Is Faster Always Better?
“High school sucks. People who say those were the best years of your life—those people are liars...” said author, Meg Cabot. Many people feel like they do not fit in well in high school. I experienced this first-hand throughout high school; I have attended three different schools. I, like many others, want to graduation from high school as soon as possible. But, if I pursue early graduation, I wonder if I am at a disadvantage to traditional students who take classes at high school at a normal pace. Faster is sometimes better.
In Katherine Mangan’s Is Faster Always Better? in "Backpack Writing", Katherine Mangan implies that faster is not always better. She believes dual enrollment and Advanced Placement courses set students up for failure and do not allow them a healthy …show more content…
Earning college credits through Post Secondary Enrollment Option (PSEO) is a viable option for many students including myself. I took AP classes in high school and from what I observed, none of the teachers were qualified enough to teach a college course. From my experience, I found that being in a college setting, learning the material hands-on with a professor was far more valuable. Another benefit to PSEO is that it saves students both money and time. If a student were given the choice to spend either $80,000 on four years of tuition versus $40,000 on just two years of tuition with a little more work in high school, I think many students would take advantage of that opportunity. This option allows students to get out in the workforce sooner so that they can start earning money sooner, have fewer debt, and even begin saving for retirement sooner. In contrast, if a student is unfit for the PSEO program, and does not have the rigor required to be successful, it could put him/her at a disadvantage because he/she would not obtain the full value of the college
“High school sucks. People who say those were the best years of your life—those people are liars...” said author, Meg Cabot. Many people feel like they do not fit in well in high school. I experienced this first-hand throughout high school; I have attended three different schools. I, like many others, want to graduation from high school as soon as possible. But, if I pursue early graduation, I wonder if I am at a disadvantage to traditional students who take classes at high school at a normal pace. Faster is sometimes better.
In Katherine Mangan’s Is Faster Always Better? in "Backpack Writing", Katherine Mangan implies that faster is not always better. She believes dual enrollment and Advanced Placement courses set students up for failure and do not allow them a healthy …show more content…
Earning college credits through Post Secondary Enrollment Option (PSEO) is a viable option for many students including myself. I took AP classes in high school and from what I observed, none of the teachers were qualified enough to teach a college course. From my experience, I found that being in a college setting, learning the material hands-on with a professor was far more valuable. Another benefit to PSEO is that it saves students both money and time. If a student were given the choice to spend either $80,000 on four years of tuition versus $40,000 on just two years of tuition with a little more work in high school, I think many students would take advantage of that opportunity. This option allows students to get out in the workforce sooner so that they can start earning money sooner, have fewer debt, and even begin saving for retirement sooner. In contrast, if a student is unfit for the PSEO program, and does not have the rigor required to be successful, it could put him/her at a disadvantage because he/she would not obtain the full value of the college