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Moving on After College
Like many of the people I went through grade school with, I had a job since I was 16-years-old. My first job ever was as a waitress at a retirement home... that's how badly I wanted to make my own money! I've always been an independent person (holding down three jobs as a full time student at one point). So, when I graduated college, I naively assumed life would continue as it always had: working, having fun, hanging out with friends, a little snip of day time drinking (no shame).
By shelby mayes7 years ago in Education
Reach Out
High School: a four year period in everyone's life that will always be memorable for better or worse. We all remember the overcrowded halls filled with faces you've watched change and age. However what we didn’t see was each person’s own set of baggage they carry each and every day. You have the popular blonde holding the neglect of her oh too busy parents in her Michael Kors tote. Then there's the shy freshman carrying the weight of the world in a hand-me-down North Face. Let's not forget about the pressure to be perfect weighing down the senior football player’s Nike duffel. During those four crucial years it feels like everything will always be this way, whether it’s good or bad. Now wouldn't it be helpful as a 14-18-year-old carrying so much baggage to have someone help lift it? To have someone there for you when it feels like no matter how hard you try, you just can’t win.
By Bridget Barnes7 years ago in Education
Chronicles of a ULL Student - Mini Series
Like everyone in high school I knew that college was going to be no joke. Just how serious, I had no way of knowing. First, let's start from when was looking into all the colleges I could go to. They had the same fun flair, some more serious than others, but most had the impression that they had the downtime for students to not always feel the pressure of massive amounts of debt and studying weighing so heavily on them. This way it'll just be that little voice in your head that you can ignore for a couple hours.
By MementoMori 0_o7 years ago in Education
My Life After High School
You know, I’m not ready to be an adult. I wish there was a way to time travel back to when I was a kid. By junior and senior year everyone always told me that I should get prepared for college and to be ready for adulthood, but I put it off because I thought I had time. Now it’s here and I’m just making it. Adjusting to life after high school is definitely different for everyone, but I’m going to tell you about mine. Right now I’m in college about 170 miles away from my house and I’m struggling between missing my family, friends and dog and trying to keep up with my college classes, homework and having some relaxation time.
By Rosemary Guzman7 years ago in Education
Does College Accreditation Matter?
When it's time for young students to prepare for the next step in their education by applying to colleges, they typically don't seek out the school's accreditation. This is because it's simply something they don't think to check, though, it is definitely one of the things to consider before starting college. Luckily for these students, this oversight usually doesn't come back to haunt them, as pretty much all public colleges and universities in the United States (your "state schools," etc.) are, as a rule, recognized by the appropriate accrediting bodies, but more on that process in a moment.
By Joseph D. N. Kendrick7 years ago in Education
The War on Textbooks
Since beginning college I have been faced with the harsh reality of money. The reality being I don’t have any and everything in this world has a price I must pay. A price we all must pay. Tuition has risen so much over the years that so many students either drop out or go into debt. Moreover, the price for textbooks have also been risen. Some books go for over $100 each and when you have six classes that is $600 you are forced to pay just for books. Most people who are attending college can’t afford that. There needs to be an alternative so students don’t go even further into debt over textbooks that half the time aren’t even used throughout the semester. An article in the Times by Kaitlin Mulhere discusses the alternative of eliminating printed textbooks at Maryland University College to save money for their 64,000 undergraduate students. Using online methods instead of printed textbooks is not only much more convent for a busy, traveling student but it can be one less thing they must worry about paying for. Mulhere states, “whether individual students are paying a literal 1,041 percent more today than they were in 1977 is not the question, said Mark Perry, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan who has tracked rising textbook prices for years. College textbook prices are increasing way more than parents' ability to pay for them. At the extreme end, one specialized chemistry textbook on his campus costs $400 at the campus bookstore.” This quote from Mulhere lays out for us the exact difference from the prices in the 70’s to the prices for textbooks now.
By Bridget Barnes7 years ago in Education
Benefits of Effective Infusion of Instructional Technology
Effective infusion of technology benefits all students. Technology allows educators to meet the needs of all students no matter what the students' preferred learning modality. Visual, auditory, and second language learners can benefit from programs like EdPuzzle, YouTube, Discovery Education, Quizlet, GAFE, and Flocabulary that use videos to enhance the learning process. Tactile learners can use Google Draw to create pictorial demonstrations of proof of mastering content. ELL students benefit a great deal from any technology that immerses them in the new language they are trying to learn. The more ways they hear, see, and use new language the better chance they will have in learning to comprehend that language. Quizlet, Quizziz, Kahoot, and Socrative bring in the competitive component. Let's face it, we are all competitive in one way or another.
By Randi Merritt7 years ago in Education
