With a bigger campus, there is room for more students. While most community colleges have an average student population of three-thousand, a typical university has twenty-thousand-meaning there is more of a social life to be had. ... Campus' everywhere have dormitories for students to stay in where they bunk with a roommate they have never met before. ... In universities, social life is comparable to that of a community, however, in a community college, students often live at home with their parents or by themselves in an apartment. Most students have one or two classes every day and retu...

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College students are responsible; therefore, teachers will not chase after the students for missing assignments. ... But going to college is not enough. ... It all depends on the student and how he/she decides to spend their high-school and college years. Most students like the freedom that colleges give. College students love the fact that they can pick and choose from a variety of things like schedules, teachers, and the different variety of courses. ...

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Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of student led conferences on minority student achievement. The study focuses on the social problem of student achievement and understanding how parental involvement influences minority student achievement. ... The data will measure the influences student-led conference has student achievement on the Missouri Assessment Program test. ... Student-led conferences are a strategy to involve parents in their student's academic success. ... Districts in both large and small communities have continued to struggle with student achievem...

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I think that staying organized has to be one of the most helpful student characteristic to have. ... I would say this is the very best student characteristic to have and it also goes along with staying organized. ... The Bad I really valued my friend, Jordan Sams example of a bad student characteristic. ... Procrastination is one the worst habits a student can have. It's the most common problem that I have realized from students that were falling behind. ...

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Social experiences, undoubtedly, are dramatically deemed to as indispensable living skills by today's society which brings about some people hold an opinion that students who graduated from high schools should go to work or travel for one year in order to gain harvest from the outer world. ... Students who have just graduated from high schools may encounter troubles in further academic study if they spend a whole year's time in working or traveling. ... Third, the raise of the absurd assertion can be largely attributed to the fact that people are doubted the fact whether college life...

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I have taken a total of six (AP) classes and one college math class (pre-calculus) during my four years of high school. I have earned selection to the National Honor Society and earned numerous academic awards, including the Minds in Motion award given by the Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association to Student-Athletes receiving a 3.25 GPA or above while participating in a sport, which I have received nine times. Goals - Short-Term My short-term goals are to earn acceptance to college and earn a scholarship to play baseball. I have completed numerous college applications and I ...

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Their unawareness would be detrimental to their life in the long run and more immediately in their attempt at furthering their education in college. ... For lack of a better word, people were living in a bubble; and when they went off to college it burst. In college the culture shock was too much to overcome for many people that they had to drop out, or transfer to community college closer to home, resulting in what came to be expected: another decline in the amount of students graduating from a four-year university, and an increase in those who would never step foot in a classroom again aft...

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Cedric unfortunately doesn't have good social skills so he struggles in college because of this. ... I was blessed with both skills, very social and family encouraged challenges like college. ... When Barbara moved him in, Cedric was so ecstatic about college and meeting people that were more like him, smart. ... He didn't know how to act around many of the students around him. ... In this book I learned a lot about college and social skills even though I thought I was ahead of most other college students, I wasn't. ...

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The student athletes bring money and attention to the school that otherwise would not have been attainable. College sports also boost the school spirit of colleges. It gives the students something to come out and cheer for. ... To conduct a survey, at least nine students must request that there be a survey. ... Students should not be counted if they participate in individual sports not sponsored by the school. ...

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The choice of career track will define the content of the subjects a student will take in Grades 11 and 12. ... Students undergo On-the-Job Training (OJT) or immersion, which may include earn-while-you-learn opportunities, to provide them relevant exposure and actual experience in their chosen track. ... Modeling programs offered by these schools are based on students' interests, community needs, and their respective capacities. ... As early as elementary, students gain knowledge in areas such as Biology, Geometry, Earth Science, Chemistry, and Algebra. ... The program will enhance the b...

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There should be a number of different courses or curricula in secondary schools and colleges designed for people with different abilities and different vocational goals. The high school should offer commercial, homemaking, mechanical arts, agriculture, and college-preparatory courses. ... In this common core there should be no sectioning of students by vocational aim or social position. ... The students' aptitudes, abilities, and expectations in life should be assessed and considered by wise and well-trained counselors who should then give the students and their parents their honest and f...

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Many of them talked to me as if I were their friend, not their student. ... I knew that if I wanted to go to a good college, I would treatment have to get good grades, and I resented the implication that the only way I could get good grades was by getting special treatment. I had always been a good student, and I had no intention of changing my study habits now that I was in high school. ... Many of the students attended the games, but their primary focus was on getting into college. If they talked about football at all, they usually discussed the regional college teams. ...

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Peer group shows strong academic attainment, such that strong CGPA, strong aspirations for college, giving much time to homework, strong temperament of competition and participation in co-curricular activities. ... Influence is strong at secondary school level due to the age of peer (Maturity level), while it is weak at college and university level. ... Therefore it is to conclude that the background studies of science students enable to perform well as compared to the students of humanities. School selection made by students' parents also was found more effective as compared to the decis...

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An increase in potential earnings is the primary motivation for going to college for most, however there is another benefit of going to college. ... This was the first step in reversing the college gender gap. ... Men are more likely to be discouraged than women by the thousands of student loans they rack up. ... Alternatives to college are out there and more and more men are opting for that route as they graduate from high school, giving women the leg up in college admissions. ... Meanwhile men have begun to opt for just as good college alternatives such as the military right out of high sch...

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The careers require varying levels of education, with some students gaining enough training to enter the workforce immediately following high school, while others may require a four-year college degree. Students may elect to take only a single course or a concentration in a particular trade. ... Currently 15,000 secondary schools offer vocational education courses, including some programs offered through area vocational centers, which serve students from a number of local schools at one central site. ...

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» for years one of the main objectives of the government was to change our educational system which is known to encourage parents to give their child tuitions while young and stress them to earn admission to a state college. Our actual educational system gives place to elitism which leads to an alarming rate of failure among the students as most of the average students cannot cope with the pace of the educational system. ... The least gifted students, those who have problems, are left by the wayside. ... Other is a fault does not instil in students the desire to learn. ... These PSAC e...

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Meier argues for innovation for school choice as a strategy for change, small schools to engage students, teachers, and parents working with each other in ways that would be impossible in larger schools. Beyond these innovations, she also encourages mutual respect among teachers, students, administrators, and parents as a prerequisite for collaboration and collective school ownership. ... Over 90 percent of Central Park East's students graduate, and over 90 percent of those graduates go on to college, in a city where, on average, only 50 percent of all public school students even gradua...

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Through Heart Start, selected high school students are trained as CPR instructors and volunteer to conduct CPR classes for campus clubs and athletic programs. My program reaches beyond the student population by offering certification to members of the faculty, the PTA, booster clubs, and various community service organizations. ... It is my hope that, one day, Heart Start will provide every high school student with the opportunity to become certified in CPR. ... I plan to expand this company to the local community of the college I attend. ... I look forward to continuing to play an acti...

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Why have students chosen this? ... Smaller class sizes can contribute to better participation of students, increased facilities, proper interaction between students and teachers etc. ... Whether students feel free to ask questions and interact will be another variable discussed. ... The American International School is an academic institution whose purpose is to provide a college preparatory program to meet the needs of local and foreign students. This program leads to acceptance in American curriculum colleges and universities at or above the level of students in a comparable sized United Sta...

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I"ll admit, like every other middle and high school student, I too suffered from attention deficit disorder. ... Now look at me, I"m in college and I"m as dumb as a rock! Now, let's look at the situation in Japan for example, where uniforms yet remain a dominant form of student sub-culture. ... So, if people wear a uniform in which they are expected to play out the roles of a student by paying attention and studying, the likelihood of such behavior increases considerably. ...

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Essentially this realization has shown me that progressing through the levels of education has not only given me a complex understanding of being a literate individual but cleared the path for the furthering of my literary skills as a college student attending Central Michigan University. ... I considered myself to be a slightly above average student, yet still I did not fully comprehend that my development of literacy was now becoming much more important. Maturing with age, I was now a fully-fledged high school student at Clarkston High School; much more was expected from me in class and my...

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Now, valedictorian supposedly means the student with the highest GPA or rank, and most of the time these students are not interested in speaking in the farewell ceremony they are only interested for the title. ... As mentioned above this unhealthy competition stirs up hostility not just between the students, also within the school community. For example, seniors at Sarasota High School were "deadlocked in the race to become valedictorian", Davies's chief rivals became furious when he was announced valedictorian, students buttonholed Kennedy in the hallway, and students even pla...

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That is the main reason I've gone back to college and am seriously working towards a degree in Computer Science. ... A good majority of the students there came from an upper class background while I came from a lower middle class family. ... But being the "all knowing" typical teenager I figured that I didn't need to go to college or finish high school for that matter and I droped out in my senior year. ... While working at AAA had good benefits I soon realised that there wasn't much room for upward mobility without a college education. ... In conclusion, I am very happy with ...

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I joined Student Council and made the cheer squad. ... Simply due to the fact that being a full time student and working full time does not leave time for me to start new trends or design my own clothes. ... I will probably look back in ten years and laugh at how I dressed during my college days....

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The next day at school many of the students stared at me like I was some creature they had never seen before. ... The way my fellow students viewed me made me furious. ... Now a freshman in college, I do not dwell on how others view me. ... Once I become a teacher I can teach my students my important lesson in life; knowing a person with a kind heart is more important then knowing someone for their appearance. ...

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