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The promise of college for our generation
I want to post an off topic question because I've been trouble by this question ever since I started college a while ago. I am bringing this up because a lot of my friends are struggling through this issue.
There are a lot of student in college who are there without knowing what they want to do, and what they are going to do after getting out of college. There are a lot of students who even before going to college, already have trouble figuring out what their future is. There are a lot of students who struggle in college without knowing what they are struggling for.
So, I want to post this question to you. Are we setting students of our generation on too high of a dream, promising anything and everything as long as they go to college and get a degree, without backing that promise up with something that helps students realize what path they should take, and what their dreams should be? Are we telling them to take these journeys, without giving them a clear idea of where that journey leads to?
In other words, are we promising too much, and when the students realized they have to have their own dreams and their own goals, and they fall extra hard because there's no one to catch them and show them the way?
I am asking this question in a very general way, because a lot of FIRST students go to college knowing what they want. But I don't see the same for a lot of other students (ie. students who haven't participated in FIRST).
I welcome everyone to join this conversation, whether you are a mentor, high school student, or college student... Please, by all means, go beyond my questions and share with us any thought you have about this subject.
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