By the time I was about a year old, she was a single mother with little more than a high school diploma and no job skills. ... His family began to waffle on their efforts to watch the one child we had that would afford me the opportunity to attend school. ... I felt that given my lack of support and childcare for my toddler, I had no alternative but to drop out of the semester. ... As they are well-established within the school system, I realized that this is my time to pursue my dreams. ... I knew that by attending a technical school, I had opened up the door to my future and a world of oppor...

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As the affordability of education begins to decrease, so does the enrollment to these schools, and in the end the number of educated scholars drops. A report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives perfectly identifies the recent hike of tuition fees. ... This is bad news for the high school students today and worse for those in grades behind them. ... Although it may not seem likely, a group of high school students are capable of gaining attention towards this issue, after all it concerns them the most. ... Realistically, students in secondary school are not able to vote however, it is...

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This Pill allowed women to complete years of study and launch their career without the interruption of a pregnancy, and in response a wave of women began to apply to medical, law, and business school (Tavaana). ... Women were catching up in undergraduate enrollment while men were looking for alternatives. ... Instead men pursue the alternative, most common being the military. ... Alternatives to college are out there and more and more men are opting for that route as they graduate from high school, giving women the leg up in college admissions. ... Meanwhile men have begun to opt for just as...

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By the end of that year, I had received an award for the most improved student in our elementary school. ... By the time I had reached the eleventh grade, I was fed up with the high school system and had realized that everyone was telling the truth. ... At this time I had changed schools and although the school that I had changed to had some academic advantages, it also had academic disadvantages. ... When I had first started school, I wished to graduate early, and was denied because of differences in state requirements. Although academically capable, when I had suggested independent stud...

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The Larson article highlights particular individuals that have decided to return to school, even though they had fulfilling careers that did not require them to attend on-going courses. One woman, a doctor, returned to school to enhance her writing and to weave her creative side into her professional side. ... Most importantly, though, employers are becoming more receptive to degrees and certificates earned through online schools and this is helpful to the mid-career learner in this particular demographic. ... Employers, as well, are encouraging distance learning as an acceptable alternativ...

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It is harder for students from such schools to get into a good college. ... Quotas are used in some schools to get a certain number of minorities in their school to receive more government support, regardless of more qualified applicants. ... There are alternatives to Affirmative Action and they start in the schools. The first and best choice is to fix up the schools. ... Besides, better schools for the inner city and other minority filled areas would eliminate the need for Affirmative Action in the schools. ...

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It pressures you to go to school so you will be somebody in the future and it makes more and more kids to go to school. Their parents could play a huge role in this also forcing kids to become college students or to take an alternative route. ... When that was said there was only one option go to school. Students with the desire to learn should be let in to school. When they just let anybody go to school they can become impacted. ...

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Harper also envisioned that a two-year school would soon stand on its own; however, it would still be affiliated with the university. ... The idea of these smaller colleges came about because educators saw that a lot of students were not able to go away to a four-year college after high school and they also saw that extending high schools for two more years could never happen. ... By many, junior colleges are viewed as "high school with ashtrays" or "... places you went if you couldn't get in anywhere else, couldn't afford anywhere else or didn't know better". ... Junior ...

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The four-year time spent in school waste one's time in determining his/her talent (Michael Tunney). There are numerous alternatives of making future other than education, for example, the most successful men and women are sportsmen, musicians and other persons in the entertainment industry. ... Going to school is not necessarily education....

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