Success Without College (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Linda Lee | knygos.lt

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If your child seems indecisive about college, don't read the riot act, read this landmark book instead. College is "not "the only alternative. A "New York Times" editor andconcerned parent tells you why and helps you to find happy alternatives to starting college before your child is ready.
As an educated, committed parent, Linda Lee harbored the usual expectation of aprestigious college degree as the illustrious preface to a top-flight career for her child. Some fifty thousand dollars and several disastrous report cards later, Lee recognized that her seemingly rational expectationswere proving far-fetched and that her son was simply not ready for college. Moreover, she was shocked to discover that his experience was not the exception but the rule; only 26 percent of students receive a bachelor'sdegree within five years.
Why, then, are parents led to believe that their children must go to college immediately and that it is the right choice for everyone? If not attending college worked for BillGates, Harry S. Truman, Thomas Edison, and William Faulkner, why can't it work for your child and what are your alternatives?
Success Without College is a groundbreaking book thatreveals the surprising facts of why many bright kids are not suited for college (or at least not right after high school). Lee's accessible, knowledgeable style informs parents why this should be more a source of pridethan shame by providing profiles of students and parents from around the country and their creative, positive solutions to the college dilemma. With a college education now costing an average of a hundred thousand dollars, maybe it's time for American parents to reconsider: Do you really need college to succeed?
"From the Trade Paperback edition."