The reality is that many students don’t fit or experience this college fairy tale—and that should be OK.
Ten years ago, one of my friends opened a hair salon, employing two other stylists. She sets her own schedule, usually only working three days a week and leaving time to chaperone her kids’ field trips and take care of household errands. Weekends and holidays are her own, too. She’s been doing hair for nearly 20 years and makes a good living—and she never stepped foot in a college classroom.
I understand a parent’s drive to see their child graduate college. On one side of my family, of all ten cousins, I was the first and only one of two to graduate college. The other one was my younger sister. It took years of sacrifice, hard work, and yes, some luck. I worked three jobs to pay my college tuition and lived at home, commuting to and from school five days a week.
They never even wanted to go to college, but their parents insisted. The student could barely keep their head above water, trying to simply pass all four or five of their classes while holding down a part-time job and trying to maintain somewhat of a social life. This what-I-say-goes attitude was — and is — hurting young adults. I often wondered how many of them were truly gifted in a particular area, but were wasting time and money in college classrooms. Some of them clearly needed to be in hands-on learning environments, unconfined by walls and desks.
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