I was talking with a colleague the other day about students in general. We had just left a required by the state meeting with a student, the grandmother the student lives with, and the mother. Three generations of the same family. I had the mother as a student and now her child. At times it seemed the educators were more parents than educators, and not just with the student. The phrase, "The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree," applies here. I don't say that in a mean way either.
The conversation after the meeting turned away from the family towards history and the general knowledge that students have or don't have yet. We talked about the make-up of a high school student body. I have always held the belief that while attending college a person will never be in a situation were they are surrounded by a higher percentage of people with the same general demographics. Mostly young, middle class and above family background, generally similar intelligence and motivated to get more educated to advance themselves. We continued that thought with the observations that most work places are similarly manned. The people your work with are generally like yourself in educational background, income,and such.
Think about how well you get along with your work mates.
We then speculated that high school is the opposite of college and work. No where else in your life will you be grouped with more differences in people. No where else will you be you be asked to interact with a larger cross section of the population. No where else will you have to try to get people with such different ideological backgrounds to work together.
Now throw in egos, and do you see why Congress can't get anything done?
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