Archive for August, 2008

Benefits of Getting the Piece of Paper »

I dropped out of high school right before graduation. That sounds ridiculous now but at the time it made a lot of sense to me. I didn’t think that the education I had gotten meant anything and I didn’t feel that I needed a ‘piece of paper’ to prove to the world that I was [...]

Migrating to America »

I am a Chinese guy and I want to immigrate to America. I particularly want to live in Dallas, Texas because most of my relatives and friends have settled there.
Having read immigration news, I learned that it is very tough to enter the USA. And it is even tougher to penetrate the job market.
But there is [...]

Funding Your Education »

Don’t let a lack of funds hold you back from getting the education that you deserve in order to better your future career opportunities. There are several ways to find financing and one of the ways is to apply for federal student aid. An application is necessary from the government in order to obtain federal [...]

Online Classes: Loved ‘Em, Coming Back for More »

I’ve been taking online classes since my first college semester — before I even technically decided to "go back to school."  I’d graduated high school nearly four years before, and was working full time when I decided to take a couple of classes at the community college.  One was an online class.
It was my first [...]

Are Nontraditional Colleges Okay? »

When I was in high school, we were all pressured rather strongly to attend a traditional college and pursue a traditional career.  Four-year universities were the expectation, with only the stoners and those types of kids — you know, the ones who took shop and classes like that — attending vocational schools.
Things have really changed [...]