myTakes: Education & Career

Yes the title may seem boring but please give it a read... A-C-T. To an American high schooler, those 3 words may seem pretty daunting. In fact, they are. American College Testing, as it stands for, is a standardized test...

You may all look at my age in awe and say "Grown up? Really?". Do not let my young age of just 18 fool you. Unlike most of my friends I learnt valuable lessons from a really young age and I'm here to share them. Not...

If you want to acquire good grades in school you must be a person that is willing to go above and beyond to achieve greatness. Important personality traits to have - Dedication Time Effort Discipline If you're...

W hen things go wrong as they sometimes will; W hen the road you’re trudging seems all uphill; W hen the funds are low, and the debts are high;...

Working in customer service is hell. Anyone with even a week of experience will understand where I'm coming from. Now, let me make this clear - I am not a teenager who just got a part time job and recently introduced...

If you're unemployed, just remember that being unemployed is better than having some of these jobs! 10. Gum buster If you have a passion for gum free tables, theaters, and sidewalks, just know that there are people out...

I see on here a lot, people mentioning fast workers and saying they don't have ambition. Or, people like to assume that if you are at that buttom of the totem pole, that you are choosing that as a career. I even wrote a...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qYx7YG0RsFY Whether you agree or not or your experience was this or not, these are my reasons/advantages for why I think you should go to college. 1. When your relatives or friends ask you...

Whats up! You know you've thought about it, you know you've wanted to do it, and you've heard you can make a lot of money doing it! What is this "it" we're talking about? Stripping! Here are 10 tips (in no particular...

What educational content of Youtube should you watch? TED TALKS https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector Short and easy to understand scientific, techonlogical, entertainment and design concepts. It's fun and won't...

As an insecure high school student who has been diagnosed with anxiety, I understand how stressful school can be. Whether you're too focused on getting the highest grades, or you simply have too much on your plate, I hope...

There has been some talk over the recent months of employees, most specifically those at Walmart and McDonalds, demanding that their minimum wage pay be increased from around $7.25/hr to a living wage of about $15/hr....

The summer I turned seventeen, my parents decided to send me to a christian boarding school in Michigan for my senior year of highschool. Initially I had mixed reactions for the possibilities of making new friends and...