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Unread 23-04-2006, 20:15
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Re: The promise of college for our generation

That's interesting, we were talking about something similar in my Advanced College Essay class. Part of the reason we have so many students in universities, apparently, is that after the baby boomer generation, there were a lot of people going to college post-war. This caused universities to expand. After that generation, there have always been many spots open at universities, and it has evolved into a bidding game-- the marketing aspect has gone up, and its no longer about receiving a true education. I don't know if this is true or not, but this is not the only view.

Taking this stance, my professor then commented "there are a lot of people at college who shouldn't be." I guess that's why more and more students are confused: there are more students in college just because they're expected to be, and less that are here for the pure pursuit of education.

Or maybe college opens up so many options that kids are in so much amazement that they don't know what to do. Maybe they wanted to explore one thing, but as time went on, something else looked pretty desirable.

About high school- a couple of my college buddies agree that high school was harder than what we're seeing in college. But I think it was important, kind of like, if you can do that, you can do anything. Also, I learned a lot of stuff I didn't want to learn in high school. But, there was some interesting stuff. I think high school is necessary to force all that stuff down your throat for the few things you do find useful, the few things you do remember, the few things you do want to explore.
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