Get Ready for College!!!
By Elma Gonzalez
As I sit here trying to figure out how to begin my "personal Statement" I realize how ridiculous they are. You are given 500 words to jam your whole life experiences - or at least the highlights. In those 4 paragraphs, you are supposed to sound successful yet not cocky. And in the end everyone looks for something that will engage the reader, a unique experience - which happens to be the same unique experience another 5,000 people have.
Despite all this, this seemingly insignificant autobiography is key to our success. As many us know, the world today is very different from the one 60 or even 50 years ago. For the majority of the twentieth century in America, most work available was manual labor (ie: factory work). But now, with our recent improvement in technology, there is no more room in the factory for human error. Most factories have machines doing at least half the work. So where does this leave us? High School students today are less likely to find a job without a college diploma.
In other words, although personal statements may seem like an absurd attempt from universities to get to know you, that is not the point; the most important thing now is that you sit down and do it!!!! Those 500 words may be the difference between going to college or flipping burgers at McDonalds.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, before and after school, counselors assist students with their 'personal statement.' Most English teachers spend class time to help students with this. So there is no excuse. As Mr. Leaf once said, "It is only the rest of your life!"
I find no need to comment ever again.
ReplyDeleteApparently the newspaper staff cant take a comment.
goes on to reflect the quality of the articles itself.
keep posting your boring articles and hope that some people out there actually read them and enjoy this stuff.
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