Perspective: Wedded and parental students you teach their younger peers healthy relationships and good work practices.
Higher education institutions would be wise to adopt learners who are married and raising children.
Schools may be right to be concerned about the decline in enrollment from the traditionally underserved group of 18-year-olds who are just starting out of high school, but they should think about changing their focus to include older, committed students. While there are definitely fresh married college kids, I’m assuming that the majority of them are older.
The Daily Princetonian just made a point about how difficult it is for some engaged learners to fit in on Princeton University’s school. One of the attendees questioned the necessity of attending a” Safer Sexpo” occasion, and he was given an excuse to do so when he showed up with his family.
Married students with children are unlikely to be of much interest by this juvenile, characteristically filthy college event. Not at all true to creating a family-friendly environment by having those events about.
At least one married scholar encountered trouble when trying to work on a class project at 9 p.m., which is not ideal for families with young children.
Even though it’s possible that all those kids had a busy schedule, I’m not sure, but in my experience college students frequently put things off until the day’s end. Other people seem to enjoy working late at night as though it is a badge of honor ( the mighty “all-nighter” is simply a result of a lack of planning ).
This is why committed individuals can benefit schools. There is a built-in plan to a person’s day that a 19-year-old does not have, especially when they are married, and especially when they have children. All different activities of the day are planned around the children’s wakeup times of 6 a.m. and 8 a.m.
These individuals can act as models for people for how to organize their day and organize their interests. The period between 3 and 5 p.m. after classes and before breakfast is no longer used for watching TV or video games, but rather for studying.
The older student populace likely has a better plan of what they want to do with their time out of school and is not just enrolling as the next step.
In addition to trying out community college, The Daily Princetonian profiled many students like this who were in the defense, dropped out of high school, or worked low-wage work for a while.
Someone eventually decides what they want to do with their career and is inspired to make it happen.
According to The College Fix, San Francisco State University is one school that focuses on parents and engaged individuals. The campus has created a” Family Study Room” to accommodate the roughly 700 parenting students.
Married students may also act as model for other students on how to maintain good relationships and act as role models for younger couples. They would benefit both the school as a whole and adult students.
Less: Harvard conference speakers warn that “biased” AI may define “feminine” status.
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