Let's Make a Deal

There are many deal breakers for many different people when entering college. One could be language, culture, confidence, timing and many many other things. A deal breaker is essentially a barrier one has to overcome to stay in college. its easy for a firefighter to walk into a smoking building but to continue to walk up the fiery stairwell through immense heat is hard and that becomes a deal breaker, will i walk up these stairs or will i allow my fear, confidence, my love for my kid stop me. A lot of people go to college because high school ended and they don't know what to do next so they follow blindly the typical way to do it. For a lot of people high school ended in 10th grade when they dropped out because they felt disconnected from the school. The school isn't them and essentially it wasn't built for them. It was built to work for people who had their stuff at home together. So when and even if they join college they still fell disconnected from education in general because it doesn't effect their everyday life. some of these students haven't even taken the first step in enrolling because of fear and needs built in high school and middle and elementary school.

Another Barrier is when in college knowing what to do. colleges don't do enough to get students on track they assume students know what they want and don't try to encourage students on what to do. they in essence leave the students view out of the picture so its like come here do this and leave. So one doesn't feel like the school is working with them they fell like its more against them.just how there is a school for people with disablities and learning problems. There needs to be a school for students with these special needs that deal with real life. because having everything in order for these kids is fantasy so they need a curriculum to tell them how to cope with death and how to feed their little brothers in real life.

Solution.  I believe that the college has to shift resources towards human development. There should be an 2 hour mandatory orientation for all students enrolling at Community colleges to make sure what they're doing is right and let students know its a commitment and we have resources to take care of your kid (Daycare In School), we have transportation help (Free Bus Passes), we have mental help if needed (Mass Therapy classes). We can try to bring the community back into college and give the school a welcoming feel. Because it takes a village to raise a child. The policies have to be changed, then one can change the consciousness of the kids, finally one could change their actions and keep them from dropping out. A change to a quarterly schedule is desperately needed. So the kids will be forced to hurry up and get on track. There should be meetings in the middle of every quarter to make sure the students are up to date and do they need anything. Meeting held in groups of about 100 students because You'll find most students have the same kind of questions and although their specific question wouldn't be answered they'll know about what to do next. The Resources are there, They just need to be redistributed to personal development and that;ll make students breeze through classes easier. We need to ask What is College doing for me?