This is a great article and a great program. I look forward to participating in the next decade. I hope that Troops to Teachers is alive and well in that time.
Education is the most important thing that we should have because we need it for our future. In the midst of the call for change in our nation’s educational system, the officials out in New Hampshire have come up with an idea all their own, which is to push high-schoolers to graduate by 10th grade, or at least some of them. The proposed program will create board exams that students can sit for by the end of their sophomore year, and those that pass can move on to community college or technical schools. However, are 16 year olds really prepared to handle those kinds of responsibilities at that age? Most of us are barely prepared enough by 18, let alone the age we were when we finally graduated. A 16 year old trying to navigate the murky waters of higher education and its burden of tuition, textbooks, and transportation costs is difficult to imagine, and they don’t need to grow up any faster. If they fell short, and didn’t have parental help to rely on, they wouldn’t be old enough to get payday loans if they needed one to cover school costs.
COMMENTS
BY millie wolff
ON September 7, 2007 06:41 AM
wonderful idea and why not get some of the universities and colleges involved in the program and some of the candidates running for office.
BY Adam Bradley
ON February 28, 2008 08:27 AM
This is a great article and a great program. I look forward to participating in the next decade. I hope that Troops to Teachers is alive and well in that time.
BY Lisa P
ON November 14, 2008 02:28 AM
Education is the most important thing that we should have because we need it for our future. In the midst of the call for change in our nation’s educational system, the officials out in New Hampshire have come up with an idea all their own, which is to push high-schoolers to graduate by 10th grade, or at least some of them. The proposed program will create board exams that students can sit for by the end of their sophomore year, and those that pass can move on to community college or technical schools. However, are 16 year olds really prepared to handle those kinds of responsibilities at that age? Most of us are barely prepared enough by 18, let alone the age we were when we finally graduated. A 16 year old trying to navigate the murky waters of higher education and its burden of tuition, textbooks, and transportation costs is difficult to imagine, and they don’t need to grow up any faster. If they fell short, and didn’t have parental help to rely on, they wouldn’t be old enough to get payday loans if they needed one to cover school costs.