Sitting down, I remember the last days of my junior year in high school. Thinking that the next step was applying to college and that I needed to take standardized tests in order to get in. As someone who suffers from test anxiety, I found really helpful when my college counselor told me about schools that are test optional. While doing some research, I realized that SATs and ACTs don’t give students a fair chance of getting into college. Some college administrators are starting to agree with this
also known as a defense attorney, is a lawyer specializing in defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal conduct. I plan on going to college when I graduate high school to become a criminal defense lawyer. There are a lot of requirements and test I have to take in order to even get into law school. For example, I have to go to college for 7 years, 4 years at a university and 3 years of law schooling. According to CollegeforTn.org lawyers represent clients in criminal and civil
2015 ESLG 0610 2rd draft of 1st essay Professor Morazzini Public Colleges Should be Free Recently, President Obama announced his proposal of making community college free for many students. It draws a lot of people’s attention. People are arguing about whether students should be able to get a free higher education. (In the united state, students can have free education until grades 12.) In my view, I think that the United States federal
low-income students — from families in the bottom income quartile — graduating with a bachelor’s degree had student loans (compared with 55 percent of graduating students from wealthy families)” (Mitchell). College is an essential part of starting a career, whether it is a new or different career path, but starting a career new or over is a gamble. Without education, it would obviously lead to less job opportunities and less money made, but with an education, debt from relying on student loans sits
In the essays, Two Year Are Better than Four by Liz Addison, and Blue Collar Brilliance by Mike Rose respectively, take two different approaches to learning. Addison firmly believes in the traditional approach by advocating community college is the better choice for students to experience higher education. Addison asserts community college offer the same level of education in comparison to four universities. She also emphasized in her writing the value of the experience is much more personal due
lives, although there are students that push their limits because of impossible ideals set by the American school systems and colleges. In “Doing School”: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic and Miseducated Students, the author Denise Clark Pope poses the questions, “What can schools do in light of the constraints of college admission requirements and national education policies that spur competition for high grades and test scores? And, can students meet these expectations
I haven't been able to let these lessons drift to the back of my mind to accompany