F. Ayer's Essay 'Putting The Community Back Into College'

Putting the Community Back into College In his influential essay “Putting the Community Back into College” David F. Ayers realized how much of an impact that a community college had done for him in his life. Ayers first noticed this when he attended a Spanish trip for the first time with his community college class. Ayer had soon graduated and taught at community colleges for quite a while and is currently teaching at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He believed community college was an outreach to everyone to become successful and succeed in which ever they desired but he did not understand why many people did not take access to such a great opportunity. Over the past Ayer realized that the meaning of Community College had changed dramatically, it went from one bettering one’s own self and pursuing a career to benefit yourself as well as others to just gaining an education and job-training in other words just going through a process like everyone else went through. Community Colleges should be helping Americans getting involved and making a difference and changing lives by doing that we can better life easier and far more enjoyable. Ayer knows the government has had an influence on the way Community Colleges are now but still …show more content…
Everyone should have the opportunity to change their life if they want and Community College can offer that to millions of people all around. People should be able to do whatever they desire. Ayer also believed little changes such as getting people involved with Community College would soon make a difference with the actual community and city and maybe even the world. Community Colleges open so many different doors for millions to explore and decide what is best for them. It is about time to get things back on the right track to become a stronger, caring, and responsible