College Choices for Average Student?

cheers
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:25:45 +0000

Community college is the toughest way to go, in my opinion. The peer group is too fractured, too distracted with the pressures of working life. Community college works well for highly motivated, highly independent students ie students who succeed in any environment. In my experience, it is the educational death knell for unmotivated, underperforming kids.

What is the answer for those kids? A small, specialized school. Luckily, there are hundreds. NSM talks about Rollins. I’ve seen the Jesuits perform miracles. There is a great college out there for this boy. He has a fund available. He can make a go of this opportunity.

C students deserve to go to college. Heck, C students are the ones who need the resdiential college experience the most! More than the A students cetianly. The thickest employee I ever had was a solid C- student with a nice smile. 15 years later, he’s a world-travelled executive with a Fortune 200 corporation. He stayed on track, married a gorgeous girl, found a few mentors and is raising three children. Steady, steady, little by little.

This boy has two superstar siblings. Denying him a college experience might open a rift between the children. Believe me, an education gap can cause huge heartaches in the decades to come–heartaches for the whole family–and it is nearly impossible to repair.