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Spotlight<br />

<strong>Coral</strong> <strong>Reef</strong> Sr. <strong>High</strong><br />

May 201011<br />

Going off to college a right for many seniors<br />

What to expect when going away vs. when and why to stay home for a college education<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Karla Bennaton<br />

As we approach the<br />

upcoming deadlines and the<br />

dates get closer and closer to<br />

graduation we ask ourselves<br />

what we will do. It’s an<br />

ongoing question among<br />

soon to be college students,<br />

whether they leave or stay.<br />

Many have dreams<br />

of going to out of state<br />

schools but it’s easier said<br />

than done. With rising<br />

college tuitions it’s even<br />

harder and attending an out<br />

of state school can cost you<br />

double maybe even up to<br />

triple the cost that it would<br />

cost to go to an in-state<br />

school. So this brings us to<br />

the controversial question<br />

“to leave or not to leave?”<br />

Of course there are<br />

pros and cons from each<br />

stand point. When students<br />

think of going away they’re<br />

usually looking forward<br />

to the college experience.<br />

They want to go somewhere<br />

new and be away from their<br />

parents and although they<br />

all say they will be good<br />

they will party.<br />

But besides all the<br />

partying, going away teaches<br />

you a sense of independence<br />

and responsibility. “I don’t<br />

see it as a dilemma, although<br />

it is expensive you get to be<br />

more independent,” says<br />

VPA <strong>Senior</strong>, David Diaz.<br />

One of the things<br />

about going away which<br />

may seem as a con to some<br />

people is the fact that you<br />

will now be responsible<br />

of making your own food,<br />

washing your own clothes<br />

Agriscience <strong>Senior</strong> Vernon Davis sports his UM<br />

gear on school groups, pumped to play Division I<br />

Football for the Hurricanes in the fall. Staying close<br />

to home will help ease costs.<br />

and mommy won’t be<br />

there to tell you to do your<br />

homework or clean your<br />

room—you’re on your<br />

own.<br />

Now to some<br />

people being on their own<br />

and having to take care of<br />

themselves sounds like a<br />

recipe for disaster.<br />

Moving away<br />

means you’re<br />

going to have to<br />

do everything<br />

for yourself<br />

and that does<br />

include even the<br />

unpleasant things<br />

like cleaning the<br />

toilet and having<br />

to pay rent and<br />

bills if you live in<br />

an apartment. Not<br />

only that but it’s<br />

very expensive<br />

and the cost of<br />

tuition plus all the<br />

extra costs really<br />

add up.<br />

This brings<br />

us to the number<br />

one reason why<br />

you would want<br />

to stay home. The<br />

main reason why<br />

anyone would<br />

not want to leave<br />

out of state for<br />

school is to save money.<br />

All the extra money you<br />

would use for out of state<br />

costs can be used for other<br />

things like a car which can<br />

be very convenient during<br />

<strong>Senior</strong> year a stepping block to college<br />

the college years. Not to<br />

mention that you get to<br />

stay at home so you won’t<br />

be missing mom’s homecooked<br />

meals and even<br />

better—you won’t have to<br />

make them yourself. You’ll<br />

always be close to home,<br />

meaning you’ll always be<br />

close to your loved ones.<br />

“Going out of state<br />

would make me homesick,<br />

just the thought of it makes<br />

me homesick; I would miss<br />

my mom a lot,” says Legal<br />

<strong>Senior</strong>, Virginia Castro.<br />

The only bad thing<br />

about staying at home is that<br />

you wouldn’t get the “oncampus”<br />

college experience<br />

because it’s not the same to<br />

be a commuter student then<br />

to actually live on campus.<br />

“I want to go away, college<br />

is an experience that you<br />

should live to the fullest,<br />

take advantage of it all”<br />

says Legal <strong>Senior</strong>, Michelle<br />

Elkott . If you stay at home<br />

you don’t get to have<br />

the experience of going<br />

somewhere new and if you<br />

really hate living at home<br />

with your parents you have<br />

to stick around for another<br />

four years.<br />

With a fulfilling senior year behind her, Patty Trujillo looks forward to going to college while staying close to a mother with health issues<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Melissa Creary<br />

Patty Trujillo, a Visual<br />

Performing Art student in the dance<br />

program, has done a lot throughout<br />

her four years in <strong>Coral</strong> <strong>Reef</strong>. The<br />

one day all seniors look forward<br />

to, is the day we into accepted into<br />

the University of our choice and for<br />

Patty this University just happened<br />

to be... Florida International<br />

University (FIU).<br />

Patty plans to major in<br />

either biology or psychology to<br />

become a physical therapist. FIU<br />

wasn’t Patty’s first choice but FIU<br />

will do for her, her top schools<br />

were University of Florida ((UF)<br />

and University of Central Florida<br />

(UCF). Patty says,<br />

“I’m definitely ready to<br />

leave high school, I’m pretty sure<br />

I’ve been ready to leave since my<br />

junior year.”<br />

One of the best moments<br />

for Patty has been being part of the<br />

senior class officers and being able to<br />

start her own volunteer<br />

group. Patty also states<br />

that her <strong>Senior</strong> Year<br />

homecoming was<br />

another memorable<br />

moment in high<br />

school.<br />

Ultra Music Festival<br />

2011 was the most<br />

memorable moment for<br />

Patty; she has enjoyed<br />

those moments to the<br />

fullest and will cherish<br />

them forever.<br />

In 2011 Patty’s mother was<br />

beyond blessed when she receive<br />

a match and a donor for a heart<br />

transplant, this moment made<br />

Patty’s year due to the loyalty<br />

people have in this world today.<br />

The worst part moment in high<br />

school for Patty would be when she<br />

choked on a pastelito in front of all<br />

the seniors in the courtyard on the<br />

Patty Trujillo plans<br />

to stick close<br />

to home while<br />

attending FIU.<br />

first day of her freshman year, she<br />

was truly embarrassed the seniors<br />

will never forget<br />

her after seeing that<br />

incident occurred .<br />

Throughout high<br />

school, Patty has<br />

stated that she has<br />

“learned to be more<br />

responsible, learn<br />

how to write better,<br />

and who my real<br />

friends are, and that<br />

you only experience<br />

high school once so<br />

you might as well<br />

make the best of it a live life to the<br />

fullest.”<br />

In college Patty looks<br />

forward to meeting new people and<br />

experiencing a completely different<br />

type atmosphere, learning better,<br />

getting time management down<br />

pat and hopefully joining a sorority<br />

within the next four months we<br />

have left in <strong>Coral</strong> <strong>Reef</strong>, she’ll be<br />

experiencing everything and more<br />

once we enter the “Real World.”<br />

Throughout high school<br />

Patty has fulfilled an immense<br />

number of activities from being a<br />

<strong>Senior</strong> Class treasure, Historian of<br />

Dance Alliance, a member of the<br />

national honor society of dance<br />

arts and she received over 2,000<br />

community service hours due<br />

to the activities she takes part in<br />

throughout school.<br />

She has also volunteered<br />

with the Transplant foundation,<br />

Miami Children’s Hospital and has<br />

even helped co-found her volunteer<br />

group B.A.M. (Be A Miracle).<br />

Most students think that<br />

senior year you will be entitled to<br />

slack off, but there are some student<br />

always pushing to be something<br />

better in life and with all of the<br />

activities Patty has accomplished<br />

she proves that senior year may not<br />

always be so slack.

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