Community Colleges And The Long Road Ahead?

Answer 1

Community colleges have sometimes been unfairly categorized as institutions that are inferior to “real colleges� away from home. In reality, community colleges are more often than not institutions that are academically stable and offer students excellent educations while giving them time to ease into college while at home. There are other reasons for staying at home and attending a community college. They even have benefits that larger universities do not have.

Small classes

Individual attention and the ability to really get to know professors will help some students warm to the idea of college.

Comforts of home

Home just feels better than away from home for some young adults. They may not be ready to handle life away from family. They may not want to handle it. Learning is easier when a student is relaxed and for the first few years of college, a community college gives students time to enjoy home a little long.

Time to grow

If a student is immature, staying at home may be best. It gives them time to get an education and remain under the guidance of adults. This isn’t always for the best but in some cases, it is an advantage.

More time with family

If family members are ill or still for good reasons need a student at home, the student can still receive an education while tending to these family members. Leaving home during a time of turmoil within the family can leave a student feeling so guilty that education is all but impossible. They return home a failure. Rather than experience that, community colleges are a chance for them to remain at home, cope with a crisis, and still receive a great education.

Community colleges aren’t a dead end. They’re the beginning of what can be a successful academic career. Starting college life at a community college is a good choice for many college students and starts them on a road that leads to academic success and eventually a nice job. There is nothing wrong with foregoing big campus life for a couple of years after high school. It can even help some people ease into college responsibilities and get a glimpse of the life ahead before having to rush head first into it.