biggaveli31
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I think about this all the time and i can only take solice in knowing my kids will be well prepared.
How effed up is it that almost the most important decision in life is made at age 17?
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Fillerguy
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at least I'm not on the corner/doing a bid like the rest of the men in my family
Prodigital
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Breh, I advise you to go into something STEM related. No other real reason to be throwing money away at school. If it ain't about getting a job that requires a degree, don't go
Xtraz2
Superstar
Get into tha health field
Thinking back, it would have helped if there was a consistent dialogue from teachers to students about what life is like on the other side of high school. There's too much focus on just getting your work done. There's no class on "life" and there is no discussions from the teacher about what life after high school is like. I think a class, or even just a session like that that replaces a traditional period would be beneficial.
Parents should be more responsible in informing their kids too. Often times, though, those parents don't mature enough to be able to teach them those lessons.
Parents should be more responsible in informing their kids too. Often times, though, those parents don't mature enough to be able to teach them those lessons.
Slaimon Khan Shah
SLAIMON KHAN SHAH = SHAOLIN MONK/S OF ISLAAM
We should teach people about Islam when they're young is the sloution.
DaChampIsHere
Survive the drought
It's really not that big of a decision.
Americans/Westernized people (the current generation) are just generally a lot more coddled by their parents/society and have come to place no true emphasis on growing up and maturation.
From the stuff typed on here, from the way many of you think/were raised, you'd still be failing/regretting decisions, not because of a flawed system, but because you simply aren't independent/confident enough.
By the time you are a teenager, you should be able to effectively assess situations and garner the consequences of probably decisions, even more important for men. You should be able to research things properly. You should be able to find facts for yourself. You shouldn't be taking everything a stranger says as fact. You should be able to make plans to make things happen.
School isn't a scam. People personally not being prepared for something doesn't make it a scam.
Americans/Westernized people (the current generation) are just generally a lot more coddled by their parents/society and have come to place no true emphasis on growing up and maturation.
From the stuff typed on here, from the way many of you think/were raised, you'd still be failing/regretting decisions, not because of a flawed system, but because you simply aren't independent/confident enough.
By the time you are a teenager, you should be able to effectively assess situations and garner the consequences of probably decisions, even more important for men. You should be able to research things properly. You should be able to find facts for yourself. You shouldn't be taking everything a stranger says as fact. You should be able to make plans to make things happen.
School isn't a scam. People personally not being prepared for something doesn't make it a scam.
College aint a scam. Its jus that alot of playas chose a field that they dont really like or doesnt bring any real money. If you choose a degree that is economically viable and is also along the lines of your intrest you good money.
IMO I feel everybody should go to college. However I feel there should be a intermediary between highschool and university. Pushing a whole bunch of uneducated, inexperienced teenagers into tha system leaves for disaster.
IMO I feel everybody should go to college. However I feel there should be a intermediary between highschool and university. Pushing a whole bunch of uneducated, inexperienced teenagers into tha system leaves for disaster.
one of the most EYE OPENING documentaries i have EVER watched... this should be REQUired viewing for all high school students...
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Those of you so against college..what do you do and how much money do you make?
My brother is that age and doesn't know what he wants to do yet. I'm still not worried about him, because he's good in terms of having familial support and all that. I am looking forward to encouraging and helping him in whatever he wants to do though.
IMO its just as bad as parents who take the simple approach and trying to force yourself into a program you don't even like or aren't suited for just 'cause of how lucrative it is. Might as well not go.
IMO its just as bad as parents who take the simple approach and trying to force yourself into a program you don't even like or aren't suited for just 'cause of how lucrative it is. Might as well not go.
I have talked about this in the dealing with women thread....the pressure on kids is insane in this country.
From your Junior year in HS till graduation you feel this stress upon you...like you NEED to figure out what you want to do with your life RIGHT NOW OR ELSE YOU WILL FALL BEHIND.
From your Junior year in HS till graduation you feel this stress upon you...like you NEED to figure out what you want to do with your life RIGHT NOW OR ELSE YOU WILL FALL BEHIND.
It is not a scam, but the fact is that most of us are paying more than what the degree is actually worth. We are paying more for something with an increasingly diminishing value. I realize this...sadly many of my peers don't...yet