However, David Leonhardt states in his article "Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off"" that "Education helps people do higher-skilled work, get jobs with better-paying companies or open their own businesses"" (647). ... Lee believes that college is not a place for "the learning disabled and the fairly dumb, those who have trouble reading and writing and doing math, slackers who see college as an opportunity to major in Beers of the World, burned-out book jockeys, and the just plain average student with not much interest in anything " (670). ... King maintains that the values taught in college h...

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In this essay, we will first concentrate on academic habits, in particular those habits that will help the student become a better learner. ... The task of a teacher or a parent is to help students understand how their daily habits could be made more effective and also encourage them to develop habits through practice. ... Examining both the philosophical and practical necessity of daily habits will help us better understand the routines that can have the greatest impact on our students' development and achievements. ... Is attempting practice questions in math class more useful than cr...

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The typical adult student profile is that of a woman who was interrupted by her personal life, usually when had children; helped her husband advance his career; or became and single parent and needed more income. ... They teach things in basic math classes in the high school level these days that they didn't teach when I was there, so I"m picking up a lot of information just to get caught up with the younger set. ...

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