Once enrolled in Pinnacle, he realized that his desire was misplaced. He did not enjoy the Pinnacle experience as much as he thought he would. That really, the grass was not greener on the other side of the fence so to speak. The structure of Pinnacle and the emphasis on academics was too overwhelming for Eli. He realized that he longed for his old school and the more diversified experience, with a balanced approach to education and
Aspire Inc. was founded in 1960; it was private not-for-profit organization serving the developmental residential and vocational needs of adults with disabilities in 2001, the organization served 781 people giving them jobs trainings and placement, counseling additionally their families was given residential services. O’Brein, the vice president of business administration planned to acquire a new building to accommodate a portion of Aspire’s growing day programs. With that, it wanted collocate their administrative offices. But the company was facing some financial issues. As a nonprofit organization, Aspire could seek financing from a commercial bank, a tax-exempt bond issuer, or a community development financial institution. Apart from
Because of the remedial classes, Keene then began to believe that she can attain whatever she needed to become successful through life experiences. Although, this belief did not last long, she returned to community college and attained a higher persistence in completing a two-year degree. As a result of Keene’s persistence and studiousness, she acquired a new perception of academia at Columbia College, “I met two professors, Ted Hamilton and Paula Clarke, who fundamentally challenged my worldview, my expectation of academia, my sense of own academic potential, and my understanding of responsibilities as a citizen.” (Keene 65) It is after taking these courses is when Keene came to the conclusion that colleges need to challenge its students intellect. After achieving this new perspective, Keene was able to transfer to several universities, as well as an ivy league university. Later on her life, Keene experienced the other side of the spectrum. She began teaching at Columbia College,
In the speech, “Here I Stand” by Erica Goldson, she confronts the U.S schooling system. The valedictorian starts off with a small story which is about how you shouldn’t focus on one goal but should have many goals. She then goes into how she is an amazing student and never misses an assignment, but even she is scared for life outside of school, because all she did was excell at every subject for the purpose of excelling not for the purpose of learning. She then gives some quotes and ideas that support the same idea she is trying to tell all of us. Then Goldson relates to her life, and talks about a avant-grade teacher that tries to inspire her rather than just train them for the jobs that are already set in life. She then learns how passion should be our motivation, not money, and how we need to use our minds for innovation not memorization. Lastly, Erica clarifies that she's
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During high school, I struggled to maintain my grades and focus. I was in a small town, and every ounce of opportunity seemed to slowly be sucked away from the town as the years past with the aid of the downward economic spiral beginning. I felt, like many of my fellow classmates, that opportunity had passed us by. I didn’t dare conjure even the thought of attending Eastern; it would’ve been too similar to the
Four years of my life drained away at this place called Troy High School. After this year I will be walking away from Troy, worn and torn from the hours of anticipation for grades to be posted, the next weekend to arrive, the answer to whether that special someone will say yes to the next dance, or the unbearable wait for that painstaking bell to ring. Troy is a place of education, a very good one at that, with its Blue Ribbon Award and national recognition, you’d think I would be walking away with knowledge that will serve me well for decades to come, but no. I could have learned the same things I learned at Troy anywhere, it is the insight I picked up that will take me far. “What insight?” you ask. Its priceless wisdom really, it’s a
With so much focus on the drug problems in high visibility states like New York, Florida and California, the drug issues in other states like Ohio tend to get loss in the shuffle. If you are suffering from an addiction while living in Ohio, you may have noticed a general lack of concern over drug and alcohol abuse related issues throughout the state.
I enjoyed reading your essay. Through your journey at Limestone College your education will comprise of more than just academics. You will gain other educational pieces to help you through life.
I'm truly impressioned by the way he expressed about "the scholarship boy". On page 352 Richard Rodriguez markedly talks about the perspective he haves about this character that went from a synonym as an imitator of education to being changed by education and being referred now as a good student.It is a fact that education changes everyone I agree, one of the main concepts it takes to be changed by education is to concentrate, stay focused and committed. This part of the book I feel like I understand yet I feel sort of confuse, He got a strong point it is a life vivid example that I've seen and in essence it takes a lot to change a person academically wise but is not impossible. I feel like his family cycle and so did mine, also experienced
I contemplate the American dream; what does it really mean? How is it becoming increasingly redefined? What is the role of education in the attainment process? Most of all, I reflect on my duty to others as a citizen of the United States of America who is adept in educational leadership. I hold myself accountable to helping families create an educational legacy of triumph, achieve the highest levels of personal accomplishment and engage in continuous measures of raising the academic bar. There are comprehensive issues that I would challenge in order to give students resilience bent towards
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With no relatives to guide his way, Reyes would be the first to travel down the college road. Regardless, he was up for the challenge and began enrolling in advanced placement courses from middle school until high school. He dreamt of huge ACT scores, AP credit, and rigorous work that would ensure college readiness. Unfortunately, Reyes’ was never able to focus the energy required in advanced placement. The same classes he thought would rise him to college stardom become his end. After performing poorly in all his AP classes, Reyes’s GPA was so low, kids taking regular education courses were better off. Things were so bad, schools such as Texas State and Texas Tech University returned letters of rejection to the poor senior. The people who were “too dumb to get into any regular school”, as put by most college seniors, were labeled “losers”. It was an embarrassing time for Reyes’, but still, he decided it was time to change his ways. He’d always wanted to attend the University of Texas at Austin, so he decided if he had to attend community college, he would fix his image by transferring to a prestige’s
Mr. Combs’ used the opportunity of giving the commencement speech to share his experiences, values and advice with the graduating class of 2014 and as well as to motivate them. He continuously addressed the audience asking them if they knew how powerful they were. He also alluded to experiences from his life when he did not give up even though he was in a bad place in order to convince the listeners never to give up when they encounter difficult situations. Mr. Combs’ also urged the listeners to stay true to themselves so they can become the next big mogul or build the next big legacy instead of attempting be like moguls who already exist or build legacies to similar to those in place. The main goal of Mr. Combs’ speech was not only to empower his audience, but to also get them to appreciate how powerful they already are because of their achievements. Mr. Comb’s organized his speech chronologically. The beginning of the speech included stories of his first experiences at Howard particularly his first day, in the middle of the speech he spoke about how he left Howard
This success and change of focus from education ending in high school to college was not without its challenges.
Further elaborating this example, a senior leader criticized the merit of this course and the General Studies degree. The argument was that it had little value to the department. The remarks bruised my excitement and motivation adding to the disappointed of not completing my architectural engineering degree in my youth. To meet my employer’s concern, I decided to create a win-win by transferring to a better-suited degree meeting both our needs. I contacted my Drexel advisor, however, I was quickly disappointed to learn that my career in construction management barely qualified me as a sophomore. This meant I had to forfeit more than half my credits. Keeping my eyes on the prize is now challenged and a reminder of my superstition of jinxing the outcome by envisioning the end. However, to exercise Stephen Covey’s second habit, I reflected on our unit-5 assignment that highlighted Prof Kitao’s, The Usefulness of Uselessness where she states; “The substance lies more in the studying done than in the lessons the courses teach” (Kitao, 1999). Acknowledging her wisdom, I forge ahead with the end in mind and intent to combine my fulfilled personal, and very successful professional life-experiences with the learning skills gained in my earned degree.