The higher education community is a community in which many can relate to; and it is one that is prevalent in the United States. The community of college students in modern day America are certainly a unique one. The community consists of several entities. These entities include instructors, educators, tutors, persons of power, and of course, the students themselves. Each of these subjects form what we know today as a place of higher education, or a college or university.
The community consists of millions of people. According to the website, National Center for Education Statistics, an estimated 20.2 million college students were predicted to attend American colleges and universities in the fall of 2015 (par. 11). Of those 20.2 million …show more content…
The imagined community of the students in college can be narrowed down yet further then what was previously expressed. The community college student is yet a more unique community. In an article written by Michael Kressy, The Community College Student: A Lesson in Humilty, it is being described the imagined community of community college students. The community college student often is in numerous financial ventures and investments. One of the investments being the very thing that the student chose to dedicate time to: his education. In the article by Mr. Kressy, he puts forth a description that is particularly intriguing about a community college student. The community college student has had some sort of “brush with the law” and the community college student is most likely rooted to an urban area (772). In the article by Mr. Kressy, he elaborates that, “The irony is that [the community college student] has virtually no trouble whatever finding his way among the complicated forces in the real world” (772). Mr. Kressy states, in an overall sense, that the community college student rarely lacks the logic required in a complicated world. He says the student may be an “educational outcast” but if one were to ask any member of his community he or she will tell you that he is most certainly not a social outcast …show more content…
He states in his article that the community college student has known failure. The community college students’ background is often one in which contains no shortage of setbacks, shattered self-images and “suspensions of one kind or another” (773). Kressy then explains that this student is a student that is potentially a superb reader of literature, yet his academic record may not show it. Later in the article Kressy says, “[The community college student] may not be versed in Milton and Shakespeare but he is versed in life” (773). This being said, there is something to be said about the community college student. The community college student is one where he has an insight into how the very thing called adulthood and maturity works. He is one where he knows how to pay the bills, take out a loan, and change a tire on a
The community consists of millions of people. According to the website, National Center for Education Statistics, an estimated 20.2 million college students were predicted to attend American colleges and universities in the fall of 2015 (par. 11). Of those 20.2 million …show more content…
The imagined community of the students in college can be narrowed down yet further then what was previously expressed. The community college student is yet a more unique community. In an article written by Michael Kressy, The Community College Student: A Lesson in Humilty, it is being described the imagined community of community college students. The community college student often is in numerous financial ventures and investments. One of the investments being the very thing that the student chose to dedicate time to: his education. In the article by Mr. Kressy, he puts forth a description that is particularly intriguing about a community college student. The community college student has had some sort of “brush with the law” and the community college student is most likely rooted to an urban area (772). In the article by Mr. Kressy, he elaborates that, “The irony is that [the community college student] has virtually no trouble whatever finding his way among the complicated forces in the real world” (772). Mr. Kressy states, in an overall sense, that the community college student rarely lacks the logic required in a complicated world. He says the student may be an “educational outcast” but if one were to ask any member of his community he or she will tell you that he is most certainly not a social outcast …show more content…
He states in his article that the community college student has known failure. The community college students’ background is often one in which contains no shortage of setbacks, shattered self-images and “suspensions of one kind or another” (773). Kressy then explains that this student is a student that is potentially a superb reader of literature, yet his academic record may not show it. Later in the article Kressy says, “[The community college student] may not be versed in Milton and Shakespeare but he is versed in life” (773). This being said, there is something to be said about the community college student. The community college student is one where he has an insight into how the very thing called adulthood and maturity works. He is one where he knows how to pay the bills, take out a loan, and change a tire on a