World History

I’ve started to read the book about SAT2: World History and I found out something very interesting about it. The authors of the book want to make you think as a historician. They give you some evidences, and a list of events, you should just choose the correct event according to the evidences. They rely on making you think as a historician. There are also many facts, but a small part of these facts is presented in a lesson, the other thing is analyzing these facts. That is a way to start understanding History, not only learning facts. It is very different from the Bulgarian educational system, where facts are listed one after another and you should just train your memory and nothing more! Some historitians in Bulgaria have made presentations and lectures about historical events(for example about King Kaloyan’s corespondation with Pope Inocentie 3), and after reading them I’ve realized the events are actually not so boring!!! The same event I initially believed aren’t worth studying. So what’s the difference between a sweet hamster and an ugly mouse? - the way each of them is presented!   This book is written in English, which makes it a little more difficult for me to read it, and it is about History(the subject I believed I hate) and still I find it interesting! :)  Geez, this is something like making first steps - very difficult, but very exciting too! I hope I succed taking my SAT2:World History exam, or at least learn something about history

 

A UK college?

UK colleges are not the same as the USA colleges. UK colleges are a form of education that is a step foreward than a high-school education. If you want to prepare for a future career in the UK you should rely on a University! Universities in UK are known to prepare their students for their future career very well. Unlike the Liberal Arts Colleges, in a UK Universitie you start preparing for a specific career just from the beginning of your education there. 

• It is a fact that UK educational system, especially the English one, is known in the world as one of the best!
• It is a fact that about 93% of students graduated in the UK are able to find a job straight after they graduate(the statistic is from a magazine about studying abroad), which is a bigger number, compared to the Liberal Arts Colleges
• It is a fact that in teh UK higher education is cheaper, and you can take a loan for your education taxes and a loan for your cost of living. The both loans are united in a one , and they do not demand you to repay the loan untill you graduate and untill you get a sellary over 15,000 Pounds. Then you pay just 9% of your sellary, and if again you ae recieving less than  15,000 the repayment stops untill you fidn a better job. For more information see this  and this
• Another fact is that the Applyment in a UK college or a university is more difficult, and the SAT exams are not available there, but lately there was a reform about attracting more foreign students
• It is a fact that the best UK universities prepare students for a primary sellary of at least 15,000 Pounds, which is not so much in an expensive country as England, for example, however this is the lowest sellary the best colleges prepare you for getting.
• It is a fact that UK is not as rich country as the USA, but the cost of living there is also not as higher as in  the USA —>>  See this statistic 
• There aren’t Liberal Arts Colleges in the UK
• It is a fact that the UK is a very prospering country too, and their querry is the most expenssive in Europe and in the World, and such a prospering country relies on a specific career education.

The USA and the UK are two different countries, with very different points of view about higher education. Both of them have their weak and strong points. It is just a matter of comparing the lifestyle in these two countries in order to deside which kind of education is better for you. And another fact that should be considered is which country would be more pleasant for you to live in. Quite confusing, isn’t it 

 

Liberal Arts?

What is a Liberal Arts College?

A liberal arts college is a “college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum.”  Liberal Arts Colleges are considered ones that “change life”, for their ability to create thinking people, able to non-stop develop their characters and prosper in everything they find interesting. A liberal Arts College doesn’t prepare students for a specific career at the beginning of one’s education there. Instead, people obtain some skills and habbits that are very useful in searching a job, being a nice worker, and a prospering person. The specific knowledge is taught during the last two years, but their purpose is to involve you into a science branch, not to prepare a genius. The point is that if you’re interested in something, and have the requisite skills to find a job, you would not stop prosper and you would make your life well.

• It is a fact that “Liberal Arts College” is a form of higher education that is used in the USA.
• It is a fact that the USA is the Third Richest country in the world. The richest one is Luxemburg with $55,000 GDP, then are both Norway and USA with $37,800 GDP  You can see the statistics here  —>>>   The Richiest Countries In The World
• It is also a fact that such a prospering country hopefully relies on “Liberal Arts” form of education. 
• Another fact is that this kind of education in the USA is very expensive and not all students can afford it. Only the best recieve a schollarship, and the richest are able to pay their entire education.
• One also very important fact is that not all students find a job stright after they graduate a Liberal Arts College.
• However, another fact is that as you probably know, The USA is called “The country of the many opportunities” There are opportunities to work, and take loans(but the loan you take and the money you get from working are still not enough to pay the entire education).

Are Liberal Arts Colleges the best form of education? I don’t know, I have never studied in a one. I just post some facts about them, that are necessary to be considered when making a choice about whether to study in the USA.