tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post6029468723434722734..comments2024-03-19T00:04:13.541-04:00Comments on Successful Teaching: Is College the Answer?loonyhikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-16556086352683218492010-05-21T21:01:28.241-04:002010-05-21T21:01:28.241-04:00I totally agree. I heard a principle tell a paren...I totally agree. I heard a principle tell a parent whose child suffers from down syndrome that "everyone in this county goes to college." the likelihood of that student going to college was extremely slim and the principle was very naive to think so. <br /><br />It's a shame we are doing our children such an injustice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-28705349206032399942010-05-21T06:43:33.629-04:002010-05-21T06:43:33.629-04:00Pat, you are so right with this timely post. We s...Pat, you are so right with this timely post. We still send our kids to college, but many of them haven't done much in the way to prepare. In Arkansas, our college remediation rate tops 50%. But many of our students decide at some point that college isn't for them and when they also realize that college prep is the entire academic purpose of high school, they quit. In Arkansas, we haveMike Rushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766455281826143591noreply@blogger.com