01-19-2009, 01:13 PM
peppamint Wrote:I’m sure I’ll get plenty of disagreement, but I believe the overarching theme of Obama’s education plan is not to give things away for free, but to make higher education more appealing to the masses. One need only turn to some of this “reality tv”, for one shining example, to see that currently, the appeal is not there. People in the academic field whose job it is to prepare young people for higher education realize this. So, coupled with a severely damaged public school system in many places (which “the masses” attend) is a perceived (if not necessarily real) notion that college will be too expensive with each passing year. So the attitude becomes “what’s the point?”, and the manifestation of that is found on the Maury Povich show and elsewhere. Every student is not a super duper Farmerboy. And every parent is not one of these wonderful home-schooling parents on this board. You all get your kudos and such for being motivated, assertive and educated enough to achieve these accomplishments.
My roommate is a teacher in a public school system - yeah, down in the trenches -- and from what he tells me it’s unbelievably bad. These teachers are having a hard enough time actually teaching around discipline issues that they really can’t stop. (It's gone waayyy beyond just talking in class.) And on top of it all they pretty much have to sell the idea of proper education to these kids and their parents. (Oh the parents ! ) It might not be right, but it is the reality. Houston, we definitely have a problem. When I was in (public) high school – a little more than a decade ago, I didn’t have to be sold on education – it was an expectation set before me. But things are very different now.
When I hear about what goes on in high schools now, I am truly amazed. I want to be a ____ when I grow up. HA! That’s an ancient sentiment nowadays in many public school systems. A lot of kids don't have any motivation; they don't know what to be motivated about. Said all that to say umm… there’s got to be a solution or we’re all going to heck if uneducated people keep getting “processed” into the real world and the solution needs to be from all angles – forward (from the school systems) and backward. So don’t hate on Obama’s plan because there needs to be a plan to make education appealing again.
honestly blame the parents. opporunities exist in the world. there are enough programs for people who want to make it in the world. if anything they can always pursue vocational education in america. that is what i believe should also be emphasized.
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College Math 66/80 * DSST Business Law II - No Pass
Principles of Mgmt 61/80 * A/I Lit 51/80 retest 61/80
Social Sciences and History - 66/80 - A * Freshman Composition - 60/80
Intro to Computers 426 -Current System - p/f = pass * Intro to Modern Middle East Studies - 61/80
Human Cultural Geography - 61/80 * US History I - A -61/80
US History II - A 68/80 * Civil War - A 57/80
Intro to World Religions - A 68/80 * Intro to Bus Law - 64/80 A
Public Speaking 55/80 A * MIS 429/500 * Statistics 459/500 * MacroEconomics 57/80
MicroEconomics 53/80 (ran out no money in meter) * Criminal Justice 418/500
English Comp with Essay 58/80 * Personal Finance 406/500 (Ran thru IC once & test once... 40 minutes/98 questions.. close call)
Principle of Supervision - 436/500 * Clep American Government 67/80
FEMA's Completed - 49 (sorry i'm addicted to them).
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