...Changing Our Lives Atal Neupane Strayer University Fundamentals of Writing Assignment 2.1: Changing Our Lives Draft August 06, 2012 Dr. Ras Tsidi Acolatse Changing Our Lives I changed my life in so many ways, but the most important thing that I have changed was my education. I almost do not go back to school around three years. I was too busy on working that I totally forgot to continue my education. I decided to go back to school to further my education by attending Strayer University because my goal is to become a software programmer. At Strayer University, they have BS in Information Systems and Technology and have MOAC labs where I can work live Microsoft system using cloud technology. So, I preferred continue my education at this very convenient Strayer University. I know that getting to class is half the battle, especially for me because I work full time. Strayer University is the one that offers many options so working students like me can fit continuing education in a busy life. Even in my busy schedule, I can take classes at one of the conveniently located campus or combine online learning with campus classes, whenever, wherever, and however that works best. They scheduled the classes during evening and weekend hours. They are strategically located to be easily accessible within some city and some in the suburbs too. Almost every student in Strayer University works so, I found it to become more comfortable with classmate. In today’s business world, a college...
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...Assignment Title: Changing Our Lives Name: Professors Name: Course Title: Eng090 Date: 4/22/2012 Changing Our Lives At this time in my life, after thinking long and hard about what I’m doing and where I’m heading, I came to the conclusion that going to college would be the best thing to do for myself and my future. I was living on a small island in Greece playing soccer for a professional team. I loved playing soccer because it was fun and it made me happy. While I was playing in a game I got seriously injured to my knee and needed surgery. After my knee surgery I wasn’t able to play the same way and after much thought I decided to stop playing soccer. A friend’s friend offered me a job as a waiter in one of the hotels on the island. I didn’t like working as a waiter and I didn’t see myself doing it for the rest of my life. My salary was not enough to live on, especially for what I had to go through with customers and other staff on a daily basis. Working as a waiter wasn’t for me. Living on a small island with tourism as the biggest source of income providing just a few months out of the year as a time where you can find employment was difficult. For the rest of the year, work was hard to find and so I spent the rest of...
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...Changing Our Lives Flora Thomas Professor Renee Pistone Eng. 090 Fundamentals of Writing 05/30/2016 “Changing our lives” My main reason for returning to college is to change my life financially, emotionally and to advance in my career in the healthcare field. I have been in the healthcare field for over 20 yrs. I have endured many mediocre jobs and salaries,while trying to advance in my career. I have had so many obstacles put before me. But by the grace of god I found Strayer University. I have a long struggle ahead of me but, in the end the success will not only change my life but others as well. My kids helped me a lot in this decision, they also made sure I applied for financial aide, but I still had to borrow for other funds. Moreover, emotionally I was ready to advance in my career, but I still needed a degree. I tried other schools, but they were very expensive and they were very skeptical about transferring my credits. Strayer put me on the right path and I just feel my emotional turmoil is over. They took the time to listen to my needs and reassured me that I was in the right place. I have a good feeling about my future, and it’s all because God has pointed me in the right direction. I feel that everything is looking up right now. I am moving forward with the best intention. My life is headed in the right direction. I am taking my journey one step at a time; My studies are coming along just fine. Eventhough I have a full-time job. I still...
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...Running head: CHANGING OUR LIVES “Changing Our Lives” Strayer University ENG 090- Fundamental Writing November 13, 2013 CHANGING OUR LIVES A Meaningful Journey Making this decision to attend college to obtain a degree was a battle of thoughts in my mind. The question of being forty-two years of age pondering if I was too old to fulfill this passion, thinking time has passed me by. I feared starting something that I would not complete, just like all the other projects or goals that are still parked on the sideline. The people and examples that I heedfully looked up to were on shaky grounds until one day, I had a breakthrough. When my husband and I moved into our new home I meet my neighbor who encouraged me and is a candidate of a life with a degree. The timing was right, because what I feared in the past, I was now ready to push forward for a future, and enrolling in Strayer University is the best decision I ever made in life. Secondly, the world today dictates strengthens and weaknesses, either you are going to strive for the best or settle for less. The key to my smile is the work I am putting in to build a financially stable foundation. I have worked many jobs, sometimes two, and am in hopes of not being classified as living from payday to payday. The trend of this edgy living is scary, what if something happens? I don’t have any emergency funds to fall back on, what do I do? To be comfortable is to be wise, education and...
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...Assignment #4: “Changing Our Lives” Introduction, Conclusion, and Title (Student Name) ENG 090- Writing Fundamentals (Professor Name) (Correct date) April 10, 2013 Sample Student Essay -- Introduction, Conclusion, and Title Believing in Myself: Forging a Path to College [TITLE] [INTRODUCTION] Picture this: a girl from a small town in Michigan sits at the kitchen table and tries to work on her spelling homework. [BEGINNING]Her brothers and sisters are running around, and her mom is trying to cook dinner. Her dad moved to another city, and she wonders if she will even make it through high school with all these distractions. That girl was me. Thankfully, I did make it through high school, but I put off college for 20 years![INTRODUCING THE SUBJECT] I have now chosen to go to college at this juncture in my life because of financial, personal, and emotional reasons. [THESIS STATEMENT] [CONCLUSION] To sum up, I decided to enroll at Strayer University for financial, personal, and emotional reasons. [CONCLUSION TOPIC SENTENCE, WHICH RESTATES THE THESIS OF THE ESSAY.] I think these are valid and strong reasons, and they keep me going every day. The thought of being my own boss, earning a degree, and believing in my ability to learn (despite my dyslexia) is so exciting. [SUPPORTING SENTENCES] Therefore, I can become the person I want to be. [SUPPORTING SENTENCES] Lastly, I plan to revise this essay and save it so that I can print it out on my graduation...
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...: “Changing Our Lives” ENG 090- Writing Fundamentals March 11, 2015 In life we have a purpose that sometimes seems so hard to figure out. Have you ever questioned how life could be different for you and your family if you had made different choices? Well, I have. I have been bless with two beautiful children who look up to me. I think attending college is the right decision, so they can be proud to walk in my footsteps. I am now ready to attend college again to be a role model for my children, to gain personal satisfaction, and to establish a stable career. Being a role model to my children is very important to me. I want to instill in them things the world will not teach them. I want to share positive values with my children. I would like for my children to understand the importance of self-respect and self-esteem. In life you have to treat people how you want to be treated, that’s why I carry myself in a respectful way. I model traits such as showing respect, being honest, kind, reliable, having tolerance and doing without expecting a reward. I share success and failures stories with my children so that they will know its okay to fall short of a goal. Falling short does not mean it is the end. Above all, the goals I set, the way I carry myself and the decision I make convey an important message to my children: Change is not easy and mistakes are opportunities for learning. Lastly, I want my children to never give up because I never gave up. The second reason I...
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...Assignment #7: “Changing Our Lives” Final Essay Samantha Howard ENG 090- Writing Fundamentals Professor Amanda Crane December 12, 2014 Better Late, Than Never! I have dreamed of the day I would earn my college degree since I was in the 1st grade. Though my career choice varied with age, my desire to be successful has remained constant. Unfortunately, I allowed seven long years to pass by before continuing my education. My fear of failing to choose the best career path and right school for me are a couple of reasons I procrastinated for so long. Ultimately, I made the decision to go to college at this point in my life to finally obtain career satisfaction, financial security, and self-fulfillment. Firstly, I envision myself employed with a successful business firm with aspirations of starting my own business when I graduate from college. I have always wanted to open an upscale salon and spa in a big city, such as New York City. I believe that having my own business will help me enjoy my job, take control of all aspects of the company, and gain personal growth. Many times, it can be difficult to co-exist alongside some co-workers and managers. I have often found myself, “faking it, until I make it.” Most jobs are tolerable, but I think they should, also, be enjoyable. Taking the entrepreneur route will, essentially, give my profession more meaning to me. Next, it is important to me to finish my college education and earn my degree, in order to provide a stable income...
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...Assignment 1: Ethical Issues in Information Systems Strayer University Professor April Hudson CIS109-Intro Mgt Info Systems Privacy is one of the major ethical issues in today’s digital society. The collection of data by various electronic means, has pretty much ensured the age of total privacy is coming to an end. The ethical use of private information walks a thin line with the way information is given and received. Private information can be handle very delicately by a doctor’s office, but with the wrong click of the mouse. You can basically hand over your life to someone and have your life stolen. I personally chose social media as a way to stay in contact with most of my family and friends. Not until 2007 did I realize how social media worked and how privacy could become an issue. Posting the wrong picture or allowing someone to post a not so pleasing one of you could cause and ethical issue in the work place years later. Trying to get a job these days required you handing over your Facebook password and allowing people to form an opinion of you from what you do or say away from the workplace. The ethical issue behind this demand of you private life only start here. That’s why I learned to interact with social media very carefully. Watching what I post, and being aware of what other people post of myself. Protecting you privacy can be pretty easy. Being aware of what you say around a group of people is very important. For example, you’re at work and...
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...College Credit Through Advanced Standing Produced by the Office of Academic Services This manual is accurate as of the date of publication. As new information becomes available, it will be posted to the online version, available through the Academic Services web site, www.nvcc.edu/aboutnova/directories--offices/administrative-offices/academic/index.html. Revised June 2012 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 3 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................3 TYPES OF ADVANCED STANDING ...................................................................................................3 GENERAL PROCEDURES ...............................................................................................................4 EVALUATION RESPONSIBILITIES .....................................................................................................5 SECTION 1—CREDITS FROM POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS ........................................ 7 GENERAL CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................7 GENERAL EDUCATION TRANSFER CREDIT FOR STUDENTS WITH PREVIOUS DEGREES ..................................9 EVALUATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSCRIPTS .....................................................................
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...The reason I decided to go back to college at this time in my life is because I want more. I want a career, not just another job. I want to be a role model for my children, to be someone that they can look up too. I want my children to see me work hard, and see the determination that I have, so that they too will do the same. The main reason is to be that example to my children , and by going back to school, my children will see that anything is possible and that they need to work hard and to stay focused. But another reason is I want a career, a career will provide much more for myself and my family. At this time, finances are a struggle. Within the last two years, I have had 9 surgeries, and most of those two years I have been unable to work, and provide more for my children. Another reason is I want to feel like I have achieved something in my life. At the age of 17 I dropped out of high school, due to pregnancy. Finally in 2003 I went and took and passed my GED. Even though I passed, I don’t feel as though I have achieved anything. Years passed and I struggled with what I wanted to do. I considered nursing, criminal justice, and there was also a point that anything and everything was put on the back burner...
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...Assignment 2 Changing Our Lives Essay changing our lives essays Alicia Carter Instructor: LaRuth Ensley ENG 090 10-22-2012 Changing Our Lives Essay We all want success, money, and happiness right? Would a college education not be the key to having all of those things? Returning to school now would ensure that I could have money, with a successful job and happiness in the gratification of completing my degree, all the while, setting a stellar example for my daughter, making my family proud and allowing me the opportunity to obtain a college degree. All of this is essential positive things to add to this journey called life. I was once the young high school graduate with bright eyes and a promising future going to college. I enrolled in a large local University and started my journey to arming myself with the necessary tools to have a stellar career. After the initial shock of freedom and adulthood, two years later, I found myself socially at the top of my game, but educationally the dean had placed me the former 3.8 high school student on academic probation. I was now struggling to make the grade in college. I now know that I was not focused, or driven, my priorities were not intact and the entire long-term goal to me was just a fleeting futuristic challenge. The importance of college had not set in and therefore it appeared I was paying to go to school to become a better social butterfly. My parents did not seem to find the importance of that concept...
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...| Changing Our Lives Essay | By: Jorell Austin | | Dr. Kristina Nelson English 090 - Writing Fundamentals March 18, 2013 Dr. Kristina Nelson English 090 Writing Fundamentals January 13, 2013 Dr. Kristina Nelson English 090 Writing Fundamentals January 13, 2013 Changing Our Lives Essay In 2012 I made an important decision. I decided to go back to school to earn my degree. For the first time (in a long time) I decided to put myself first and to care for myself the way I have cared for so many other people over the years. My quest to earn a degree actually started long before 2013. Like most people I grew up in a traditional middle class family with two hard working and wonderful parents. My parents (like most parents) wanted me to do better and accomplish more than they did. Both of my parents came from blue collar working households without much money and no formal education. My father joined the Navy at 15 in an effort to escape racism and inequality in Natchez, MS. He never completed high school, but he was street savvy beyond his years. My mother was the daughter of a maid and a ship laborer. In 1966, she completed high school and enrolled at the local junior college. She completed her junior year of college but was forced to drop out when my grandmother suffered a stroke that left her paralyzed and unable to work. Although my mother never complained, she never seemed to get over the disappointment of not earning her college degree...
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...look up to them. My friends push me when I cannot and help me to be a better version of myself. My friends have helped me more than they probable know, and because of that I will always be grateful towards them and will always have a passion for them. My most important passion of all is my family, especially my parents. They raised me and made me the way I am and for that I must also thank them. They raised a daughter that I hope their proud of because I do my very best just to make them proud. I owe everything to them, they are the reason that I am here today. I love them and I will always love them. I am very passionate about these things, they mean a lot to me and I do not want anything to change that. These are the things that I live...
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...Jeffrey Cole, Director of the Center for Communication Policy at UCLA, spoke at the Milken Institute Forum on Sept. 21 on “How the Internet Is Changing Our Social, Political, and Economic Lives.” The following is an edited transcript of his remarks. “How the Internet Is Changing Our Social, Political, and Economic Lives” Thank you. I am overwhelmed at this turnout. I don’t think it’s for me. You must be interested in this Internet thing we’re all talking about. But before we talk about all this, I’m going to tell you a little bit about how I got interested in the Internet, and how this ties into some of the work I’m doing. About three years ago, I discovered something that was really compelling to me. I discovered that television viewing among kids under the age of 14 was down for the first time in the history of television. For the first time in the 51 years of television, since 1948, kids had found something they liked as much or more than television — computers and the Internet. And this made me, as a social scientist, begin to realize that this technology phenomenon, which is not a fad, really will affect everything, and will transform much. It will have an influence like the printing press did, I believe, on just about everything. And I want to demonstrate some of that today. We can already see some of that beginning to happen. Alan Greenspan, a few months ago, called the Internet “the engine of the economic expansion.” It’s been linked as the single biggest...
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