No worries. At the high school level I am more understanding...... Archived Message
Posted by IlliniHimey on March 1, 2017, 14:29:32, in reply to "I'm guilty of liberal brain washing, I suppose. Sorry man. "
At the college level kids graduate, and they are too soft. They don't get it. Previous Message Just trying to create a more empathetic future. Previous Message Previous Message This is thread about massive waste of taxpayer dollars at for shit colleges. Previous Message 1) Culturally we seem to have a mindset that a Bachelors degree is a minimal life requirement. The reality is that not every profession and person needs a 4yr degree to reach their personal goals. 2) Instead of school vouchers/choice, which your "great" president and the idiot currently in charge of the DOE propose, it would require a more creative solution to improve public education. For starters, high schools could look dramatically different if they were tailored to be more hands-on, experiential learning centers that catered to a variety of needs - some leading to higher education, others leading to other outcomes including vocational goals. Right now, I have a student who reads at about the 4th/5th grade level (and is a 10th grader). There are many contributing factors - including a complete lack of motivation because he already is involved in a tech job. Should I be pushing him to college when he is minimally interested? He believes he can make $1,000/week if he does his tech thing full time. Does our school system fail him if he doesn't graduate high school or if he comes out reading poorly? While I try to have him keep an open mind on the potential benefits of college for someone like him (more business knowledge - future MBA, etc.), my ultimate goal is to stress the importance of increasing his literacy rates for his well-being. Would he better served by a high school whose focus, beyond a core of literacy education, was tech or entrepreneurial focused? Probably. He'd likely see the value of literacy within that umbrella. Point of the example? It's not school choice that is going to save kids like this - it is engaging them in such a way that we serve their future needs, regardless of whether that means 4 yr college. We can do this, but it would require big change and someone in charge of the DOE who had an original thought and wasn't a doofus. Previous Message Previous Message
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- Wow. Some sobering stats on public colleges and universities - Sydney Carton March 1, 2017, 9:01:25
- 25% of colleges/universities could go away and would not be missed. * - IlliniHimey March 1, 2017, 12:02:11
- Point #3: "Not all colleges are equal". I think the people who see Chicago State know this already. - osklister March 1, 2017, 10:56:21
- when you subsidize something, you end up with too much of it - nerdstats March 1, 2017, 10:45:06
- colleges need to cut down the overhead. - detlef March 1, 2017, 10:04:36
- I was thinking about this the other day. - Lexillini March 1, 2017, 9:12:08
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