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As I left home for Kenyatta University on the 13th of January this year, I was uncertain of what the future had in store for me. I did not know how I would cope with school life having been away for two years.

Writing is a beautiful art. We use it to communicate. We use it to preserve information for several centuries. We use it to convert our thoughts into beautiful stories that entertain others.

Did you know, my mother had begun as she sliced onions with practiced ease in preparation to make stew. Your grandfather was an education reformist. With one final chop, the older woman looked at me across the kitchen island, brown eyes-mirrors of...

I cannot talk about where I have never been to unless I want to tell lies. College essays may be serving their purposes elsewhere, but they do not do so in my country. These essays are supposedly the results of research.

As an immigrant coming from Haiti, learning to speak the English language, using the English vocabulary correctly, and applying grammar structure correctly was a daunting task.

I`m pretty sure we have all been in the struggle of trying to be better students, right? It is totally ok, because with experience and as we further our education we gain skills and techniques that will help us achieve academic goals.

Another tedious academic day has just come to an end. The study materials are scattered in the table and in the center, there is a bulky book that needs to be digested.

I struggled in school ever since I was in elementary school. Things did not come easy to me and I needed a lot of support from my family and extra tutoring to get through school.

The hardest part about being in college is to keep motivated until graduation. As students, we must not lose hope even if it means taking on student loans. If we give up we usually end with a debt to pay to the government.

There's a running troupe in New York, about the lengths up-and-coming artists go in order to get people to listen to their mixtapes. From standing outside on the corner all day, passing out their albums to people passing by...

I've often found that there are three major types of people when it comes to studying; those whose noses are always stuck in a book, those who cram last minute and those who are back and forth between the latter two.

I am a reluctant writer. What this means to me is that regardless of any reward that could come with putting my thoughts on paper, whether for a class or my own personal expression, beginning the process can be difficult for me.

Nothing good comes easy if not for anything but to value an achieved achievement and to have a story to tell like the one I am telling now, in this essay example.

I am attending school as most people do because I want to better myself. But I am not alone in my efforts I am only here because of the sacrifices made by my family.

Being a good student can be difficult. Academic success requires a great deal of hard work, devotion, and planning. Good students should also achieve a good work-life balance.

Born and raised in Richmond California, where general statistics are, most do not accomplish much because of their circumstances. Whereas I myself graduated from Kennedy High School with a 3.2 and went straight to college.

The influence of culture in education is at many levels. This can make/mar a system, or distinguish it negatively or positively. Care should be taken to avoid ruining our education with our ways of life.

Dazed from many hours of travel, I stepped off the Narita airport express into the bustling terminals of Shibuya Station. I was greeted with thick air and forceful shoves from all sides, giving me my first taste of Tokyo.

They say what you are interested in as a child is the biggest indicator of what you should be when you grow up. For me, this proved to be absolutely true.