College or higher education is a valued tool for preparing individuals as they become adults with an organized environment conducive for gaining independence, knowledge and skills to make their own way, be employed and help society. Attaining higher education opens doors and gives an individual numerous opportunities and benefits. This is the time wherein students invest their time, effort and energy to the hope of a bright and successful future by studying and learning. This valued tool is not free
elementary school for grades one through eight, high or secondary school for grades nine through twelve, and then enters college (The Columbia Encyclopedia). During the later years of schooling, a student accumulates a vast amount of knowledge critical to success at the collegiate level and later in life. With such an importance placed on these years of instruction, it is crucial students perform their best academically at all times (The Columbia Encyclopedia). With such a demand for academic superiority
Adequate sleep has an important role in the academic performance. Sleep has been a part of one’s everyday life. But currently, the ability to sleep may be intruded by the things that cause stress or maybe one exchange sleep with work or play time (Breus, n.d.). It can affect one’s way of living and how one interacts with things or people (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, n.d.). To be able to function properly, teens or young adults need about eight to ten hours of sleep (National Sleep Foundation
Ramifications of chasing traditional rewards in “Iced Cream” and “How Not to Get Into College” In the “So Called Iced Cream” by Daniel Barwick and How Not to Get Into College: The Preoccupation with Preparation” by Alfie Kohn, the authors develop the message that people assume extrinsic rewards will bring joy, and satisfaction with their lives. Yet, they ultimately end up filled with regret and grief for everything they have sacrificed in the process of achieving their goal. Firstly, in “Iced- Cream”
points that should be considered like; thinking positively and focusing on gratitude; eating vegetables; performing exercises daily and having a good night's sleep. We had performed interviews with six female college students in different majors. They are
opinions of Ellen Greenberger and Laurence Steinberg, they state that the jobs we give kids today are not the same as the jobs people had in the past which taught them more skills. The author begins the essay by giving the opinions of 3 students who work, of the students one seems to think that there are more benefits for working and two say there are more drawbacks. Then Mclellen gives the opinions of Authors Ellen Greenberger, a developmental psychologist and professor of social ecology at the University
awareness about energy drinks, because there is not enough information about the effects of energy drinks on female college students. Since there are not enough studies and information about the effects of energy drinks on female college students in Saudi Arabia, an empirical study was conducted on Prince Sultan University (PSU) campus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to investigate students’ use and their opinions about energy drinks: brand choice, how often do they drink them, and warning labels on the
College is an entirely different experience compared to high school. Surely, all freshmen will be culture shocked upon entering college. A lot of freshmen have no clue or not enough knowledge of what to expect. College is not as ‘petics’ as high school. Matters are taken much more seriously. Those who have not prepared themselves experience difficulty in studying and coping up with the daily hassles of college life. In addition to this, the amount of freedom available to them which was not present
information included in this report, research from online was required. Once you have finished reading this essay, you would see how has teen depression affected people from all around the world. The aim of this report is to prove and inform people of the importance of solving teen depression. You’ll be reading about how it has caused many cases of teen suicide, how it made teens unable to concentrate, and how it would create bad experience and memories which will affect their future life. We’ll start with
their neighborhood. Later on, Graff states, "What doesn't occur to us, though, is that schools and colleges might be at fault for missing the opportunity to tap into such street smarts and channel them into good academic work"(Graff) Basically, he is arguing that educators should combine the two worlds to create a more effective learning experience. This would open possibilities for the student to excel his academic environment as well as his own interests. To support his point, the writer tells