I wrote this out last night and then the boards flipped out.
And who says a kid is going to college? It makes me sick how people treat college. WAY to many people act like if you don't go to college, your screwed. They act like going to your dream college is the ONLY way to succeed. Like going to a Stanford or Yale or Harvard or U-M or Ohio State is the only way to make it in life.
Not to mention, what defines a "good" college? Is it the name? The ammount of kids they reject? The super duper high standard they say they have? What's wrong with going to the community college down the street? Sure, they might not have the prestige that your "bigger" colleges have, but guess what. There are many community colleges that have the best programs in their respected fields. Also all those mid-sized colleges. Eastern Michigan isn't the biggest or the most well respected, (like a Stanford or Yale), and they have argueable the best fiberoptics schooling in the country, and guess what? Fiberoptics is where the money is at.
You also need to judge what success is. Is success determined by what everybody else thinks it is, or is it determined by what the PERSON feels it is. I'd be fine not having the biggest baddest house on the block, with the biggest TV I can have, and the millions of cars. I'd be fine with a little townhouse nestled just outside of town with a bit of land. The way I'm going to define my success, is how good of a husband I am. How good of a father I am. How good of a friend am I? How good of a relative am I? You can't go to school to learn those. I plan on passing by college, and either attending a trade school, or possibly an aprenticeship, and eventually end up with a job I love. Sure, I didn't graduate from Michigan or Florida or Texas or USC or Stanford or Yale or any of those other ones, but I'd be doing something I love, most likely taking the best, and cheapest, route to it.
I also feel that as long as you have a reason for your grades slipping, and they don't slip too far, it's alright. Should we punish the kid who's grade whent from an A+ to an B because his girlfriend broke up with him, and he missed a few assignments, or the girl who went from a B+ to a C+ because her grandmother died, and she's been dealing with stress? I say no. Personal Life comes before school or anything else.
I also think that we put too much importance on schooling. I mean, when am I ever going to need to use triginometry in my daily life? When am I ever going to need to know the true meaning behind Romeo and Juliet? When am I ever going to need to know all of the functions off a cell? If you want to be a mathmatician or an English teacher or a Biologist, fine, but don't force me to take classes I'm not going to need.
Also, sense when has grades determined intellegence?
So yeah, the school system as is sucks, and I think people put WAY too much importance on it.
And who says a kid is going to college? It makes me sick how people treat college. WAY to many people act like if you don't go to college, your screwed. They act like going to your dream college is the ONLY way to succeed. Like going to a Stanford or Yale or Harvard or U-M or Ohio State is the only way to make it in life.
Not to mention, what defines a "good" college? Is it the name? The ammount of kids they reject? The super duper high standard they say they have? What's wrong with going to the community college down the street? Sure, they might not have the prestige that your "bigger" colleges have, but guess what. There are many community colleges that have the best programs in their respected fields. Also all those mid-sized colleges. Eastern Michigan isn't the biggest or the most well respected, (like a Stanford or Yale), and they have argueable the best fiberoptics schooling in the country, and guess what? Fiberoptics is where the money is at.
You also need to judge what success is. Is success determined by what everybody else thinks it is, or is it determined by what the PERSON feels it is. I'd be fine not having the biggest baddest house on the block, with the biggest TV I can have, and the millions of cars. I'd be fine with a little townhouse nestled just outside of town with a bit of land. The way I'm going to define my success, is how good of a husband I am. How good of a father I am. How good of a friend am I? How good of a relative am I? You can't go to school to learn those. I plan on passing by college, and either attending a trade school, or possibly an aprenticeship, and eventually end up with a job I love. Sure, I didn't graduate from Michigan or Florida or Texas or USC or Stanford or Yale or any of those other ones, but I'd be doing something I love, most likely taking the best, and cheapest, route to it.
I also feel that as long as you have a reason for your grades slipping, and they don't slip too far, it's alright. Should we punish the kid who's grade whent from an A+ to an B because his girlfriend broke up with him, and he missed a few assignments, or the girl who went from a B+ to a C+ because her grandmother died, and she's been dealing with stress? I say no. Personal Life comes before school or anything else.
I also think that we put too much importance on schooling. I mean, when am I ever going to need to use triginometry in my daily life? When am I ever going to need to know the true meaning behind Romeo and Juliet? When am I ever going to need to know all of the functions off a cell? If you want to be a mathmatician or an English teacher or a Biologist, fine, but don't force me to take classes I'm not going to need.
Also, sense when has grades determined intellegence?
So yeah, the school system as is sucks, and I think people put WAY too much importance on it.
