A lot of talk about whether students should be pursuing the college dream. Here is another article about it:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0129/p09s02-coop.html
I have mixed feelings about this but think that we have lost our way in what educated and even successful means in this country. Now that my kids are teenagers, I want them to find a career that they are happy with and is fulfilling.
I agree that we get our students to focus on college to the exclusion of other things. I don't know how often I bump into grads that didn't finish their first year of college or didn't go back for a second year. Perhaps that wasn't their calling? Maybe they needed a place to grow up a bit. I don't know. But focusing on a fulfilling career would seem to be a good place to start.
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