Comments on: The Boy Goes To College, Redux http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2009/10/31/the-boy-goes-to-college-redux/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:16:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Daniele http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2009/10/31/the-boy-goes-to-college-redux/#comment-23032 Daniele Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:20:01 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/?p=1455#comment-23032 Oh MJ so glad I get a chance to peek in on your life at 2 in the morning and see that the more things change, the more they stay the same. It's always something isn't it? (And I've just started Traveling with Pomegranates per your suggestion.) D- Oh MJ so glad I get a chance to peek in on your life at 2 in the morning and see that the more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s always something isn’t it? (And I’ve just started Traveling with Pomegranates per your suggestion.) D-

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2009/10/31/the-boy-goes-to-college-redux/#comment-23026 Waldo Jaquith Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:26:32 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/?p=1455#comment-23026 I took my first 28 credits at PVCC before transferring to Tech. For the first two years of class—which tend strongly to be intro classes that many, many students require—I think community college is a far better option. It's a lot cheaper, for starters, which means that kids who discover that college isn't for them have to spend a lot less money to learn that lesson. But, more important, the classes are 10% of the size of the classes at large colleges. The teachers are way better, too. My western history teacher at PVCC is a respected scholar on the history of cartography. The class had about 20 students, of all ages and experiences. Class frequently consisted of discussions, to the point at which we'd turn all of our desks around, forming a circle. My intro classes at VT (philosophy, political science, statistics) had several hundred students in them. Most were taught by adjunct faculty, some of whom were younger than me (a late-in-life college student). They were pure lectures—no discussion, no interaction—and not really very good. I'm a big fan of starting off at community colleges. I took my first 28 credits at PVCC before transferring to Tech. For the first two years of class—which tend strongly to be intro classes that many, many students require—I think community college is a far better option. It’s a lot cheaper, for starters, which means that kids who discover that college isn’t for them have to spend a lot less money to learn that lesson. But, more important, the classes are 10% of the size of the classes at large colleges. The teachers are way better, too. My western history teacher at PVCC is a respected scholar on the history of cartography. The class had about 20 students, of all ages and experiences. Class frequently consisted of discussions, to the point at which we’d turn all of our desks around, forming a circle. My intro classes at VT (philosophy, political science, statistics) had several hundred students in them. Most were taught by adjunct faculty, some of whom were younger than me (a late-in-life college student). They were pure lectures—no discussion, no interaction—and not really very good.

I’m a big fan of starting off at community colleges.

]]> By: zuzu http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2009/10/31/the-boy-goes-to-college-redux/#comment-23025 zuzu Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:00:34 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/?p=1455#comment-23025 I think of #4 all the time too. Naive is my middle name. I think of #4 all the time too. Naive is my middle name.

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