by Rupe | Aug 3, 2021 | Education, Mad Musings
Hey, parents who are about to drop your kid off at college for the first time. Can we talk?
As you usher your precious pearls through the archway of adulthood in the midst of a pandemic, you can either totally screw up this last milestone, or you can knock it out of the park. Let me help. My husband is the head of an undergraduate residential college at a midsized university, so I live in the same building as 200 freshmen. On move-in day, I have a front-row seat. And as a parent, I will soon be doing the big drop-off, too, so I’ve been thinking a lot about what I see.
Source: How to Drop Your New Adult Off at College | by Leslie Kleinberg Zacks | Forge
by Rupe | Jun 4, 2021 | Education, Inspiration, Mentoring
JAHEIM HARRIS’ affinity for mathematics started back in basic school and continued at the Angels Primary School, where he got perfect scores in the subject throughout, and participated in numerous mathematics competitions as well as the Schools’ Challenge Quiz.
His recent outstanding performances in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations (CSEC) has earned him the number one spot in additional mathematics and physics in the region on the recently released CSEC merit list.
Source: St Jago’s Jaheim Harris is Caribbean’s No. 1 in add math, physics | News | Jamaica Gleaner
My Comment: This young man has been a consistent performer from a very young age. I have watched him from a far grow into his potential. I think he has much more to do – so much more to accomplish.
by Rupe | Apr 11, 2021 | Education, Money Matters, Social-Race Issues
Je’lon Alexander is a Morehouse Man who graduated in 2018. He has roughly $55,000 in debt, even after a $15,000 annual scholarship. His parents, who have advanced degrees and close to $400,000 of debt between them, deferred their loans and took jobs on opposite sides of the country so they could contribute as much as they could to his education. (Je’lon, too, is deferring his loans while he pursues his master’s degree at Georgia State, with plans to get his PhD.) When Je’Lon’s mother was interviewed for my book, “The Whiteness of Wealth,” she said she did not regret any of these choices, despite the steep costs.
This is an absolute read for parents of black kids – Source: WAPO
by Rupe | Dec 24, 2019 | Education
The idea is ingrained in our pop culture. Parents, teachers, high school guidance counselors, financial aid officers, and students all understand that if a high school graduate wants to achieve 
success she will have to go to college. This is the conventional wisdom. Thirty years ago it was true. Today the conventional wisdom is wrong. College is not for everyone.
Of every four students enrolling in college only one will graduate and get a good job. The other three are just wasting time and money. This amounts to billions of dollars and millions of man hours squandered every year. Our government and the universities blissfully ignore this fact. The government’s unwritten policy is, “college is for everyone regardless of cost.” They provide “free” money in the form of loans to anyone who applies without any concern about the borrower’s ability to repay. The university administrators live a posh lifestyle and have little or no concern about operating costs. They understand that they can raise tuition every year and, if the students fall short financially, there is always that government money to fill the gap. Even better the administrators get paid whether or not their students learn, graduate, or get a job.
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by Rupe | Dec 24, 2019 | Education
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This is an excellent piece from Quora, written by a gent by the name of Brett Elkins:
Here is what I have found after working with kids and talking at length with many college admissions to find the college admissions secrets.
here are some great tips and secrets to help you navigate the process:
- grades grades grades and then more grades. Not for every school, but you can’t camouflage or sugar coat or breath spray great grades. Colleges usually count this as the all important factor and with so many kids applying, they may not even look at your application if it’s not in their general gpa ballpark. So make sure you hit it out. Keep Reading
by Rupe | Apr 9, 2019 | Education
You have a child attending college soon? Then get to know those acronyms! But wait — there’s more, so much more! You will be editing an endless stream of essays! You will be there to console your child if he or she is rejected from a “dream” school! And you may even have to deal with the dreaded, inscrutable…waitlist!
And here’s the best part: This journey will likely cost you tens of thousands of dollars!
We’re at the end in our household — well, the end of choosing a college, anyway. It’s down to three schools. But let’s go back to the beginning and start tackling those acronyms.
Source: Dailykos
My Comments: I am familiar with most of these sites, but it was such a compact articles with lots of information, I want to get it on my site.
