Parents’ Expectations about College
In a recent poll, is was discovered that a vast majority of college-bound students’ parents play a significant role in helping students to decide on a college to go to. Not only are they arranging tours of campuses and steering their children towards colleges of their choice, but they are increasingly involved in the entire admissions process, from securing financial aid packages to selecting a suitable room mate for their daughters and sons. You might think this level of involvement amounts to hovering, or being what is coined a “helicopter parent,” but according to many students, that isn’t the case.
College a Scam?
That American education is in desperate need of critical reform is no secret; the public education system in the United States is in the worst shape it has ever been in. Thanks to over-regulation and the proposal of extremely cavalier ideas about educators’ abilities to “move” every student up to irrationally placed bars set by the federal government in the No Child Left Behind laws, our students have never been so far behind the rest of the civilized world in science and mathematics education standards and achievement. The video you are about to see posits some serious allegations against “the system” and seeks to expose US education as a racket feeding into a college education scam that does little more than put young people in debt at an early age.
What Will Change if I Get An Education?
What is keeping you from taking the steps necessary to make a positive change in your life and the lives of others? Is a nagging voice in the back of your mind telling you things like “it’s too late,” or maybe “why should I bother?” or “I just don’t have the time for this.” The list of barriers you can throw at yourself is inexhaustible.
What Does a Degree Mean To You?
In recent years it has become more and more important for people to continue their educations after graduating from high school. Colleges and institutes of higher education are reaching out to all types of people who might not have had the opportunity to continue their education paths in the past. Because so many people are continuing their education, even an Associate’s degree seems to be insignificant in some cases. This means more people are going back for Bachelor’s, Master’s, and even Doctorate’s. The value and important of education has become well known to just about everyone in the United States. With that said, we asked current students, people looking to return to school, and people who just recently graduated what having a degree means to them and why they decided to get a higher education.
