[QUOTE]Originally posted by DELTABRAT:
I know people personally who attended JC's in LA simply because they felt they couldn't "handle" a four year. So why would I think they could handle the lifetime committment of my sorority. I didn't knock their decision but can you handle waking up at 7:00 a.m on a Saturday to feed the homeless or what? I am not saying that to generalize to people at Junior Colleges but that is a fact with some people.
I think this statement is rather insensitive to the many junior college students who are there to learn, obtain an AA and transfer to a four year institution. There are "slackers" at four year institutions as well. Many students have no choice but to attend community college because of financial reasons. Also, JCs usually have more night classes, which is most helpful to adults like myself who work full-time 8am-5pm. I would also like to add that while attending a junior college full time I was working 60 hours plus a week at my two jobs and raising my younger sister who at the time was a senior in high school. So to answer your question, NO, getting up at 7am to feed the homeless would not be a problem for me.
Additionally, we all know that 3.0 GPA at a four year is "different" from a 3.0 at a 2 year. That is the way it is. A 3.0 at Harvard is simply more preferable than a 3.0 at Los Angeles City College.
If that wasn't condescending, I don't know what is. I realize there are some people who look down on those who didn't attend schools that meet their approval. Are you implying that JC's provide an inferior education? If you are suggesting that after earning an AA at JC I may not be able to: deliver a speech as well as you, write a research paper as well as you, or find the derivative of x as well as you, I beg to differ.
Can I ask, without sounding condescending, what your plans are after attending the 2 year? Most (not all, but most) people actually attend two-years with the intention of continuing on to receive a B.A
Sure, my plans are to complete my BS in MIS, then to pursue a MS in Business Information Systems. Gosh, I wonder if KU will look down on me for attending a junior college?
Also, the object is to be active FOREVER. Into the alumnae level. That means being active for like, 50 years or so.
And your point is? Anyone who had done any research into BGLOs already knows it is a lifetime commitment. You may not have intended to sound condescending, but you most certainly have.
Peace and Blessings.....
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Aesop c550 BC
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