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While most students are at home or on trips with family, some are in school working all summer long. This is not because they have summer school, but because their school switched to a year-round school schedule. When my friends from different schools tell me they can’t have summer at . . . Read more
Example #1 In the past, our womenfolk were confined within the four walls of the home. Parents did not allow them to receive education and to participate in any outside work. Early marriage, religious misinterpretation, and the narrowness of our outlook were mainly responsible for this. Parents thought it waste . . . Read more
Studying is obviously not a thing young people enjoy doing. It would be true to say that the majority of adolescents prefer more active ways of spending their time instead of listening to lectures, sitting in a library, writing countless essays and reports, and worrying about exams. At the same . . . Read more
In my home, we have weekly family council meetings. During these meetings, I was unsure of myself at first, but I quickly became used to using e-mail, bulletin boards, and chat rooms. I have learned how to do Internet research. I had never used the Internet for research before. I . . . Read more
The transition from high school to college, while pleasurable and exciting, can also be very challenging. It is a great milestone in one’s life. A step that a student will either adjust to or struggle with. With many differences, there are certain similarities as well, by which, one won’t feel . . . Read more
High school is a strange time. After three years of trying to develop identity and friends in middle school, students are expected to mature immediately on the first day of ninth grade, but I never completely did this. I never fully realized in earlier grades how important high school success, . . . Read more
Hazing (subjecting newcomers to abusive or humiliating tricks and ridicule) has always been seen as a secretive campus activity when it comes to fraternities and pledging. As a result, Dr. Mark Taff resorted in his article that, “..a series of 168 cases of injuries and deaths related to fraternity hazing . . . Read more
My Goals in My Life When I graduated from High School I could remember my teachers discussing how life will be after High School. Some of the things that I could remember from those discussions that I had with one of my teachers were college life. She told me that . . . Read more
I may seem to be someone with many unconnected facets and talents once you have read all the other essays on this application. This essay is intended to slap together a few of the pieces of myself that I have displayed here. The human race is immortal ( that was . . . Read more
Racism, sexism and homophobia are spreading throughout the country. Among the settings of these expressions of intolerance are colleges and university campuses. Charles R. Lawrence believes that regulating free speech can help relieve this growing plague. Author of the article Regulating Racist Speech On Campus. Hate Speech on campus creates . . . Read more
Example #1 Bullying in schools has negative effects on individual students and on the school climate as a whole. Bullying can cause long-term problems for both the victims of bullying and the bullies themselves. To explore the effects of bullying on adolescents, we will define bullying, identify the characteristics of . . . Read more
Example #1 Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that private schools offer a better education to children and better prepare them for college. Thesis Statement: Private school children are more involved in community service, are generally provided with better education, and are more likely to apply and succeed in college. . . . Read more
Example #1 Teaching is a difficult occupation. Teachers play an important part in training children, teenagers… So, a good teacher must have some special qualities. They are knowledge, creation, confidence, empathy, sense of humor, and passion. Imagine you are dreaming of being a teacher, you must accept that there is . . . Read more
Example #1 Education is the process or act of giving or acquiring general knowledge, developing reasoning and judgment skills, and generally preparing oneself or other people intellectually for adult life. The ability to do something is referred to as power. In my own words, education is the knowledge that will . . . Read more
Example #1 In the essay College Pressures, William Zinsser documents the difficulties that college students face while they are in school. The following are the four pressures that students confront, according to him: economic, parental, peer, and self-induced. When Zinsser starts the essay, it’s easy for the reader to become . . . Read more
Example #1 – Knowledge & The Curriculum Knowledge is power in today’s information-based society. By understanding its consumers, a business may create products that are desired by its customers. If a firm wishes to compete successfully in today’s market, it must have a clear understanding of how to get the . . . Read more
Example #1 Our schools in America have many problems. Shootings, drugs, and gang violence are just a few of the problems facing students, teachers, parents, and administrators in schools across the nation. Rules and discipline are important to solving these very serious problems facing the nation’s schools. The parents of . . . Read more
Example #1 University education is required for success, which is why today’s parents would want their kids to obtain a Bachelor’s degree as a bare minimum condition. They believe that university education is an important component of success. I do not feel, however, that this is the case in reality. . . . Read more
Example #1 I believe everybody should have a good start in life. Having a good education is a great path to success. School provides knowledge, friendship, and intelligence. Education provides everyday skills, learning, and more. Several people in the world cannot afford for their kids to attend school, so its . . . Read more
Example #1 Angus Young of the rock band AC/DC is what comes to mind when picturing a school uniform. His uniform or costume if you will, is that of an English schoolboy dressed in a suit type uniform but shorts instead of slacks and a funky hat. A group of . . . Read more
Example #1 At the same time, our capacity to utilize high-tech equipment improves as a result of education. We are now able to use delicate instruments for our intellectual workshop as a consequence of learning. I believe that our finest instruments are created rather easily, but if outside influence is . . . Read more
Example #1 – Electoral College Vs. Popular Vote When given this assignment I had no clue what topic I might choose. I waited and waited until the recent elections blew up in my face. This past election was a learning experience for me because I just turned 18. This was . . . Read more
Example #1 In my understanding, academic honesty is trust in a relationship between professors, teachers, students, etc. It means to be honest with your fellow classmates, teacher, and pupils in the process of education. To be academically honest means not to cheat, fabricate, or copy someone else’s thoughts and ideas . . . Read more
Example #1 Modern technology has infiltrated the education sector and as a result, many college students now prefer taking online classes, as opposed to attending the traditional regular classes. This is because online classes are convenient for such students, and more so for those who have to both work and . . . Read more
Example #1 Exercise can lead to many different results in the human body. Most every result can lead to a positive one for an individual. When exercising it is important to know what your body can handle without overdoing it in order to get a positive result. There are many . . . Read more
Example #1 It can be fun for a person that is starting college. Starting college can be fun because the person is in a new environment. The environment is different for one who is starting because the person has to take on a more mature responsibility than he or she . . . Read more
Example #1 My first day at college was so fantastic that I have never met before. I used to think about the class in college which is different from in high school. The most thing that I was wondering is about the course study to get the credit which makes . . . Read more
Example #1 Choosing the career that I want to spend the rest of my life doing is something that was extremely difficult for me. It is hard to understand the concept of selecting what profession is just right for me, and what I may be interested in and want to . . . Read more
Example #1 A very important part of life is education. In order to acquire a satisfying education, one should complete high school prior to college. College and high school have two different levels of education, but both are trying to further student’s knowledge. As recent high school graduates and college . . . Read more
Example #1 High school seniors have a lot of pressure on them to figure out what’s their next step after graduation, whether it’s going into the workforce, military, or college. Even though the choice to choose between the three is theirs to make, the stress of college is always put . . . Read more