So many kids are debating about going to college- and which college to attend nowadays.
Tag Archives: college
College Bound?
So, I haven’t spoken about Thomas Jefferson High School for Science in a while. Because right now, the case is still being adjudicated. But, the local school board (Fairfax County, VA) has already altered the admissions requirements, lowering the number (and percentage) of Asian American students who matriculate the program. (Yes, there has been a dramatic increase in the numbers of Black and Hispanic students. But, again, there no longer is an admissions exam and the academic criteria for admission has been altered.)
Welcome. Not really.
A new book just appeared, written by Dr. Anthony A. Jack of Harvard. The title- The Privileged Poor.
Caveat Lector!
I didn’t write this!
So, I was reading a few newspapers (that’s nothing new, I read about 5 a day)- and over the course of a day or two, the same article appeared in a few of them. I tried looking up the person who provided the advice, and was stymied in my quest to reach her. Nevertheless, her advice to kids about to enter college needs to be repeated far and wide. I’m guessing you didn’t read it- or didn’t get one of the papers where it was published, so I’m sharing her words of wisdom here.
Those that don’t study history…
This has been in my queue for a while. Not because it isn’t important- but because, among my many skills, talents, and training, being an historian is not among them.
HR-1: From beginning to the end. (Hopefully not OUR end, though)
Here’s the preamble to the series…
Continue reading HR-1: From beginning to the end. (Hopefully not OUR end, though)
What DO we learn in College?
I don’t know about you, but I expected to be developed when I went to college. I expected my kids to become more intellectually capable when they went.
Debt Financing?
So, I was reading the Wall Street Journal. (OK. I also read the New York Times, the LA Times, the Detroit Free Press, the Jerusalem Post, and the Washington Post every single day. Plus a few weekly newspapers. But, that’s not the point. )
The World Wide Webification?
I never really thought about it that way. Having read a newspaper (or 5 or 6) every day of my life since I was in second grade, it never dawned on me.