...Career Goal As I graduated from High School I decided to pursue a career of Executive Secretary at Butler Business School. As my time in the school progressed I was realizing that becoming an Executive Secretary was something that I was not interested in. I completed the necessary courses to get my diploma as a Clerk-Typist. After I graduated from there I decided to take a break from school and started to work. This was a decision that was difficult to make. The only thing that gave me the courage to do what is right was my mother and my family who supported everything I did. My mother always knew that by me not continuing my education will not get me a good job. She always stated to go back to school and better myself. As time went by it got harder for me to go back to school, and the evitable happen I became pregnant. I was unable to go to school then because I had to work to support my daughter. The opportunity for me to go back to school became harder and harder as each day went by. My mother said, that to have faith that when the time was right I will be able to return to school. The only thing that kept me going is to make sure that my daughter got everything she deserves. As time went by my daughter became older and I decided to go back to school. The family was happy that I have made my decision to go back to school. I was able to sign up to go to Housatonic Community College to get my degree in Word Processing Specialist. At the same time I was able to...
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...back to school can be a major, life changing decision for most people with children, especially mothers. I always knew that I wanted to go to college after high school. But along with major decisions, sometimes in the mean time life can throw some curve balls. In spite of those curve balls and my growing family, I decided to take that big leap of faith. Deciding to go back to school has been one of the best decisions I could ever make. Okay so we will take time back to 2007, when I was pregnant with my fifth child and I decided to register for the Ged test. When I went in the morning of the test, I was so nervous, because I haven't been to school since 1998. Well what do you know? I passed the test with flying colors and my score were pretty high as well. As soon as I received my diploma in the mail, I immediately wanted to go to college. Unfortunately I knew it was almost impossible to start college and me fixing to have another baby, so I thought it would be better to wait awhile longer. Flash forward to 2008, my friend was enrolling in college and talked me into going in on it with her. I decided to enroll for my first time, only thing was it was online, so that made me super nervous. We ended up taking two courses together and did very well. But due to unfortunate tragedies in my family, I had to put school on the back burner again. After withdrawing I went on to having three more children! So by then I didn't think it would ever be possible to go back to school while...
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...I have a lot of things that have changed my life. There are some that are good and there are some that are bad. I would not change any of them because they are the reason that I am who I am today. They are also the reasons that I decided to get back in school. The reasons are to make a better life for myself and my loved ones; to set an example that it is never too late to go back to school, and to meet new types of people. I decided to go back to school to make a better life for myself and my loved ones. To get a decent paying job now days, you must have some form of higher education. I have done some shady things in my past and now I am trying to do it the right way for my loved ones. Without my help, my loved ones would struggle to make ends meet and I do not want them to struggle. This way they do not struggle as bad and once I get my degree they will not struggle at all. Another reason I decided to go back to school is to set an example that it is never too late to go back to school. The younger generations think that once you reach a certain age that it is too late to do anything productive with your life. They are asking me why I went back to school and I tell them to better myself. I am proving to them and setting an example at the same time that it is never too late. I am proud to show them that if I can do it that they can do it also. The last reason I decided to go back to school is to meet new types of people. Like I said before I have done some shady things...
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..." Angie go get the rest of your boxes from the truck" my mom said when she saw I was sitting down of the floor doing nothing. "Why did we have to move mom ?" I asked in whinny tone. Today was our first day in our new apartment and I was not happy at all about moving especially in the middle of the school year. " You're going to get used to it fast now stop whining and start unpacking " she told me in a warning tone then got back to what she was doing. Today was just not a great day for me and nothing could change that. My brother heavily lifted and carried the bigger boxes that were too big and heavy for my mom and me . I anxiously waited for this day to end. I was in the kitchen taking a drink of water waiting for my mom and brother to finish setting up the furniture. I didn't really want to stand...
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...ever since his brother died and as a result, is kicked out of every school he went to. In the beginning, he goes to a school named Pencey, which is adored by its attending students. He decides to leave Pencey because he is failing every class except English, and is most likely going to be expelled anyway. He goes to his old teachers house, Mr. Antolini, and they talk about what he plans on doing for the future. He buys a notepad and a pencil and writes a letter to his sister Phoebe, telling her to meet up with him because he is planning on running away. He does not end up running away and plans to go to...
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...When I started school, it felt like I was out of place. I could tell that I was different but, could not explain why. In my mind a lot of what they taught us seemed useless. And none of what they taught kept my attention long enough; I was not able concentrate on one thing at a time. It just seemed that everything about school I hated. I could not help the way I thought about school. The teachers made it worse; they did not care about the students there. I felt like I was doing the same thing every day. So eventually I decided to not do my work. After a while the teacher decided to put me behind a small wall secluded from the class. It was a couple of weeks before I decided I did not want to go to school any more. Then my mom found out what the teacher was doing, it did not go over well. I’m pretty sure the principle was scared shit less. Needless to say I was not behind the wall any more. I can say I had good friends while I went there. One day I had a major migraine, everyone thought I was just faking it but one of my friends decided to walk me to the nurse. At the time the teacher was not in the class room, but on the way to the nurse she told us to go back. I don’t remember much after that. A couple of years later we had a new school in Wellsville. Same teachers unfortunately and the same principle, I was always told that he did not like kids. I had been late a lot due to the school being in a new area, walking there was the only choice I had. Apparently the teacher...
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...Present and Future Paper I am the oldest Of 2 children I was born to Mrs Middleton and Mr Bowers. I was born in Indiana and was raised here in south Florida. At about the age of 11 is when I started to develop a love for animals my Mother was hoping that one day I would become a veterinarian seeing that I loved animals we at one point had 7 cats as well as hamsters so my mother use to tell me that seeing that I liked animals so much I should go into the field of working hands on with the animals. I graduated from Cooper City High school is 2000 and once I graduated I enrolled at Broward Community College just for a semester I had to leave Broward community college cause although I graduated I was unable to get my High School diploma so I had to go night school and try and get my GED. I finally got my GED in 2004 and then debated as whether or not I wanted to go back to college after the experience I had I was a little skeptical about it. My plans after I got my GED was to enroll at Santa Fe community college because they had the best zoology program however I didn’t make it in due to the requirements that where needed in Math. I was never good in math so I figured that maybe college was not for me at the time. In 2006 I started working for the University of Phoenix which was one of the first company’s I ever worked for that where known nationwide. In about 3 months of working for UOP they offered to pay for my tuition if I decided I wanted to go back to school it took me a couple...
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...Since childhood, my parents decided for me with whom I can talk and where to go to learn. I have always been controlled. When I grew up, I decided that I would be an accountant, though the parents telling me to go to study to be a doctor. They persuaded me long, but I insisted. When I went to study in Moscow, an accountant, I had to release one year. However, I found out that the institution is closed due to bankruptcy. I had to decide what to do next. My parents have lived in the U.S., and after I'll finish university in Moscow, I wanted to continue my education in the United States. And I had to choose to stay in Moscow or go to the U.S. After a while I decided that if I want to live in the U.S., it would be better for me, if I continue to study there. Soon, I began to study at DPT Business School when I had only a month before the release the school was closed as it happened in Russia. I was so upset I did not want to do anything. The world ceased to exist. I attended these four years in Moscow, and at DPT Business School almost a year, and then I was left without a certificate. I suffered a few months; I decided that something needed to change. Without education, you cannot find a good job. And so I started to study at Strayer University. The staffs here are very nice; they’ll always help and explain everything to you. I like Strayer University. I hope I finish the university and finally received his certificate of...
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...My story Some of the many reasons why I decided to come to college are because of my family, myself and my future. Coming from a home with parents who are immigrants and were not blessed with the opportunity to go to school has been a big eye opener for me. Seeing my mom work hard, day and night to provide for me and my siblings has encouraged me to want better for myself. She comes from a struggling background and always reminds us that the biggest blessing we can give her is the gift of us going to school and graduating. That’s exactly what I will do. I had many choices to choose from like get a full time job, go to trade school or go to college. ,I graduated high school in 2016, during that time I applied at a full time...
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...daycare, she decided to follow most of her peers to school at a local community college. She decided not to use financial aid and was paying directly out of pocket. It became really hard so she decided to take a break for a semester and save up some money. Well a semester turned into five years. That young lady was me. I decided to go back to school to obtain my Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice because of financial, personal, and emotional reasons. I’ve been working in the Child Care field for 10 years. I love kids but I’ve always known that I didn’t want to do this for the rest of my life. Working in child care isn’t really lucrative but it’s reliable. I want to make sure that once I have a family, I’m able to provide for them. I want to be able to provide them with a life that they don’t have to want for anything. I want to know that I’m able to do that for them without the help of anyone else. As a child, I always imagined being married and having kids but I always wanted my schooling to be finished first. Well recently, I began a serious relationship and realized that my school wasn’t complete so I began to look at going back to school. I always said that once I finished school and get I my degree, I wanted to work in the jail as a Correctional Officer. It’s always been a dream of mine to see how the inmates live. I think that I can influence their lives for the better. When I stopped school, I didn’t feel as if I was capable of school anymore. Though I always had...
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...Personal Narrative My senior year of High School, I had my mind set on where I was going to college: The Art Institute in Dallas to be a fashion designer. Everyone told me not to go, that I wouldn’t make it a month and wouldn’t be long before I was back home. I was determined to prove my family wrong. My parents and I took a trip to Dallas for a campus tour. I loved every minute of the tour, but on the way home my mom told me that if I wanted to go to school there, I would have to raise the money on my own. After I graduated, I decided to take some side courses like Art and Photography while working to raise the money. Because I was unsure of which career path I wanted to study in school, after two years of working for my family company, they decided it was time for me to look for a job and stop pursing school. At the age of 20 I started working for Cato’s a women’s clothing company, about a year into working there I was named first assistant and no longer thought about going to school or raising the money to go. Just being stuck in a dead end job for the rest of my life. I started drinking and not caring about anything or anyone. This attitude went on for about a year and half, until one Sunday morning my pastor was talking about starting your life over no matter how deep you were. In the middle of the service I realized what I was doing and that I was not only hurting myself, but everyone around me and that I need to stop. I ran out of the service crying. Jenni the pastor’s...
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...My Grandma Goes To School Just Like I Do Natalie Warren English 121 English Composition Instructor: Kathy Conner April 18, 2011 I hope that by the time you finish reading my paper; you will know why this old grandma decided to go back to school. On my birthday, Oct. 8, 2010, I woke up that morning and decided that I was going back to school. I had toyed around with the idea for a long time, but was never really serious enough to do anything about it. I thought I was too old. I also thought that I never would be able to afford it, but I met someone that was as nearly as old as I am, and she had gone back 2 years ago. She convinced me to check out financial help, and how she was doing it. I toyed around with it for a while, and then I just woke up that morning and decided that what I wanted to do. After I had told every one of my intentions, my little granddaughter was overheard telling one her friends that her grandma was going to school just like she was. She also stated “ I did not know that old people had to go to school too. I hope I do not have to go to school when I get old”. So I hope that by the time you finish reading this paper, you will know what made this old grandma want back to school. After that, I started researching schools, and I finally went back to my friend who was in her second year of online college and asked her where she was going. She told me that she was going to Ashford and she really liked it and she could be of great assistance...
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...Why I Decided to Return Back To School 6/19/14 Kathy Davis Professor Nancy Segovia Returning back to school was a very natural decision for me. It seemed to be the next logical step in my personal and careers goals. My ultimate goal is to be healthy and happy and be a good role model for my family members. I am more mature with my decision to return back to school now. The initial thought I had about returning back to school was that of apprehension due to the fact that I struggled a great deal throughout junior and high schools and had a false belief for years that I would not be successful if I attempted to go to college. I let my twenties, thirties, and my forties pass me bye with this belief firmly in me in my thinking and there was no one or anything to convince me of anything else, because I allowed my fear of failure to rule me all these year. I wanted to do something that was really going to have a lasting impact to someone’s life. Immediately thought about my children, letting them know it’s never too late to get a degree from any college. Going back to school can be a tough decision but being positive and having confidence can lead to success. Now that I am stable in life than I was when I finished or even years ago when I was considering going to school again I am more mature with why I decided to return back to the decisions I made forward toward...
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...ever been cheated unfairly? This is a story about a school that took the hardest test in the world unprepared. Zeus’s arms grasped at the weather trying to take back control. He had noticed that this part of the world was beginning to have a lot of rain and wind and it wasn’t under his control, so he was trying to take back control. He was currently in California in a city named Storman, Stockton? One of the two, he forgets. But while thinking about where he was, Zeus didn’t realize the weather was fighting back again, and some strong winds and the sound of thunder quickly slipped through his fingers before he closed them. He felt a bit embarrassed and was glad no other gods were looking, but also realized that there was a faint...
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...Abstract One difficult decision I have made in my life is deciding to go back to school. Before I decided to go back or to find a job, I considered many factors that would be involved. I considered how I would pay for it and how it would affect me and my children. I know that college classes require many hours of studying and work. I had to ask myself whether or not it was worth it to sacrifice those precious hours of time with my children. In the end I decided to take that leap of faith and continue my education. I know that it is going to require time and hard work but in the end it will be worth it. In my life, I have had to make many difficult decisions. Sometimes I made the wrong decisions and choices whereas others I made the correct choice. So far in my life, one of the most difficult decisions that I’ve had to make is the decision to go back to school and to further my education. I considered many things when making this decision. I thought about how this would affect my children and me in the short and long term. As well as how it would affect my financial situation. Firstly, going back to school is what I feel to be a very positive thing. My children are very young and I want to finish my schooling to become a more positive influence on them. Upon finishing all of my courses and accomplishing my goal to get a degree, accepting a position with my degree backing me, will help me to provide for them. Most importantly, I believe that it will teach them to appreciate...
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