In Opinion "It’s not just that I worry that there are fewer opportunities today, whether through college or work, for the million-plus kids out there with no high school diploma or GED (and that the Pell Grants that made it possible for me to go to college and once covered more than three-quarters of the cost of attending a four-year public college now cover roughly 30 percent). I worry that there are fewer adults willing to take those all-important chances on those of us the world today seems to have so little time and attention for. College is hard. And expensive. And what university wants to accept a kid like me who might bring down its all-important rankings?" Rachel Louise Snyder writes in her essay, "Notes From a Formerly Unpromising Young Person."
Choosing to own property where taxes are higher, I thought provided safeguards, such as fire, police, roads…and schools. I have no children, have always appreciated paying for education through taxes so that our world could become better educated, with hopes, that a more intelligent, responsible society could lead to a more productive, and peaceful one. The stats you mention of those who don’t have a GED/diploma, falls on the entitlement of the higher needs families pretty often. I was one who petitioned my parents to allow me to obtain a GED instead, at 16. At 62, I now hold a BA from a university. Parents sometimes now, are overcompensating by allowing cavalier behavior about attending school. And not offering choices. Just allowing kids to stop participating in life. Discipline lags. I have two friends who said they’d drive their sons to school and they would walk through the front door and out the back. “what was I to do”? My mental response is: Huh??! So, giving chances to employ; rely and depend on those same who have become adults today, is a risk. There’s more to it than a school’s rankings or employer’s gambling on time and attention for a greater %. It’s wasting resources as well for those who have worked hard.
Christo P.
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What worries me is that industry increasingly prefers people with applied/practical narrow-focussed training regardless intellectual exposure and development. Demand for people with university education is increasing, which eventually "dumb down" a workforce. A mix is needed.
Alan Self
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What can you expect when public schools are churning out idiots? 23 Baltimore schools have zero students proficient in math, per state test results https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/state-test-results-23-baltimore-schools-have-zero-students-proficient-in-math-jovani-patterson-maryland-comprehensive-assessment-program-maryland-governor-wes-moore
The opinions and coverage of the NYT about antisemitism on campuses and in our cities has has been sad to read, and one fears, only contributes to the problem. Our community wishes this newspaper would do better.
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