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Rich kids at community college

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman.


There is a group of nicely turned-out kids you would expect to find at prestigious universities rather than at a community college.

Some of them have confided to me (a safe uncle that won’t lecture them) that they had botched high school; others have limped home after a semester or two at college. This is way traumatic for the children of high-expectation zip codes. Community colleges offer a path to redemption—and older students particularly embrace the gift of a do-over.

You and I will meet these kids again. One of them may stabilize our vital signs on the way to an emergency room, another may ping the OS that allows us to control a car when we are deep into our dotage.

Pat Shiplett

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