Getting Kids To College

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Getting Kids to College
It happens every year. Teenagers become young adults and want to get to college after graduation. The problem is, they don’t know how. Usually, we hear excuses from them such as, “My family and I don’t have the money,” or “It’s financially impossible.” What is really going on is that students don’t realize that there are resources and ways for the financially troubled. The young adults don’t take the time to research the resources or seek the available possibilities. This problem happens mostly because it may seem impossible to students, so they give up, and because there is not enough education on the topic or not enough counseling.
Most schools, like the one I went to, had only one counselor per class. That is one each for freshmen, sophomores, Juniors and Seniors. I remember trying to get to the counselor to ask for advice and to get information. It took a long time just to make an appointment, and even though I did get to him, the time was short because there were others that had scheduled appointments. This needs to be solved. Students need direct access to a counselor, or it is pointless having one. Perhaps this could be solved by a more ordered counseling system or the schools just having more than one counselor.
In high school, we always heard from the teachers, “You guys need to complete your work because it is a preparation for college.” It’s a good thing that we are being prepared for the type of college work, but what about education for how the financial part of the college system works. Students should be educated on the resources available in order to get to college. Some schools have optional activities for students to attend but most students don’t bother with them, just because it’s “optional”. I think a mandatory type of educational class would better a students knowledge of college. This way, the students would have to find out ways to re...