Comments on: 8 Alternatives to College

By: umblondie

umblondie — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:43:00 +0000

Um my son is going to college so he can master the sport of football. He’s already bright but a litl lazy…so I told him he’ll need a degree. Seriously…why even send them to any school. Being force fed info u have no interest in and simply memorizing and forgeting what they want you to just for the grade is boring. I was a straight A student thru college yet bored to death. My son was bored by second grade. If I would have instead started that business out of high school like I had wanted to, I wouldn’t have felt the need for a degree. I certainly would have learned many things at a much younger age. The current k-12 education system is based on the industrial-age. All grades will be available online for free soon if Khan Academy (originally funded by Bill Gates) and other online programs succeed. I homeschool one son who is special needs. The other son could not compete in sports as a homeschooled kid like he can in high school. Most of my time in educational institutions has been a waste. Traveling in the military, starting my own business and attending job-required classes taught me more than my public/state/university education.

By: pwndemic

pwndemic — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:44:00 +0000

I was going to write a long story about how this whole article is very relevant to my life and go into a detailed explanation. Instead, I’d like to say that I’m really grateful to you for taking the time to write it. Very uplifting and inspirational.
I think societal norms don’t do much to create healthy, happy people. They do the exact opposite, to be honest.

By: joker159

joker159 — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:28:00 +0000

Thank You :))

By: madhur mishra

madhur mishra — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:47:00 +0000

may be they can sit and read your blogs (18 year old) :-D

By: Huck Finn

Huck Finn — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:28:00 +0000

I believe that the community service idea would be a good option but not a requirement, and there are plenty of programs that high school grads can do around the country or world for a year or two. It’s just a matter of educating our children about all of the options out there for them aside from college. It makes me sad to see people attacking people in the comments on this article about welfare and needing help in our world. No one deserves to be attacked for getting help and everyone should get the help they need. If you have too much pride or for some other reason don’t ask for or accept help when it’s offered, that’s your problem. I agree that there are your fair share of people who take advantage of the system but to attack a woman who was simply trying to help you understand that some people like herself actually do need it? That’s pretty despicable. My mother was in a similar situation because my father and she divorced when I was 5. A lot of people don’t choose to be single parents but sometimes they get stuck in that situation and they truly need the help the government offers. As I’ve already said there are those who exploit the system for their own benefit but think before you speak when the person youre trying to reprimand clearly isn’t one of those people. All of the comments on this have been argumentative or even worse just blatantly attacking another person who commented. What happened to a simple “Wow I wish I’d read this back when i was just graduating!”

By: bestessays

bestessays — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:54:00 +0000

This is exactly a good alternative in college. All the things that you have putted here is so much useful when it comes to learning because it discuss more about how to overcome great degree of education in college study.

By: teslacoitus

teslacoitus — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:39:00 +0000

It amazes me how people in this country don’t feel responsible for one another. This is your country. These are your people. These people effect the economy you live in. You don’t get to live in america, benefit from this country, and then act like you’re separate from Americans that need help. To the point where if a single mother is getting her degree and meanwhile needs to pay for her kids to eat, shes shamed as a mooch for not pulling herself up by her bootstraps and grabbing money out of thin air! The economy is falling apart! The unemployment in this country is crazy! Should we punish the victims of this? Or should we look at a broken system for what it is?

By: teslacoitus

teslacoitus — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:06:00 +0000

So I’m sure all of you with this opinion are in support of free birth control and mandatory sex education/child development classes in early HS? So that people can have the option to not have kids and be mindful when they do?? Yeah? ..Please?

By: maxine

maxine — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:29:00 +0000

Your stupid

By: Reidy

Reidy — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:27:00 +0000

It’s a decent article