According to Shelby Woodings, art and philosophy go together like peanut butter and jelly. She might be one of the few people ever to make this unusual analogy – but here’s why.
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Elliott Dominguez knew he wanted to attend MJC on the way to transferring to a four-year university, and he thought he wanted to be an English major. What he ended up doing was trying out music, history and philosophy courses before committing to a degree program in … wait for it … science.
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I’m a first-generation American and first-generation college student, and, even with two jobs, my single mother did not have enough to pay the bills. I learned early on that education is a great way to move up in life. Fortunately, MJC was close to home, the cost was manageable, and I was familiar with it because my sister had attended here.
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Born on an American Indian reservation in Washington, Annamarie Pedroza endured a traumatic childhood that led to drug use by the age of nine. By 21, she was “fully addicted,” a condition not uncommon in her family. “Every semester I would either get low grades or quit going altogether,” she says. “Drugs and alcohol had a firm hold on my life and I eventually gave up on school.”
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