My college decision

Once I complete high school I plan on coming and attending Texas Lutheran University.  The three things that I really stressed on while making my decision about which college to attend was making sure that the school had a strong academic environment, had a community of faith, and had a small campus.  My moms boss, Dave Sather, was actually the one who introduced me to TLU.  He is a professor here who teaches the Bulldog investment class.  Mr. Dave was able to get me an "exclusive" tour here that involved sitting in a freshman biology class, meeting personally with two professors, and having lunch with the cheerleaders.  After seeing how the professor of the biology class was so into getting her students to be involved in the lecture and meeting so many friendly people throughout the day, I immediately fell in love.  I realized that TLU had everything that I was looking for.  

Not many people know this but my mom is a single parent.  My mom is constantly having to work so she can support the both of us.  This made me step up in my responsibilities and take on the chores around the house so my mom wouldn't have another thing to worry about.  I have many jobs through summer so my mom could take a break from working so hard.  So honestly, my mom becoming a single parent has helped me in learning how to make a living and how to support myself in the future.  

When I attend TLU I am wanting to major in education.  When Charles Murray stated in his article "Are Too Many People Going to College", that those wanting to become "high-school teacher, social worker, journalist, optometrist, interior designer, or football coach, four years of class work is ridiculous." I found that to be very offensive.  To me, I picture a high-school teacher just as important has a doctor or lawyer.  Teachers influence and inspire their students to become successful in what they are wanting to do, so why should they not go to school for the full four years?  Charles Murray also states that "As personal computers acquired the processing power to show high-definition video and the storage capacity to handle big video files, the possibilities for distance learning expanded by orders of magnitude."  This is another idea that I find really offensive for teachers.  For me, learning online is probably the hardest thing to do.  I love sitting in a classroom and listening to watch the teacher has to say.  Having that one-on-one time with your teacher is extremely important.  It teaches you on how to speak to people and how to go and ask for help.  Learning off of a computer defeats the purpose of having teachers.  

Long story short, listed above are the reasons why I want to attend TLU and why I how I feel about a college education.