Having work experience looks great on resumes and is something that most competitive colleges like to see in potential students (Purnell, 2015). A student with work experience and good work ethics is more likely to be accepted into a university compared to a student with little to no work experience. Aside from work experience looking good on a resume, it builds quality in a student in the way of gaining maturity. ... When do we reach adulthood? ... However, you do not learn very much about life experiences and how to live life in maturity as an adult. ...

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"This skill set is not taught formally but it is imparted through arduous experiences"(Brooks 270). Brooks argues that these are the tough experiences Chua shelters her daughters from by making them bury their heads in their textbooks. ... Patrick Goldstein, a former film critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, talks about his experiences with success in Hollywood. ... Someone can have all the degrees and certifications needed for a task, but fail to complete the task due to lack of personal experiences. ... Personal experience plays a factor in my argument against Chua. ...

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While there is no doubt that through a college education, students will gain an academic growth, they will also benefit socially from the college experience. According to journalist Chris Blake, going off to college will allow students to discover new types of people and experiences, which will ultimately help them, "evolve as a person" as they transition from, "young adulthood," to, "adulthood," ("The Importance of College After High School Graduation"). ...

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Adults know that a human body goes through a lot of changes during the teenage years, but they often forget that the brain is also experiencing changes. During the teenage years the brain is fragile, every thought the brain constructs affects its process of trying to advance itself to adulthood. ...

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They collected data by comparing 27 families with single heterosexual mothers, 20 families with lesbian parents, and 26 two-parent heterosexual families as the child entered adulthood. ... However, both studies from Predrag and Glolobomk observed that children that experience a divorce 1of a parent may feel a sense of loss and rejection, similar to a death of a parent, and may distract them in their studies. ... These experiences motivated the students to perform better for not only themselves, but for others as well. ...

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When asked about upcoming excitements and experiences, she said "she will be able to drive soon" and she plans on reading the driver's license manual. ... Abigail is looking forward to and thinking about what she might do in emerging adulthood, but this may relate more to hopes from her family than her actual thoughts about this future stage. ...

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