Your opinion for teenager who goes to college?

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What do you think about teenager going to college? Do you think it's a good idea for teenager to go to college?

One teenager in my classes at college, I think he's 14 or 15 (I'm not sure). My interpreter heard my teacher says that he's from high school. When I turned and looked at him. I was like, "OMG" teenager in college?.

Some of them think it's not a good idea for teenager in college because it's adult school.

Your opinion individual.
 
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If a teenager is smart enough to be in college/university and is placed there because they are not being challenged then why not let he/she be there. I've had the opportunity to skip a grade but I was too overwhelmed with the new setting (I just move) and I didn't want to be the weirdo smart one that was new in school lol. But now i sort of wish i had and then maybe i would have taken a year off or something ..but ah well.My bf's neice is 17 and is going to be graduating this year. She has taken advanced math and science since grade 9 and she would like to attend university next year to do aerospace engineering or something of the sort. I think it's great that we have people that can work even harder just to prove that they can be there and do great things even though is seems like that can't handle it.
 
Ah, I see. That's true for teenager with brilliant mind then he/she can move up to college or university.

To me, I think teenager should have stay in H.S. and wait until graduation then go to college at 18. So, 14 or 15 yrs old at college?. Your BF's niece who's 17 which is okay because she will be 18. good for her!.
 
I have questioned the importance of 4 years of high school. To me, four years of high school is a waste. I see many kids wasting their "teenager life" on drugs, alcohol, irresponsible, cheating homework, etc. I don't call that teenager life. They need to be taught responsibility. Everyone needs to have fun at every age, and that is called having balance.

I always think it's always a good idea for high school to be two years and the next two years to have them in a career program where they can be ready to work or go to college. It's teaching them responsibility early on. I don't think high school teaches you responsibility for college.

Some countries finish school at an early age and have you go to career program or college. I think high school children are pampered too much in America. I wanted to graduate and get out of school earlier to go to a career or college because I felt like high school was a waste of busy work.
 
[ahem] im one of teenager who gone to community college for math only in afternoon class. When i was in hs as junior, principal came to me and said that i have to go to math class at community college for afternoon. I was like, college?!?! Of course, i was so nervous and wonder how will they treat me as classmate because of im only hs n teenager. I went there for a class and turned out that they treat me as equal. I think it was cool but hot college babes that my eyes couldnt take off.

Funny, one girl thought i was college student and asked me if i want go out with her for lunch date. Of course, i was like, "whoa, thats hot girl in my class but damn, i'm hs and have a girlfriend". Then i told her, "what time". she said 3ish. I was like, dammit, i have football practice. So, i told her in honest that i am junior at hs in CSD. She is shocked and surprised. She told me that she recongized me that i act so mature and humble also cute. She apperciated me by being honest with her. On the next day, she gave me starbuck's frap during class and i told her thanks also exchanged emails together.

Ever since until now, we do still in touch :]
 
Yes, why not? I know several teenagers attend their local colleges for two years and it was paid by their local schools, believe it or not. It is for bright students only.
 
I started University when I was 16. I was doing highschool at the same time.

I think the only issue with it was that I ended up completely changing paths, and going to a different Univeristy come the end of high school. The courses I took in high school can't count for anything now. I did learn a lot in the way of learning and study skills though.
 
There are some students who take college courses part-time to prepare themselves for college. If they did well in some courses in high school and are ready for the next level, they can move on with some college courses. :)
 
My 15 years old (soon to be 16) son is attend his first college last week after left school last summer.
 
mostly teenagers always wanted going colleges dues have scholarships like football,basketball,whatevers because of good grades not low grades.
 
I was in a microbiology class with a number of high school students attending college classes (is this running start?). In the microbiology lab, we handled very dangerous substances, and these young teens were handling them in a very dangerous and irresponsible manner. I felt extremely unsafe in their presence, and I dropped the class. I believe all students should demonstrate more than adequate maturity and responsibility before attending classes that require this level of caution for the sake of themselves and their fellow students. I have no problem with them attending purely academic courses such as math or english if they're ready for them.
 
I don't blame the teens. What I meant was that the participation in classes which require careful responsibility on the part of the students should require that the students have demonstrated that they have such careful responsibility, regardless of their age. Some 40-year-olds act like small undisciplined children, but they've had more time to grow up than the teens.
 
Oddball said:
Yes, why not? I know several teenagers attend their local colleges for two years and it was paid by their local schools, believe it or not. It is for bright students only.
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Correct. We have a program at the university where I work called the "Post Secondary Option" program that allows for high school juniors and seniors to take college classes. However, they must qualify by being in the top 25% of their class, have no less that a 3.5 GPA, and have only a few credits needed toward high school graduation. They must also be planning to seek a degree at an accredited university after they graduate from high school.

In my state, the post secondary programs are paid for by the State Dept. Of Education. While there can be drawbacks, I do believe it is a great program for the kids that aren't being challenged in high school, or those that have run out of accelerated courses to take. Most of them make much better grades and take their school work more seriously than the majority of college freshman.

I can't speak for your university, SimplyMints, but mine restricts the courses in which a PSO student is allowed to enroll. Microbiology would not be open to them. It is an upper level course that requires several pre-requisites that they would not have met. As students , they must qualify at the beginning of each school year, any student exhibiting this type of behavior would be denied future participation. Post secondary enrollment for secondary students is a priviledge that must be earned, and they can be dropped from the program at any time. Earning less than a "B" in any college course would also prevent them continuing in the program.
 
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My younger daughter attended college while in high school. By the time she graduated from high school, I believe she already had about 40 college credits.
 
We had a 13 yrs old here at Texas Tech University. I am sure he is 14 or 15 now, but it was in the paper talking about how he came here with good grades and such.
 
meyag2 said:
Ah, I see. That's true for teenager with brilliant mind then he/she can move up to college or university.

To me, I think teenager should have stay in H.S. and wait until graduation then go to college at 18. So, 14 or 15 yrs old at college?. Your BF's niece who's 17 which is okay because she will be 18. good for her!.
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You cannot against on the age who are quality brainy. It's like you're against on black who cannot go college. Oh! You're deaf, you shouldn't go college. :giggle:
 
jillio said:
I can't speak for your university, SimplyMints, but mine restricts the courses in which a PSO student is allowed to enroll. Microbiology would not be open to them. It is an upper level course that requires several pre-requisites that they would not have met. As students , they must qualify at the beginning of each school year, any student exhibiting this type of behavior would be denied future participation. Post secondary enrollment for secondary students is a priviledge that must be earned, and they can be dropped from the program at any time. Earning less than a "B" in any college course would also prevent them continuing in the program.
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It's possible that one or two of these students graduated high school at a young age due to their academic intelligence, but though they may be scholarly, sometimes this may give them too much confidence, leading them to take unnecessary risks. Their self discipline should be the determining factor in admittance into risky or life-threatening classes, not their age. Like I said, there are older students, my age and older, who are still behaving in an undisciplined manner, putting the responsible students at risk. You can be well disciplined at age 14 or a complete jackass at age 50, or anything anywhere between. This doesn't mean you can't have fun. I just mean you need to know when to follow the rule book and when safety must be your first priority, and not just your safety, but the safety of those around you. If you must test your limits, do so on your own time and at your own risk, not at the risk of others. There should be some way of assessing students seeking these classes to ensure the safety of all the students. They can be the smartest people in the world and still not care about the lives of the people around them.
 
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It's possible that one or two of these students graduated high school at a young age due to their academic intelligence, but though they may be scholarly, sometimes this may give them too much confidence, leading them to take unnecessary risks. Their self discipline should be the determining factor in admittance into risky or life-threatening classes, not their age. Like I said, there are older students, my age and older, who are still behaving in an undisciplined manner, putting the responsible students at risk. You can be well disciplined at age 14 or a complete jackass at age 50, or anything anywhere between. This doesn't mean you can't have fun. I just mean you need to know when to follow the rule book and when safety must be your first priority, and not just your safety, but the safety of those around you. If you must test your limits, do so on your own time and at your own risk, not at the risk of others. There should be some way of assessing students seeking these classes to ensure the safety of all the students. They can be the smartest people in the world and still not care about the lives of the people around them.
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If you are talking about someone who has graduated high school at an early age, this is quite a different situation than the Post-Secondary Option Programs. As long as a student has completed high school, met admission requirements, has been accepted to the university, they can't be restricted from which courses they can take, with the exception of courses requiring a pre-requisite, and then the pre-reqs must be met. However, if a student is believed by a professor to be causing a danger to other students, the professor can request that the student be removed from the class.
 
jillio said:
If you are talking about someone who has graduated high school at an early age, this is quite a different situation than the Post-Secondary Option Programs. As long as a student has completed high school, met admission requirements, has been accepted to the university, they can't be restricted from which courses they can take, with the exception of courses requiring a pre-requisite, and then the pre-reqs must be met. However, if a student is believed by a professor to be causing a danger to other students, the professor can request that the student be removed from the class.
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In that case, I wouldn't mind adding a class in general safety designed to prepare students for the more dangerous classes and workplaces. Some programs preparing students for these kind of workplaces might love the option of adding this class to their course requirements (auto mechanics, welding, electrical engineering, etcetera). It probably doesn't have to be more than a 1 hour class. It could serve as a prerequisite to those classes. To me, my life is worth it. Of course, students can have the option to test out of this class. :)
 
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