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betsuni

(29,293 posts) Tue Sep 13, 2016, 04:07 AM Sep 2016

PBS: One college turns its football field into a farm and sees its students transform

Urban farm work-study college -- great idea, Paul Quinn College president Michael Sorrell!

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PBS: One college turns its football field into a farm and sees its students transform (Original Post) betsuni Sep 2016 OP

Excellent. Thanks for posting. brush Sep 2016 #1

You're welcome! betsuni Sep 2016 #2

A lot better than wasting time training for a sport they have very little chance in... Crowman1979 Sep 2016 #3

i d love to see this happen at my old high school. allan01 Sep 2016 #4

Great post SticksnStones Sep 2016 #5

The young are sold delusions by financial powers that plunder them bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #6

Every kid wants to be a football star or a pop/rap star. That's what television does to us. YOHABLO Sep 2016 #7

brush

(61,033 posts)

1. Excellent. Thanks for posting.

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 06:35 AM

Sep 2016

betsuni

(29,293 posts)

2. You're welcome!

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:06 AM

Sep 2016

Crowman1979

(3,844 posts)

3. A lot better than wasting time training for a sport they have very little chance in...

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:48 AM

Sep 2016

...making a career out of.

allan01

(1,950 posts)

4. i d love to see this happen at my old high school.

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 09:18 AM

Sep 2016

which was more interested in sports thah education. love it . football and sports are a diistraction, and if the scholol cant afford them, this is one brilliant answer.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)

5. Great post

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 09:28 AM

Sep 2016

What an interesting solution for a struggling college. A true win-win, students get business training while chipping away at the food desert in which the college is located.

I'm continuously impressed by the creative solutions that arise...

bucolic_frolic

(55,823 posts)

6. The young are sold delusions by financial powers that plunder them

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 09:40 AM

Sep 2016

Far better to teach them a work ethic, personal finance, and the means
to produce sustainable obtainable products and careers.

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)

7. Every kid wants to be a football star or a pop/rap star. That's what television does to us.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 02:26 PM

Sep 2016

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