Sociological Approach

The founder and director of the Joseph S. Murphy Institute, Greg Mantsios has provided thousands of students with an opportunity to earn a college degree, by helping non-traditional students particularly poor and from working class backgrounds obtain college degrees. Mantsios has made his institute as a center for conducting research, organizing public form and publishing educational material. Such as his essay "Class in America-2006" where he discusses the profile of three individuals of the upper class, working class, and lower working class societies. To show how many factors affected them such as education, along with many other components to ensure a place with in their level of society. Harold S. Browing profile used by Mantsios to represent the factors that influence an individual in the upper-class society.

The purpose of her essay is to prove to her audience, mainly soon-to-be college students or parents of future students, that college is still a vital part of planning your future. She effectively advertises community college as a cheaper alternative to four-year universities and their skyrocketing tuition prices; and tries to persuade her readers that attending Community College can be just as important as going to a traditional four-year university because they allow you to begin your college education at

Because of this I needed to balance my schedule of academics, golf, social life, and health/sleep. Including balancing my life, I became responsible by budgeting my money. Also, I’ve learned things about myself and grew as a person. Currently, these experiences help my personal growth because I assess them in college.

With Financial Aid (FAFSA) which you apply in order to know if the government thinks your applicable to supply you with money for college. On top of that college applications and submissions. Ultimately graduation will come that would include you to buy a cap and gown, take senior pictures. Eventually speak to your counselor to inform you about your credits and GPA and if you are going to graduate.

In todays world, going to school is a right of passage, and to go to college that puts you in one of the top educational tiers in America. So that’s why I and many others go to college so that you can become a better citizen, and eventually more literate. In 2015 to be literate doesn’t mean that you can just read, and write it means that you can go beyond yourself and understand others around you. So then how did we get there through the past, the present and anticipation for the future.

The first key point that the author uses is the importance college. " Factory life has shown me what my future might have been like had I never gone to college in the first place." ( Braaksma 2 ). He is telling us about how his life would be like if he did not go to college.

Because I am a college student now, I am constantly asked, “What are you going to school for? What is your major? What do you want to be when you’re ‘grown up’?” Usually if one’s career makes a nice income of money, or takes many years of schooling to become licensed, the person with the career is respected and admired. Occupation reflects income, which reflects materialistic things such as house size, vehicle type, and vacation destinations.

How do you plan to use your college education to make a difference in your community? As a hard-working high school senior my main focus is to pursue a higher education after high school and pursue going to college to study computer science. As a young adult I believe It is very important to keep developing as not only a student but also a person, I strongly believe that education is the key component to establishing a

Why College Education is Important to Me By Kayte Forrester I made it a goal for myself to be the first in my family to attend college. After a really bad day at work as a CNA, I finally just signed up and said I’m going to do better for myself. I want a career that has a steady future, something that is financially secure, but most important having a college degree is going to give me a big leap in self-esteem. Getting a college education is going to open a whole new world of opportunities for me.

Many people may argue that the financial burden of college is not worth it, yet paying for college teaches responsibility and accountability. There are many fields in the job industry that doesn’t require a college degree. However, when the facts are presented about why college is important it is very clear the the financial burden of college is worth it. A college education helps shapes the economy into a brighter future. Students who put in the time and effort with paying for college, they find a whole new world that opened up to them with job opportunities.

Swic was my college choice because, it 's close to home and seems like a good environment. I started attending Swic and went for a short amount of time. I applied for financial aid and created a Fafsa through pals. Both me and my mother 's information was needed in order to create my Fafsa. I had the information I needed and told it to the financial aid advisor.

However, I had always told myself that I would someday re enroll, earn a degree, and graduate so that I could be a prime example for my four children as to what never giving up looks like. I believe this college would enable me to earn a degree without taking on a heavy financial burden. In addition, I appreciate the flexible structure of programs which would fit into my current lifestyle as a busy mom. And, I definitely love the maturer yet diverse environment the school has to offer.

I know that this program will be a very useful help in being college ready when I start in the fall and not being sure in what I have to and don’t have to do. Describe a personal challenge or adversity you’ve experienced and how you were able to overcome that obstacle (provide specific steps that were necessary) A personal challenge that I have experienced had to do with my whole family. My parents and my brother came to the United States to search for a better lifestyle like a lot of immigrants do. Along the way my mom had me, my twin sister, and my little sister and they decided to become US residents.

In “The Dangers of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility”, Andrew Simmons, a high school teacher who teaches in a poor area of Los Angeles, argues that students should be taught to go to college in order to have “an intellectual awakening”. The writer’s purpose is to persuade and inform his readers to accept his view on the flaws of the education system. According to Simmons, teachers promote higher education by focusing on the economic advantages it could bring instead of the actual education that is offered. Because teachers focus on the financial benefits of college, students in poor areas focus on their potential wealth instead of their future education while students in wealthier areas focus on their future careers

College is a new world. College isn't like high school where we can easily cheat in class or copied someone's homework. College is all about working towards being someone in life. College is about discovering more about ourselves and pushes us beyond our boundaries. It about being financially stable and able to take care ourselves and our family.