Comments on: Community College Before the Four-Year School http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/ A higher education blog about news, humor, advice, and opinion on education, college degrees, university life and careers. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Educated Nation--What Makes a Good Parent? | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/comment-page-1/#comment-125389 Educated Nation--What Makes a Good Parent? | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:47:11 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/#comment-125389 [...] Last week’s post got me thinking about the kid/achievement/parent dynamic. I may have mentioned, once or twice, my absolute fury toward and lack of goodwill for parents who place volumes of pressure the size of planets onto their kids’ shoulders and tell them repeatedly that only the achievements which can be recorded on paper are worthwhile, and that being anything but the top 5% is as good as failing utterly. I escaped having a mother and a father who put that kind of pressure to out-perform my peers on me, but I did have a few grandparents who made sure I was aware that success was all they were interested in. [...] [...] Last week’s post got me thinking about the kid/achievement/parent dynamic. I may have mentioned, once or twice, my absolute fury toward and lack of goodwill for parents who place volumes of pressure the size of planets onto their kids’ shoulders and tell them repeatedly that only the achievements which can be recorded on paper are worthwhile, and that being anything but the top 5% is as good as failing utterly. I escaped having a mother and a father who put that kind of pressure to out-perform my peers on me, but I did have a few grandparents who made sure I was aware that success was all they were interested in. [...]

]]> By: mitushi http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/comment-page-1/#comment-125385 mitushi Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:05:33 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/#comment-125385 Wow!!!Mind blowing points you have collected in this article!! Wow!!!Mind blowing points you have collected in this article!!

]]> By: admin http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/comment-page-1/#comment-125369 admin Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:54:03 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/#comment-125369 Thanks, Kristina! It was a hard-won nugget of knowledge... Take care, Alexa Thanks, Kristina! It was a hard-won nugget of knowledge…

Take care,

Alexa

]]> By: Educated Nation--The Community College Guide | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/comment-page-1/#comment-125367 Educated Nation--The Community College Guide | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:50:41 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/#comment-125367 [...] I was never good at taking advice in my teen years, but grown-up me wants to go back to the 1990s, tie teenager me to a chair, and wait while the pain-in-the-ass younger version of myself reads the above book. I also would have liked to have known of its existence yesterday, when I wrote this post about an eerily familiar topic. [...] [...] I was never good at taking advice in my teen years, but grown-up me wants to go back to the 1990s, tie teenager me to a chair, and wait while the pain-in-the-ass younger version of myself reads the above book. I also would have liked to have known of its existence yesterday, when I wrote this post about an eerily familiar topic. [...]

]]> By: Kristina http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/comment-page-1/#comment-125366 Kristina Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:21:06 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/08/18/community-college-before-the-four-year-school/#comment-125366 Excellent points! I'm writing an Op/Ed piece that basically says the same thing, but it's refreshing to read someone's actual experience because it helps me realize my article's point is dead-on. Thank you. Excellent points! I’m writing an Op/Ed piece that basically says the same thing, but it’s refreshing to read someone’s actual experience because it helps me realize my article’s point is dead-on. Thank you.

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