force (58). Although college is not a mandatory choice, it will dictate almost

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    Chapter eight of The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz focuses on sexual reproduction in the United States. In this chapter, Coontz claims that the root cause of higher sexual reproduction rates in teenagers in the past rather than now is a result of cultural changes and advances in technology such as birth control and other mechanisms that prevent unwanted pregnancy. She argues that there used to be a significantly higher amount of unwanted teenage pregnancies compared to now. In particular

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