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Adjusting to My First Year of College
The wait felt like forever...I was going on my last year of high school and I just couldn't wait to get out. It felt like the longest four years of my life and I was ready for a new start with friends and an introduction to what was going to be my future career. Once summer hit the time flew by, and before I knew it I was moving into my first home away from my family. Little side note, I am super close with my family so this transition was HARD. (As it usually is).
Laura's VocalPublished 6 years ago in EducationIs Buying a House Really an Investment?
In the United States, home ownership is considered a basic tenet of becoming an adult. The expectation in this country is that when you grow up, you graduate high school, attend a college or trade school, start a career, start a family, and then buy a house. They tell you that buying a home is an important part of growing up and having mature finances. In fact, some financial advisors encourage home ownership as a long term investment, making tips on how to become a home owner as a Millennial more necessary than ever. For years, the prevailing advice has been to invest in real estate because historically, real estate has always increased in value. Today, however, that is not always the case. Is buying a house really an investment? Or, more importantly, is buying a house a good investment? The recent housing crisis left many people wondering if home ownership really is all it's cracked up to be. In this article, I will discuss why buying a home may not be as foolproof of an investment as many believe.
Joseph D. N. KendrickPublished 6 years ago in TraderIs University Worth It?
The question of "Is university right for me?" has never been asked more than it is today. And for good reason. We live in a world where half the experts say you will never get anywhere without a degree, while the other half say it will be the biggest waste of time in your life. So the question has to arise, who's right?
Jamie HendersonPublished 6 years ago in EducationPredatory For-Profit Colleges Can't Deliver on Empty Promises
Imagine being out of school for four years and trying to decide what to do with your life. You have had many interests over the years from criminal justice, graphic design, and digital photography. You've always felt a void in your life, like something was always missing, and you wanted to achieve that piece of paper that was your ticket to your dream job.
Carmen BlundoPublished 6 years ago in EducationI Recommend NOT Being Disabled If You Want to Be Treated Fairly in Class
Let's state the obvious for a moment: school is hard enough for students to endure. Whether it’s because of homework, extracurricular activities, or other kids just being stupid kids, school becomes a burden for young people. For others, however, it’s harder in ways that the “normal crowd” couldn’t really even comprehend. Learning disabilities affect close to ten percent of students in public schools, and as someone who was born with anxiety, Asperger’s, and ADD, I can safely say that graduating from college will be harder for me than someone without any of that, and it’s even harder with administrators that claim to decide what’s better for the student when in reality, it’s easier paperwork for the school. On top of that, there are teachers that just don’t seem to get it after all of this time.
Emma KnickerbockerPublished 6 years ago in EducationWriting Tips for Those Who Love Writing
Writing is not as simple as many believe, writing is an art, a tool passed down for many generations. It has developed in so many ways. By combining words into structured sentences to help the reader imagine what the author is saying. Writing is a powerful tool that helps you see into the mind of someone else; it also is a form of communication and a way to record our history. At least that’s how I personally feel about writing. I believe writing is an amazing gift and I am beyond thankful for having the ability to read and write.
Crystal WardPublished 6 years ago in JournalBecoming a Writer
Every since I was in fourth grade, after reading Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire, I was inspired to become a writer myself. With an overactive imagination and the will to create I began writing all sorts of stories.
Melinda DawsonPublished 6 years ago in JournalWhat Happens When the Bottom Drops Out?
In 2001, I went back to school to be a paralegal. I won’t bore you about how old I was then, but I had had Latin in high school around the time of the dinosaurs so I was one-up on the other students. Actually, I was two-up; most of them were fresh out of high school and still floundering. The school was interesting, to say the least. My teacher, a recently disbarred attorney (whose idea was that?), kept telling the others they could go on and be an attorney, but not me; she said that I was too old for that.
Carol TietsworthPublished 6 years ago in Journal