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- 211: Friends
- Friends Friends are a necessity in every child’s life. They are there to comfort, to laugh with, and to create wonderful memories. All of a sudden a child grows up and gets thrown into college. His or her friends go to other colleges, and they both realize that they aren’t going to have those close friendships anymore. It has happened many times before, and it will happen many times again. What one needs to know is that college isn’t a place to mope around; it is a place to rejoice and meet new people. College is a place where one develops skills in meeting new people and creating new friendships. This skill is not just learned and then lost. It is a skill that can be used anywhere and ...
- 212: Critique of "The Invisible Man"
- ... the scholarship had for the future students. After getting into school, a simple job turned into an unforeseen disaster that would change his life forever. He was to chauffeur Mr. Norton, a founder of the college he attended. Mr. Norton was a well educated but very ignorant man. He felt that the college was doing all of the good that could be done. He had no idea of the evils that dwelled upon the grounds. Dr. Bledsoe, the head of the college, had arranged for Mr. Norton to go for a tour of the grounds, but didn't expect for him to see “everything” at the college. Mr. Norton asked to see some of the more ...
- 213: Joshua Larwence Chamberlin
- ... didn't care to go into the army in peacetime. I eventually conceded to my mother's wishes, but only if I could serve as a missionary overseas. In 1846, I decided to attend Bowdoin College in Brunswick. My years as a Bowdoin student were filled with studies and other activities. At First Parish Church, I first set eyes on the pretty, dark-haired Frances Caroline Adams known to friends and ... State's Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, and the country was doomed to civil war. Thousands of men flocked to President Lincoln's call for troops to preserve the Union and their country. At Bowdoin College, some upperclassmen enlisted immediately. Nearly 300 Bowdoin men would serve the Union cause. As time went on, it was clear this war would not be a short one and an "irresistible impulse" began to stir ... to overcome. My father, who had wanted me to go to West Point and become a career soldier, would declare the conflict "not our war". Fannie was opposed to me going she liked being a college professor's wife, and she didn't like the idea that her husband would be risking not only his life, but also the entire support of her and their children. Bowdoin College didn't ...
- 214: How Technology Effects Modern America
- ... Report (7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by about a quarter for high school dropouts, by a sixth for high school graduates, and by about 7% for those with some college education. Only the wages of college graduates are up. Of the fastest growing technical jobs, software engineering tops the list. Carnegie Mellon University reports, "recruitment of it's software engineering students is up this year by over 20%." All engineering jobs ... education policy must keep pace with the demands of the highly technical job market. If a middle class income of 1970 required a high school diploma, and the middle class income of 1990 requires a college diploma, then it should be as easy for the children of the 90's to get a college diploma, as it was for the children of the 70's to get a high school ...
- 215: “The Slippery Slope of Pizza Money": The Money Scheme
- ... The Slippery Slope of Pizza Money,” written by Douglas S. Looney, deals with the controversial issue of athletic scholarships given out by the NCAA at the collegiate level. This article states the new idea that college athletes on scholarship can now have jobs as well as attending school during their competitive seasons and earn up to $2,000 a school year. Douglas S. Looney does an excellent job in persuading me ... so that it appears as though the athletes are making money by having jobs outside of school even though everybody all knows this is untrue. Looney continues to say how desperately sad this is for college sports. “To fold one’s ethical tent is perfectly in line with: ‘When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.’ This is the concept of acquiescing to adversity, turning backs on the problems, and ... Do we really even think that these jobs actually do exist? I don’t. “Then, of course,” Lonney continues, “What will happen is the now legitimized play-for-pay – gosh, remember when we naively thought college athletics were secondary to education and that an athlete getting school paid for was a darn handsome reward? – will have checks providing a quasi-proper paper trail. What is not addressed is the cash ...
- 216: Sports Management
- ... assertive. It has been a remarkable metamorphosis, and it has changed my future professional plans and personal goals. The awakening of my independence happened during the end of my softball season my freshman year in college when my head coach had cut my scholarship because of lack of funding. I was faced with making my first mature decision into what my future was to hold. The following year I transferred to Thomas College hoping to play ball again which did not materialize because there were not enough players recruited to start the softball program. At Thomas College, I realized that I was going to school for the wrong reason -- to play ball. The idea hit me that being at Thomas College was not going to get me where I wanted to ...
- 217: The Anti-Vietnam Movement
- ... students playing leading roles. These teach-ins were mass public demonstrations, usually held in the spring and fall seasons. By 1968, protesters numbered almost seven million with more than half being white youths in the college. The teach-in movement was at first, a gentle approach to the antiwar activity. Although, it faded when the college students went home during the summer of 1965, other types of protest that grew through 1971 soon replaced it. All of these movements captured the attention of the White House, especially when 25,000 people ... boycotted its Thanksgiving Day dinner (Schlight, 45). One problem of the antiwar movement was the difficulty of finding ways to move beyond protest and symbolic acts to deeds that would actually impede the war. Unlike college students and other civilians, the troops in Vietnam had no such problem. Individual acts of rebellion, raging from desertion to killing officers who ordered search-and-destroy missions, merged into mutinies and large-scale ...
- 218: What Went Wrong with America's Schools?
- ... to completely eliminate art and industrial education classes. Colleges are also affected by the shortage of funds. As government funding is cut, colleges must raise their tuition, which makes it harder for people to afford college. This causes a drop in college-educated workers. This drop will dramatically decrease the economic gain of many large businesses, which will affect the nations economy. Although schools are doing better and test scores are increasing, the rate of increase needs ... way to improve our future economy is to restructure our public high school system. America needs to increase funding of public schools, and the school system needs to be revamped, to better prepare students for college and the work force. As the system is today, most high school students are not graduating with the needed knowledge or study skills to succeed in college. Much of high school is spent goofing ...
- 219: My Freshman Experience at the University of Alabama
- ... several issues I brought from home to the University of Alabama. Some issues I deal with everyday while others I am not confronted with as often. Most of this baggage has affected the way my college experience has begun. Being away from my family, meeting new people, and making good grades are all issues that have made my college experience harder to adjust to. As many freshmen have probably already experienced, saying bye to your family is one of the hardest things that you have had to do so far in your life. I ... the phone has proven to be my best friend. I talk to them all everyday, making sure that I do not miss a thing that goes on in Atlanta. Another issue that has effected my college experience is meeting new people. Meeting new people is usually something that I never have a problem of doing. Since I have been here I have felt intimidated by people and not as comfortable ...
- 220: Biography of Elizabeth Blackwell
- ... knowledge. The search for a medical school that would admit her continued. Dr. Allen, another doctor that Elizabeth studied under, taught her how to disect. Soon, good news came. Elizabeth was accepted to a medical college. In 1847, Elizabeth entered Geneva Medical College in New York. She was unwelcome and she wasn't even allowed in the classroom until Dr. Webser, the teacher, arrived. Then, everyone at the college was nice to her because he was nice to her. Elizabeth worked hard and was very lonely. She even spent holidays alone. Over the summer, Elizabeth got a job at Blockly Arm House, which ...
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