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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at a community college and for the most part, each kid I teach who has a planned intention of transferring to a 4-year institution is motivated, smart, hardworking, and succeeds in that goal. Screw you to demean that, and screw your judgey jealous comments. [/quote]

Different poster here. I've actually spent a little time looking at the issue of CCs vs 4-year schools. I'm not actually trying to be insulting to those who choose community colleges but it is a well-known fact that community college as a whole do not have the same quality of offerings as 4-year schools - a problem that community colleges acknowledge. And they have terrible student retention rates.  While I agree that community college is an important piece of the higher education puzzle, I would always advise a kid to try and go the 4-year route first. And I think many parents on this forum would do the same.  [/quote]

np.  Just to be clear my kid is going to community college so you know where I am coming from.  Why does it matter to you what other people choose to do?  I've taken classes at the same CC and I have found very good professors along with the not so good.  Just like at 'regular" college.    It will make zero difference once she graduates from college.  After all employers only ask "Where did you GRADUATE,  not where you went all four years.  And also, kids drop out of Ivy league colleges, state colleges and all sort of schools, not just CC.  I find the kids there to be nice, friendly and hard working![/quote]

I'm not trying to refute anyone's personal experience with community colleges or insult the student's that go there. I am speaking about CCs as a whole, not specific schools. It has been researched to death and the federal government has put money behind trying to bolster CCs because they are important. Right now the offerings AS A WHOLE are not the same quality as 4-year schools and in some cases kids are better off financially and academically going to a 4-year school. I live in DC and I can tell you right now, there are better 4-year schools that even the worst student can get into and be better off than UDC. It doesn't personally matter to me where people choose, but CCs are not the great equalizer that they should be and CCs know this and are working to fill that void. [/quote]

Why are you arguing with me if you do not care?  I am talking about Montgomery college, not UDC where my kid is going, I've taken classes and my DH went back to school.  So, please do not generalize when you do not know what you are talking about.  You can read all you want but, if you haven't experienced it than you have little to contribute.[/quote]

I'm not arguing with you. Just injecting into the conversation the state of community colleges. If it worked out for you and your kid that's great. It doesn't work out for many, many students.[/quote]
So? What's your point? The typical 4-year-college doesn't work out for "many, many students" either- that doesn't mean it's a bad idea to go to a four year college...[/quote]

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