By Stephen K. Cooper
While you were out, the real world called looking for serious students ready to make a change. While you were busy texting on your Iphone, downloading apps and obsessing over your latest pair of skinny jeans, the real world was spinning on at the speed of real life. President Obama announced his new strategy for the eight year old Afghanistan war, thousands of jobless Americans continued to look for work, and Capitol Hill lawmakers started debating health care reform. While you were running through Marlboro Hall late to class or hanging out in the cafeteria skipping class, the real world kept marching on with its deadlines, headlines and unemployment lines. Serious students know how to keep one eye on the real world as they pursue their education and launch their careers, can you do that? Have you recognized that Prince George’s Community College is not Largo High University or 13th grade? Serious students know that PGCC is where today’s decisions will either propel them to an Associate’s Degree and a new career, or a four-year university and beyond. While you were out, the real world called to warn you that dropping out of PGCC and living in your mom’s basement while you master Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is not a real game plan leading to success in life. Neither is hanging out the passenger side of your best friend’s ride, trying to holla at girls. That gets pretty old, pretty fast in the real world. As always, the choice to do your best is up to you. Will you still be at PGCC next semester earning good grades and preparing for your future? The real world is waiting…
While you were out, the real world called looking for serious students ready to make a change. While you were busy texting on your Iphone, downloading apps and obsessing over your latest pair of skinny jeans, the real world was spinning on at the speed of real life. President Obama announced his new strategy for the eight year old Afghanistan war, thousands of jobless Americans continued to look for work, and Capitol Hill lawmakers started debating health care reform. While you were running through Marlboro Hall late to class or hanging out in the cafeteria skipping class, the real world kept marching on with its deadlines, headlines and unemployment lines. Serious students know how to keep one eye on the real world as they pursue their education and launch their careers, can you do that? Have you recognized that Prince George’s Community College is not Largo High University or 13th grade? Serious students know that PGCC is where today’s decisions will either propel them to an Associate’s Degree and a new career, or a four-year university and beyond. While you were out, the real world called to warn you that dropping out of PGCC and living in your mom’s basement while you master Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is not a real game plan leading to success in life. Neither is hanging out the passenger side of your best friend’s ride, trying to holla at girls. That gets pretty old, pretty fast in the real world. As always, the choice to do your best is up to you. Will you still be at PGCC next semester earning good grades and preparing for your future? The real world is waiting…
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