The Texas Lottery has accumulated more than $17 billion since 1992. The odds of winning The Texas Lottery are 1 in 25,827,165. However, if I was that 1 in 25 million, I know exactly what I would do with the money. The first thing I would do if I won the Lottery is pay for my college education. The average cost for a bachelor's degree at a public university is an estimated $63,000. The benefits of earning a college degree are endless and it offers an abundance of opportunities. The benefits include
college athletes should not get paid because they will put their education behind sports but they should get paid because the college events can make more than professional events, gives students income that they need, all the dedication the students have and it makes it more competitive. One reason why student athletes should get paid is their events can make more money than professional events. For example “The March Madness basketball tournament alone generates more than $1 billion each year
and career paths. No other place in the world gives you the chance to switch from trying to become an engineer to trying to become a doctor or lawyer so fast. Basically, the university is like a huge bundle of possible career paths for every single student. Also, a university degree is also required in for many different jobs today. This means that having a degree gives you much more options and flexibility in the job market. According to Dalby Sr. Marketing Specialist at Tidewater (2013), in “How Does
time George W. Bush was the president, the leader. He was facing the "greatest challenge of any President since Abraham Lincoln. George Bush was July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas. On November 8th, 1994, Bush was elected governor in Texas as a Republican. He was the first in history to be elected two consecutive 4-year
The American dream of a full and complete education is just that in today’s world, a dream and the continual rise if the price of college is prohibiting people from gaining their higher education. Many students
For example, “There is a reason why it is called college sports. It is called college sports because the athletes that play in it are students and not professionals” (Cooper). The college athletes are not professionals so it would be against NCAA rules and it would cross the line between amateurism and professional. If college athletes did get paid kids would start to rely on their athletics
felt they were blamed for their conditions of poverty and food allergy making them a burden on society. Educating society on the stigma of poverty is a way to ensure that those with food allergies are not blamed and are able to get the help they need. The researchers noted that the limitations of the study are that the participants were all from South Western Ontario. In order to fully understand food allergy stigma is associated with poverty, the research needs to be open to more areas of the population
some spending money. Yes, these students do get scholarships and most of them get their schooling paid for, but the money they raise just for playing their sport, some of that should go to the athletes. They shouldn’t get paid what a “professionals” gets paid, no, but an allowance can go far. If not an allowance then they should receive profits of merchandising. Merchandising makes a large portion of the money these colleges are making. Their own
Introduction Koch Industries, founded by Fred C. Koch in 1940, is currently the second largest private company in the United States. Including its subsidiaries, Koch Industries brings in $115 billion in revenue annually. David and Charles Koch, the current owners of the company, took over Koch Industries in 1967. The products and services offered through Koch Industries are extensive and include things like industrial building materials, paper products, fuel for multiple forms of transportation,