tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post2747707319090240334..comments2023-09-09T09:26:22.175-04:00Comments on Andrew Samwick's Blog: Making It to and through CollegeAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-79118635891685448622006-09-04T16:04:00.000-04:002006-09-04T16:04:00.000-04:00FYI, Mike Kirst graduated from Dartmouth in 1951 a...FYI, Mike Kirst graduated from Dartmouth in 1951 and from Tuck in 1952. He is a leading authority in K-12 education.Carey Heckman '76noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-8286774262533941612006-09-04T16:06:00.000-04:002006-09-04T16:06:00.000-04:00My bad. I meant 1961 from Dartmouth, 1962 from Tuc...My bad. I meant 1961 from Dartmouth, 1962 from Tuck.Carey Heckmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-54229518650584449572006-09-04T23:14:00.000-04:002006-09-04T23:14:00.000-04:00Well, where to begin? More college spaces than ev...Well, where to begin? More college spaces than ever; more people applying to college than ever, from lower and lower levels of scholastic achievement than ever...and we are somehow surprised that many of these people in many of these spaces are not as "prepared" as the imagined and fondly remembered undergraduate of yore? Oh, puh-leeze.<br><br>I don't get it...aren't CCs supposed to be a "prep" college that takes almost all of the bottom-rung of candidates and does its best to launch them into a successful 4-year program? Isn't that what we're paying community colleges to do? <br><br>Why do they whine so much about their job? Watching Paper Chase one too many times? They're supposed to take the relatively unprepared, and help them straighten out; did they think that the kids who got wait-listed at Cornell were going to be in the front row?<br><br>And, what about the personal responsibility of the actual kids in school? By the time someone is 18, 19 years old, they are finally old enough to be told the truth...no one pays for "good try", no one cares if you just had to go out with your buds and party last night...and if you want the degree, you actually might have to use your head and study.<br><br>I could go on all night. If we are going to live in a world where almost everyone has to accomplish a degree in a system designed for only the elite to succeed, it is not surprising that we will fail more often than not. We all knew people in high school who simply were never going to be successful in college. Now they go to school for a year or two and drop out, and this is a failure of the system. Grrrr.Tom Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14384884484367561800noreply@blogger.com