Preparing for College in the Adolescence stage can be stressful and exciting!
One of my goals as a future educator is to encourage and help our children understand the importance of getting an education. Our textbook says, "Although nearly 69% of White high school graduates enter college, only 61% of African American and 47% Hispanic graduates do so." (p 425) It explains that "college students are primarily White and middle class." (p 425) Financial aid has a large portion to do with why some students do not go into college, because of recent changes in the availability of aid.
** I remember a friend of mine in high school, who knew that she was not going to go to college. She told me from the time I became her friend our Junior year. I thought she would have been great at college; she made better grades than I did and she was good at just knowing information. However, even though I kept saying I was doing this or that to get ready for college and she just would stick with, "it's not for me". The reason was because of the money... she knew it was easier for her to go get a job with a good company and it would provide her with enough money to support herself without struggling in college... however, now she has been a stay at home mom (after working for 5 years for a large retail corporation) and has recently began studying for her nursing degree! So, I believe that situations make it too difficult to go right into college straight from high school with or with out financial aid. Its really hard to swallow how much stress and life changes you go through when you're not middle class or your parents aren't able to pave the easy road with money. Now with our economy, being a student at 28 is just as hard as it was 10 years ago for me financially; and I was the one thinking I would have my degree by now! My friend, knew her path and stuck to it, but realized that education is something you can really get until you're ready to work for it. Degrees don't come cheap, but they are necessary to obtain recognition and knowledge in particular subjects.
** Watch this video found on youtube about a wonderful non-profit organization called "Admission Possible" that is looking forward to helping 1000 students from the graduating class of 2009 in Minnesota. It would be great to start a program like this, here locally.
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