How to Escape the Community-College Trap

[mbperrin]

3. Not everyone attends a JC for a degree. I already have an MAEd, but

I took several paint and body courses to enjoy a hobby with my dad before he died; I took 4 cabinetmaking courses as well and use that knowledge as a serious amateur furniture builder. I also took 4 semesters of golf.

I'm a "dropout" or a "non-completer" in three different areas! A total failure!

I teach high school, and I am grateful to our local JC, which does a much better job of remediating fairly low students than our local branch of the UT system, which pretty much just grinds up and fails the unready. The whole premise of the article is flawed - the JC mission is far more complex than granting associates' degrees.

Student loan problem could be solved by simply extending the K-12 system now into a K-16 system, funded by public taxes completely and no tuition to the students at all.

Or we can just continue to bomb and kill women, children, and wedding parties in the Middle East.