A Road Less Travelled

So, there’s a new pro-college blog. Yes, it’s almost a week old, but I just found out about it. I decided I should read it because it’s obviously written by women who have intelligent reasons to advocate college, not by people who think college is good just because ‘that’s what everyone does’. I knew I would disagree with the reasons and prepared to be frustrated by the read. Thankfully I discovered it right before we walked out the door and I didn’t have time to read it then. Later that evening I skimmed a few posts, but it wasn’t until this morning that I sat down to read it more thoroughly.

I was surprised to realize how much we agree on. We agree that young adults need a stage of life where they take responsiblity and learn to make their own desicions. We agree that they still need a safety net at first. We agree that learning is fun and exciting. We agree a woman should hone her intelligence, her talents and her skills to use everything God has given her to it’s utmost. We agree that learning how to think is more important than mere compilation of data. We strongly disagree on the best method of applying these ideas. There were parts of this blog that set my teeth on edge, but I don’t see any reason to go into those. Even though I won’t be reading this blog again (for a while anyway) I’m glad I read it once. It was educational.

Note–If the pro-college blog is going to frustrate you and/or induce you to leave nasty comments, just don’t click on the link. If you can read it nicely you might find it interesting.