It's hard to know the difference between helping a kid set realistic goals and breaking apart the beautiful dreams of those raised on the song I Believe I can Fly. Quotes from last week:
"I'm thinking of taking a year off to work on my skating. Then I'll study something with medical marijuana. I don't like chemisty. Where can I do botany?" (aka pre-drug dealing)
"I'll go where I can get a swimming scholarship. I'm joining swim team for the 1st time in January."
"I want to be pre-med! It's been my dream for as long as I can remember." (Said by multiple students with GPAs below 2.5).
I hope they are all on their way to being the exception. The inspiration. The counter-example. If not, I told them to tuck community college away in the back of their minds just in case. And I gave them a piece of candy for remembering we talked about community college.
"I'm thinking of taking a year off to work on my skating. Then I'll study something with medical marijuana. I don't like chemisty. Where can I do botany?" (aka pre-drug dealing)
"I'll go where I can get a swimming scholarship. I'm joining swim team for the 1st time in January."
"I want to be pre-med! It's been my dream for as long as I can remember." (Said by multiple students with GPAs below 2.5).
I hope they are all on their way to being the exception. The inspiration. The counter-example. If not, I told them to tuck community college away in the back of their minds just in case. And I gave them a piece of candy for remembering we talked about community college.
2 comments:
Wow! That is quite a task. I love it when students say there are going to be President someday and they have all F's. Like you say--it seems like today's students have no lack of dreams--they just have no willpower to actually accomplish them. They want to be given their dreams like they are part of the "Make a Wish" foundation! Good grief!
Word on the street is that there are some pretty damn good community college instructors. But so far as I know, no drug dealing classes.
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