Today on my Facebook page, I saw my friend's status. This really, is not a big deal since that is what FB is all about, posting your "status," and having your friends respond to it. But you have to know Jen to REALLY appreciate her new status.
She is in her late 20's, working fulltime, recently out of a relationship and taking classes as she can. She is bright, and intelligent. Yet she has to start over as a Freshman. Today her status was " Jennifer -- is sick of taking Freshman classes." To which her friends responded in kind: Colin said, "Ditto that;" Hannah wrote, "It kinda sucks doesn't it?"
It was Mary's response that caught my eye. She wrote, "Jen, you should take classes through Granite State (UNH pays), more mature classmates, and more realistic learning!!"
"Bingo," I said out loud, and I responded to Jen's status by saying "@Mary, I concur; GSC Freshmen get it!!" And the truth is, we do. We' re not teenagers away from home for the first time, with new found freedoms. We are moms and dads, workers and supervisors, coming from all walks of life. We come to our classes already experienced with the ways of the world. It is this shared attribute of the student body that seperates GSC from other the Colleges of New Hampshire. We bring that learning into each of our classes and it is welcomed and valued.
Granite State College is truly New Hampshire's public college for adult learners of all ages.
She is in her late 20's, working fulltime, recently out of a relationship and taking classes as she can. She is bright, and intelligent. Yet she has to start over as a Freshman. Today her status was " Jennifer -- is sick of taking Freshman classes." To which her friends responded in kind: Colin said, "Ditto that;" Hannah wrote, "It kinda sucks doesn't it?"
It was Mary's response that caught my eye. She wrote, "Jen, you should take classes through Granite State (UNH pays), more mature classmates, and more realistic learning!!"
"Bingo," I said out loud, and I responded to Jen's status by saying "@Mary, I concur; GSC Freshmen get it!!" And the truth is, we do. We' re not teenagers away from home for the first time, with new found freedoms. We are moms and dads, workers and supervisors, coming from all walks of life. We come to our classes already experienced with the ways of the world. It is this shared attribute of the student body that seperates GSC from other the Colleges of New Hampshire. We bring that learning into each of our classes and it is welcomed and valued.
Granite State College is truly New Hampshire's public college for adult learners of all ages.
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