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My Experience with Transitioning to College After Graduating High School

       I came from a high school called Somerset Academy that was actually connected to a middle school as well, so I was there for seven years of my life. Seven years of seeing the same people everyday, every school year. …

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College Experiences Come With A Price

Walking across the stage of your high school graduation, you have two things on your mind: how far you’ve come, and what’s left to come. After their high school journey’s, about 66% of these graduates further their education at a …

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Transition to Online Learning in Grade Schools

So as college students we all know the wonderful benefits of online classes. My question is when do we start teaching online classes in high school, or even Jr high? Should we have some kind of orientation class in grade …

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Online Exam Taking – When sharing becomes cheating, thank you Google

In today’s digital age, when files are sent at the click of a button, pictures of tests are texted around the room in seconds and screen shots of text books are readily available. Where is the line between sharing information …

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The Intern’s Spiral of Silence

With the annual Nicholson School of Communication’s Intern Pursuit, and internship fair, coming up around the corner on March 20th, 2012, most students at the University of Central Florida are probably starting to feel a bit anxious. …

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Obama plans to keep costly college expenses at bay

Good news for college students: President Obama plans to implement a new college affordability plan, which includes expanding student financial aid, providing assistance to colleges that strive to keep tuition down, and cutting costs from those that do the opposite. …

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