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I was listening to talk radio last night and there were many calls about the
response Bush made in the debate on job loss. He said we needed to educate
people and take advantage of community colleges. There was call after call
from upset "overeducated" people, they had degrees and there were no jobs for
them. They were too educated to get many jobs. They had friends who lost
their jobs from downsizing and sending jobs overseas, how would gong to
community college at the age of 50 help them?

Anyway, I thought it was interesting after the list discussions yesterday.

College is the latest development of keeping young people out of the work
force. It was pushed in the seventies to keep jobs open for the returning
troops from Vietnam, just as high school became mandatory to open the job force
for the WWII (I think!) returning vets.

I don't think homeschooling is going to prevent anyone from going to college
these days. My husband spoke to a Marine recruiter recently and asked about
his interaction with homeschoolers. He said the recruiters were thrilled to
have homeschoolers, they just usually had to jump through a few extra hoops
to get the appropriate paperwork. From what I have heard, it is the same
with college admissions.

And maybe your child doesn't go to college at the magic age of 18.

Leslie in SC


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dana tierney

::nod:: the peole I have talked to said they would want to see some
work before they admit him, but that on the whole they like
homeschoolers.

Dana


On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:44:36 EDT, leslie530@... <leslie530@...> wrote:
>
> I was listening to talk radio last night and there were many calls about the
> response Bush made in the debate on job loss. He said we needed to educate
> people and take advantage of community colleges. There was call after call
> from upset "overeducated" people, they had degrees and there were no jobs for
> them. They were too educated to get many jobs. They had friends who lost
> their jobs from downsizing and sending jobs overseas, how would gong to
> community college at the age of 50 help them?
>
> Anyway, I thought it was interesting after the list discussions yesterday.
>
> College is the latest development of keeping young people out of the work
> force. It was pushed in the seventies to keep jobs open for the returning
> troops from Vietnam, just as high school became mandatory to open the job force
> for the WWII (I think!) returning vets.
>
> I don't think homeschooling is going to prevent anyone from going to college
> these days. My husband spoke to a Marine recruiter recently and asked about
> his interaction with homeschoolers. He said the recruiters were thrilled to
> have homeschoolers, they just usually had to jump through a few extra hoops
> to get the appropriate paperwork. From what I have heard, it is the same
> with college admissions.
>
> And maybe your child doesn't go to college at the magic age of 18.
>
> Leslie in SC
>
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Lea Eaton

Just thought as an older unschool mom I would chime in and give a few success stories...


My oldest ds23 is a senior at North Carolina State University...originally he knew he wanted to go to college and so he began taking classes at the community college when he was 16~ after trying a few courses of study he realized he loved statistics and will graduate with a degree in sociology with a minor in statistics..While in college he has learned blues guitar from a homeless man in the downtown area, photo a book of several homeless folks and interviewed their stories ( this is his senior internship), dabbled in hydroponics and salt water aquariums and authentic Chinese cooking... not to mention he now fishes and golfs. I'll be really suprised if he stops here and doesn't go for a masters.. he loves school and it has offered him alot of variety.

ds21 decided when he was 16 that he would just study the Microsoft Certification books until he turned 18 and then take the test... He didn't have a lick of structured schooling but aced the test with no problem without having to take an expensive class. He now feels like he has hit a dead end personally and has been accepted on a provisional to NCSU in Jan. He will finally have to take higher math and the SAT's which he has been avoiding... He simply looks at this as a skill...



ds18 has always waanted to be a probation officer... He is in community college and has been since he was 16.. He will graduate next year although he can not apply for a job until he is 21 so he is going to do alot of backpacking across the country...He did have to take a place ment test a the community college .. he is required to take algebra...

They all scored very well on placement tests in verbal and writing... We don't do the TV thing much and have opted to read for entertainment... While we try to cut our own path, we really were inspired by the book " Hard Times in Paradise" by David and Miki Colfax. w even had the pleasure of having coffee with them and they really gave us a push to unschool and crve out a little farmstead. It did wonders for our family....

So... I guess I am writing this to encourage younger unschool families that it DOES work... and when all around you are doing Abeka, trust your kiddos to make great decisions to their interests.

My youngest is 13 and he looks to his 23 yo brother as a role model. He chooses to study certain things, seeing it as a stepping stone to a goal.

I hope this encourages!

Lea



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