Gavilan College Offers Multiple Educational Avenues Including Online Education (visual learners)
No commentsBy Michael Russell
Brief History
Initially its name was San Benito County Junior College and was renamed as Gavilan College in 1963 when a new community college district was formed amalgamating San Benito County with Santa Clara County. Finally the college moved to its present location in the year 1966.
Campus
Campus was expanded in 1997 with the addition satellite sites in Hollister and Morgan Hill augmenting the main campus. Land was purchased in Coyote Valley and San Benito Community in 2008 for further development of the college creating additional campuses to meet the growing demands of students for admission and education.
Early College Academy
An early college academy, a high school named Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy or GECA was established inside the campus in 2007. Students can complete two years of college in four years of high school and can become graduates with up to sixty transferable units. Thus the students passing out from GECA enters the four year college or university as a junior instead of freshman.
Accreditation
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) have granted accreditation to the College for six years in 2007.
Programs Offered
Degrees and majors offered by the college includes administration of justice, aviation maintenance, allied health, carpentry apprenticeship, biological science and health science, business, child development, communication, interpersonal communication, computer graphics & design, cosmetology, digital media, fire technology, mathematics, philosophy, physical education, social science, visual and performing arts, and general education. In addition the academy offers extensive facilities for obtaining online degrees.
Admission and Eligibility
Gavilan College follows the principle of open admission for all eligible high school graduates or those with GED or high school proficiency certificate. Non-High School graduates can take general education or specialized vocational programs offered. However counseling is mandatory for such students. Concurrent enrollment opportunities are offered for high school students. Admission is open to out of state students and international students but have to pass and TOEFL test with minimum scores of 501-550 or computer based score of 173-223. Health insurance is mandatory and official transcripts of previous academic career and Gavilan College skill assessment and orientation.
Financial Assistance
Gavilan College offers grants, scholarships, and student loans in form of financial assistance to eligible students. Pell grants, supplemental educational opportunity grants, federal work study grant, academic competitiveness grant, Cal grant B and C, Child development grant, Chafee grant, and extended opportunity programs and services grant. One can visit the college website for further details.
Gavilan College offers multiple facilities like transfer to four-year University, completion of associate’s degrees, obtaining career certifications, or skill improvement for students. Extensive facilities for online education are also offered in various disciplines for the students that cannot afford to join regular classroom courses.
Understanding the Need for Teen Fashion
By Marlin Rollins
Why is it that teens want to become fashion trendy? Could this just be extravagance? Would this cause an alarm to parents?
One thing for sure, teens want to dress according to their interests and affiliations. Unlike grownups who wear clothes depending on their upbringing, their work environment and social standing in the community, some teenagers wear clothes to identify themselves with somebody who is famous. Usually, wearing branded clothes would give them a sense of belongingness to that star and his distinct group. They might be the yelling fans or the silent admirers, but in adopting that fashion trends, they feel to have belong to the same group. They are the teenagers who feel that the clothes they wear would more popularize these stars and that they could benefit from such fame having been identified with them. This is the reason why designer clothes being endorsed by actors, actresses and pop stars are becoming selling hits.
Other teenagers feel that wearing clothes with its distinct cut would identify them to a certain type of set; whether they are hip hop, the sporty type, the romantic type or the alternatives. Through fashion, they had successfully revealed their true personalities; unlike the grown ups who weighs other factors, teens want to become fashionable as clear manifestations of their true selves.
The wholehearted devotion to follow teen fashion trends are considered by some as mere extravagance. Not all teenagers are that rich enough to spend money on apparels in order to catch up with these trends. But creative teenagers have their own ways of fulfilling their passion and others know how to sacrifice their allowances in order to buy the clothes and accessories just to be in with the trend. Teens want to become fashionable, and they expect everybody to understand them.
The need for teen fashion has reached its competitive level in schools especially during the opening of classes. Here, the teenagers are likely to wear the latest trend for this is the time to have a great new look and these teenagers feel that they ought to be impressive. Do first impressions last? Yes. And these teens are scampering who can impress their peers first. Teens want to be show off their wares just to catch the attention of other young people.
Teen fashion trends have become a lucrative business that capitalized on the insatiable appetite of the teenagers for distinction. And do you know that teens are behind the success of these companies? Most companies are not only using teens as models, they also utilize multi-talented teenagers. The comments, suggestions and ideas for new designs are made by experts with the assistance of these talented young people. Promotional blitzes including those well crafted fashion shows are done to suggest that teen fashion is really a part of the lives of the teenagers. Teens want to craft their world.
To some people, catching up with the teen fashion trends are just useless lifestyles. They will not do any good except as a way of showing off that these teenagers have money to spend for these expensive clothing. Why go to the extent of catching up with new styles in order to be identified? Each one has the capability to be known, the ability to excel above others. Teens want to show that they have a world of their own and that they could also become contributors of value.
Whether the teenagers want to catch up with teen fashion trends or just wear any appropriate clothing, what is important is that these teens must work hard to become successful individuals. These teens do not only want fame, affiliations or distinction, they also want success and fruitful lives. In order for teens to succeed and to remain right, the parents must always be at their sides to guide, support and advise them. After all, parenting and parental guidance are also what the teens want.
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