I feel like the college degree is helpful in the real world, however, though you have a college degree it is still difficult to find work because there are a couple hundred to a thousand other people with the same dream. It can be beneficial and worth the time and money if you can find a job and be successful with that job .

This spring break I worked and hungout with some friends. I got to skate a contest but I didn't have enough money to enter so the manager of the park let me do trash duty so I could skate. I didn't get to practice and ended up taking third place. I was out every night pass midnight hanging out with friends. I had too much fun and woke up with my ear pierced.

 1. The character most transformed throughout the story is Todd, he goes from a fragile and quiet person to an extrovert.
 2. Cameron is the static character in the story, he doesn't change, he ends up being a rat and gets Mr. Keating fired.
 3. Mr. Keating is kind of an influence on all the students. He wants them to forget the "normal" way of learning and express themselves for who they are. Mr. Keating is afraid of the students submitting to conformity.
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Todd Anderson: Introverted, quiet, and scared of public speaking.
Neil Perry: Very social but also scared of what his father thinks.
Knox Overstreet: He's a concrete minded person, his biggest fear is rejection by a girl, which is why he never gave up.
Charlie Dalton: In a way he's almost fearless, he has no regard for rules and does what he wants. His anger gets the best of him and he is expelled.

 I don't agree with the extract from the novel. That style of teaching doesn't promote any sort of expansion of knowledge, it wants you to know something and leave it the way it is. A good way of teaching, in my opinion, is to give your students something and influence them to grow and expand off that small amount of knowledge of that subject. Art is a great example, there isn't a proper way to do it, contrary to popular belief. Art is self expression, music is art, if we stuck to the old belief that art is only art if the right people say it is we wouldn't have music we have today.

  I think The Mona Lisa Smile is about a boarding school where females go to finish not to learn. A teacher decides to change things and actually set standards for the girls and the girls rebel but in the end conform to the expectations.

 College Exams are stressful and are most of what your grade will be. They can sink you if you don't use your time wisely. Highschool exams are usually only 50 percent of your grade so you have a better chance of passing. Some tools you can use are flashcards and study groups etc.