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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've actually posted this before, but here it is again because it really does represent what I think.

Here is a professor's wish list for sending a kid off to college.  If:

-&gt; they have stable, strong relationships with family and friends that can support them at a distance

-&gt; they are resilient and can set aside minor setbacks and contextualize major ones

-&gt; they are independent and have sufficient executive skills to get up on time, eat decently, care for their health, get where they need to go, and do most of their homework

-&gt; they like themselves and are ok with spending time alone and exploring their world on their own sometimes

-&gt; they have a personal toolbox for initiating connections with new friends and building positive relationships with others

-&gt; they are reasonably responsible and are able to keep themselves and others out of trouble (much of the time)

-&gt; they can take fair criticism without taking it personally and are open to learning from it

-&gt; they know their own limits and are not too afraid or too shy to admit vulnerability and ask for help, repeatedly if necessary

-&gt; they are able to summon (or feign!) curiosity about new things, even when those things may not seem fascinating at first glance

-&gt; they are connected in a healthy way to something bigger than themselves, like faith, nature, an art, or a cause

-&gt; they can summarize prose accurately and pick out items that could be used to support an argument

-&gt; they can write in a mostly correct fashion

-&gt; they can perform mathematical or scientific calculations at the freshman level expected by their future major

...then they will probably do just fine.

Notice how little of my list is academic, and how it says nothing about test scores, APs, or learning differences.  Give your DC all of these other things, and we who teach will be able to help them learn.[/quote]
This is a tall order: most adult college grads fail on most of these, let alone an 18-year-old….[/quote]

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