Community College Instant Decision Days

FallGirl
Fri, 29 May 2009 16:05:08 +0000

I don’t know one student who attended a CC for a year or two and then transferred who ended up coming back home after a semester, I know lots of students who went away at 18 who weren’t ready and ended up coming back. Approximately 1/4 of D’s classmates will be attending a certain state school which is only a little over an hour away from home. Not much “cutting the cord”!

What I also see a lot of are students who did not apply themselves in high school whose parents are now spending 30K+ to send them to OOS or private schools which will accept them rather than send them to the local CC and get the grades up.

Having attended CC with many people who are now doctors, lawyers, teachers, nurses, PhD’s,MBA’s etc ( I’m a CPA, by the way), I don’t necessarily feel we squandered our promise.