...before summer classes begin. You along with other freshman athletes get to become familiar with the campus and what is expected out of an athlete here at Florida State. During the week, you are grouped with people from other sports so that you can get to know other people besides your teammates. In your group you do small bonding exercises and team work activities. One activity was a campus scavenger hunt where you have to take pictures in front of certain buildings and this allows you to get familiar with your new school. Summer is an easier adjustment from high school to college compared to fall. During summer you are required to take only two classes and have only early morning workouts. Having the afternoon to yourself is a good feeling because there is not much free time in the fall being a student athlete. Being a baseball player, you live in Whitehall Apartments which is right off campus. Living in the apartments with three other teammates and right next door to four others, you get to bond easily with each other. Transitioning from having your laundry done for you and having your own meals cooked for you to doing everything yourself is different at first but you learn to take care of yourself and your place. Living in the apartments also teaches you how to be responsible as you have to pay rent and bills. Living in your own room with carpet is much nicer than having to share a dorm room with another person on cold tile floors. The dining at Florida State as an...
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...Education is the most important asset that anyone can acquire. Education is the key to success in life. As a student getting a good education is important. It is well known that American education is acknowledged around the world. Getting an American education will lead to a better paying jobs but the cost of higher education in America has significantly increased over the past three decades especially for international students. International students’ tuition should be reduced because it will bring more international students to schools and it also helps the students to perform better at school. The United States is the second most expensive country for international students after Australia. The average cost for an international student in America per annum in a higher education program amounts to 35,705 US Dollars, while that of an Ivy League school averages to 58,000 US Dollars annually, inclusive of tuition, fees, and living expenses. In fact, the cost is too high that most of the international students are forced to find extra means to raise it. Owing to my own experience as an international student, I am forced to work for up to 4-5 hours a day in restaurants or stores to help my parents pay for the high tuition and at the same time cater for my living expenses. This is quite tricky since one has to strike a balance between work and college studies. This is not only challenging but also has adverse affects in terms of individual’s academic performance. I happened...
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...If you haven’t considered life out of High School you may want to consider going to a Community College. For people wondering what a community college is, a community college is commonly defined as a nonresidential junior college offering courses to people living in a particular area. Illinois State University and Heartland will be compared as they are in the same state. After High School it may be a good Idea to attend a community college instead of a traditional 4 year college. One possible reason as to why it is a good idea to take a Community College is because it’s cheaper. For comparison Heartland costs $10,306 for two years of in state community college and $3,456 per twelve credit hours. Illinois State University is $28,295 for four years of in state college and $12,152 for twelve credit hours. If a given person were to transfer credit from Heartland to Illinois State...
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...question. Cohabitation -- living together without the commitment of marriage -- is on the rise. And it's a good idea to examine your fears and ask questions before making this important step. Although increasing numbers of individuals report less social stigma about cohabitation, many of the people who I've counseled ask these key questions: will living together lead to marriage and will it increase risk of divorce? What are your motivations for living together? Based on discussing this question, you may find out that your partner is simply trying to save money by sharing the rent. If you want to develop a deeper bond, and most significantly, you see cohabitation as a step toward marriage, these differing expectations may be a problem. Pros * Research about whether living together before marriage increases your risk for divorce is less definitive. It's unclear if it actually increases the risk. If individuals who cohabitate are at a slightly higher risk for divorce, it may not be because they lived together before marriage. It could speak more to their mindset about commitment in general. Is it just greater acceptance of divorce in general? Is it that people who live together have a weaker commitment to the institution of marriage? It depends on who you ask. * Learn to Live Together Before Breaking the Bank on a Wedding This is wayyyy easier said than done, because living together takes so much compromise. If you’re talking about living together, you probably spend...
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...College offers many amazing opportunities to any student that is willing to take advantage of what it has to offer. Along with these new chances also comes some rather difficult obstacles that can be easily overcome with the help of a friend or the guidance of a leader. In most cases that leader is the person right down the hall, the Residence Assistant. Currently as a freshman, know from personal experience that college can be a very scary experience for many reasons. First of all there is a major shift from the home centered family lifestyle to dorm based communal living. This can pose a problem for new students because it takes quite a bit of adjusting to get used to their new surroundings and ways of living. There is also the challenge...
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...College Students Expenses By Anne Jones Going to a top college can be hard because it is really costly. A student and his family must be prepared by all means to keep this commitment to further a student's education. So awareness of how much your college education would be is critical because it is not limited to tuition fees. There can be more expenses to be expected when a student goes to college. Let us look at the general list of what a student pays in college. First would be tuition fee. Tuition fees can be at the range of $6000 - $25,000 for a four year course. Take note that public colleges have smaller tuition fees than private colleges. So look to this as an option. Second would be living in colleges. A student in college usually would try to find work in between to cover the cost of living. It is something that should be considered before going to college because you have to think of things like rent, food, bills and other travel costs. A common student would need an average of $1,000 extra for these extra expenses. Third are the materials you need to study. These are the givens like books, bags, IT equipment and could cost to at least $2,000 a year. So it is important to be able to budget before you go to college. Make sure you leave yourself some extra money monthly for self use. Try to find a monthly average of your expenses so you could allocate your funds accordingly. Going to college is a big investment but in the long run the education you get would allow...
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...having to work for it. Despite obstacles and challenges he may have faced throughout his journey for success, his determination, dedication, and strong work ethic have molded him into a well-known Latino member of his community. He has made his presence known by giving back to his community through numerous ways, such as building the largest home health agency in...
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...Should Attend College Nowadays, education is playing a very important role in everyone’ life. Therefore, college serves as a great place to get better educated. When asked the question “why do you need to choose to go to college or the university”, people have different answers. For me, I believe the three main reasons are for more money, for good friends, for the different kind of experience. The first reason refers to money, which may sound common but is really very important. No one can live without food, drinks or anything else. And it is obvious that people who get a bachelor degree can receive a higher pay at first than who do not have one. And the research also shows more exactly that the difference can be more than $1 million in the course of their lifetimes. What’ is more, one having a Master or Doctor degree can do better. With a lot of money, people can travel, relax, do whatever they want, and they can also provide a better life for their parents, children. They do not need to experience much hardship, for example, those who do not have these degrees need to work form the basic level which requires more boring and complicated tasks. So money can be a very attractive reason for people to attend college. The second reason is that we can make many good friends at college. In every college, there are many students from different cities or even different countries. They major in various subjects and have several habits. When we come to the college, we can join...
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...was going to be a teacher Monday through Friday, work at a pizzeria on weekends, and work at a local jewelry shop, Lu’s, during the summer. Now that I’ve grown up a bit, I’ve realized how incredibly impractical this employment path would be. My dream job has changed exactly twice in my life. Once in middle school, where it went from teacher to lawyer, and once this year from lawyer to linguist. I don’t have an idea of where exactly I want to go to college, but I do have some guidelines. I don’t have big fanciful dreams about a home, instead simplistic needs about transportation and mortgage. As a highschool freshman, I don’t have many things set in stone, but I do have two definite...
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...feasibility of opening up a Public Kitchen which is served for college students in China. It is necessary to use several management research tools to assess the feasibility, such as PESTLE, Porter’s Five Forces and Cash Flow, based on those researches, it seems that this business could success and have much developing space to improve itself in the future, for example, adding more recreational facilities in ‘Our Kitchen ’ to attract more customers. 2 Introduction The reason why I choose China as the target market is that I come from China and I am more familiar with the Chinese market than the United Kingdom’s, especially Chinese colleges and students. When I arrived at my new dormitory in the University of Birmingham, I was shocked by the big and bright kitchen for 15 students. There is no public kitchen in Chinese colleges, so almost all the students must have three meals in one or several crowded canteens or order takeout every day. As a new graduate from a Chinese college, I could realize that some students are eager to cook for themselves or host a party with their friends. What they calling for is a comparatively private and comfortable environment. At the same time, I know economic environment around Chinese colleges well. Thus I come up with an idea that launching a public kitchen for college students and it could be a brand new food service in the market of Chinese colleges. Moreover, if the idea were to come true, I could get sense of accomplishment when I am...
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...remember about stepping foot onto the college campus is to keep CALM. Try your hardest not to psych yourself out because you are living in a new environment on your own. College is a wonderful thing, so try not to look at it as being intimidating. That may be hard to do at first, but you are definitely not the only one who will be going through such a nerve racking experience. Always keep your head up and take each day one step at a time. A few good experiences of mine have been meeting and surrounding myself with the right people. You will notice that there is no such thing as a “clique”, which may be the best thing for someone who is meeting new people for the first time. Another great thing that has gotten me through such a difficult 4 months is the extra help we as athletes receive. I spent most of my time at the academic center, and that is probably the best tip I could give you. The academic center is a miracle, along with all the amazing people that work in there; you will never get steered in the wrong direction. I thought that having to adapt to a new team, and an all-girls team at that would be the biggest challenge going into college, but it has been the best experience of my life. You will come to find that these girls are going to be like your second family and that you can always go to talk to them for any advice that you might need. My overall experience in my first semester of college has been a blast, and I have the perfect idea on what the real world has to offer...
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...Constance M. Ruzich and A.J Grant the Authors of Predatory Lending and The Devouring of the American Dream asserts “An analysis of subprime mortgage lending practices has revealed complicity between lenders and borrowers that has facilitated the crisis” (143). Basically, people lied on the applications and the banks looked the other way knowing that not all the information was correct. The reason behind the banks letting people get away with lying was because they felt like everyone should have a shot of home ownership. The only problem with that idea is that most people couldn’t afford to make the payments, or had any intention of paying the loans back. Once the recession hit, banks no longer wanted to give out loans and they were being blamed for the economic fall. Since then, to obtain any kind of loan you have to have good credit and a decent wage. The American Dream is slipping away because no one can qualify for loans. Since, many people don’t qualify for loans, then the dream of home ownership is no longer obtainable. If you can’t get a job that pays decently and you can’t afford to go to school in hopes of potentially getting a higher paying job, then there is no hope of the American...
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...and feelings are part of human nature, and people strive for these types of interpersonal relationships in order to fulfill the void in people's lives and, above all, to make sense of life through trust, sharing and caring. During my years in college, I have met many interesting people in the classroom, as well as in the dormitories. I made many new friends in The Segundo dormitories at The University of California, Davis. Although I hung out with many people and exchanged information about college life, I only developed a very close and intimate relationship with a girl in my psychobiology class during my first, fall quarter. Mark Knapp suggests that interpersonal relationships develop through several stages. My relationship with my best friend, Betty, has gone through the coming together stages of initiating, experimenting, intensifying and integrating. At this point, we have only experienced the differentiating and circumscribing stages in the coming apart stages of Knapp’s model. During the first class meeting in psychobiology, I sat in class, scanning the rows to see if I was able to recognize a familiar face or see a friendly smile. I was very nervous because I did not know anybody in the class, did not know what to expect in a college class, and I was not used to being in a large class with 150 students. Suddenly, I noticed a girl who looked very familiar. She sat one row in front of me. I said hello, introduced myself to her, and told her that she looked...
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...Kevin December 11, 2007 Field Guide to the U.S. economy Chapter one from Field Guide to the U.S. Economy analyzes the distribution of wealth between the family and the structures of corporate power. The idea that the wealthy, usually become wealthier is stressed in this chapter. Most of the United States income is distributed to the wealthy; “The richest ten percent of all households own eighty percent of the financial wealth in America (1)”. Average families have most of their wealth invested in their homes. As for the wealthiest, most of their wealth is invested in the form of business equity, real estate, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and trusts. This chapter also stresses that wealth does not only create a higher standard of living, but that wealth influences political outcomes. The economic power of the United States is held in large corporations with single corporate owners. Chapter two expands on the information given in chapter one and expands on welfare and education. The main point of the chapter is poverty hurts kids. I will be expanding on the ideas in the two chapters to show that the gap between the wealthy and poverty is extreme and how it effects households, welfare, and education. Section 1.1 concentrates on who owns how much in America, showing the difference between the worker and owner income. “The rich are different from you and me (3)” said F Scott Fitzgerald. The richest ten percent of U.S households own eighty percent of the countries financial...
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...causing my mom tons of stress. But the older, and more mature I got, the less I heard her say the expression. The closer I got to the magic number eighteen, the more real it got. My mom began to fear the day that I went off to college. It scared not only my mom, but my whole family. The same little Anthony they had watched grow up was stepping into adulthood. This scared me even more. There was even a time period where I contemplated if college was even the right decision for me. All of my friends committed to what school they were gonna attend pretty early, which was scaring me even more....
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