In our reading it is mentioned that schools today are not the way they used to be. Going to college used to be a large step that only a few people took to higher their education. However, today it is just looked at as the next step in a person's life. It is almost as if people think "well, I'm finished with high school, so the next step must be to go to college." Some people will go and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on education when they don't even know what they want to do with their life. This low standard for college has resulted in lower standards in the classroom. Instead of being a place of wisdom, where people study amongst one another to come to lofty conclusions about important topics, the freshman year of college for some people is like the 13th grade. I even feel this way in some of my classes here (but definitely not honors!!!) haha. I find it really funny now that there are actually commercials on the TV trying to convince people NOT to go to college. Mike Rowe tries to convince people to take on physical labor jobs and "go build Alabama." It great that everyone wants to get a better education, but the education they are getting is not as good as it used to be. Soon a college degree will mean nothing but just another piece of paper.
I commented on Kaylie's blog
-Susan Berner
I agree, college used to be a place where a select group of intelligent people went to improve their education. Now everyone goes to college because it's the norm. Back home the community college that almost everyone went to was really called the 13th grade. Most people from my hometown never leave there. These kids all think they are the stuff though because they have a degree.
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