I think a lot of what I am seeing of entering college Black freshmen is they don't know how to go to college anymore. Their folks never did, so how to go without support, such as actually registering for class on-line, has missed a point.
Also "our kids" are belligerent in college prep courses. Our kids come to my university's summer programs and miss the "special college classes" of how to go to school while getting stipends; whereas, other kids are wondering why we have to have
programs like these?
Then, our kids folks--not parents, because they come from different kinds of situations have little understand what a college education provides. Some of our say that all kids should go to a vo-tech school so at least they have some basic skills to have a job. Then some say that all kids need a mandatory military service requirement. Either way, the US has always let people choose the kind of life they want.
One of my work colleagues was telling me at her church, a young man was murdered. At his funeral, there were many kids present who were dressed all kind of ways but appropriate and misbehaving by text messaging friends during the service. The pastor stated, that "Many of you think you only want to live for today, or tomorrow... Well, I don't want to live till tomorrow. I want to live beyond 80...". Then my colleague said a huge "gong, lightbulb" was switched on... It is as if kids 16/17 had kids and now their kids 16/17 are have kids who are now 16/17. It is 3rd generation and we still have not effectively taught our kids that one should want to live beyond a youth.
So the question should be is why is aging feared and hated?
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