| Community college seems to have a terrible stigma | | | | Most people haven't been exposed to everything as |
| surrounding it. People see community college as a | | | | they get ready to leave high school and so, community |
| waste of time and an embarrassment for people to | | | | college can help you learn more. By taking the low |
| attend. These ideas are a terrible misconception that | | | | level courses there, you can then look around later on |
| needs refuting. | | | | and find the college that fits the major you'd like to |
| First, an important facet of community college is that | | | | take.z |
| you get out of it what you put in. If you want to coast | | | | Finally, as long as you go to a good college afterward, |
| through community college, you can do that and you | | | | no one will penalize you for it. You will still have the |
| will leave knowing little more than you knew entering, | | | | good college on your resume, you simply will have |
| only two years have gone by. However, if you put in a | | | | saved yourself two years of tuition cost. Thus, you get |
| lot of energy and time, you'll learn a lot in courses at a | | | | all the rewards with none of the penalties. |
| much lower cost. What's more, because teachers at | | | | The one major loss by attending a community college |
| these schools often do not have to do research, they | | | | is that you often will miss out on the community |
| will typically place a greater emphasis on the teaching | | | | aspects of a real school. By living in a dorm at a |
| side of courses. | | | | college, you get to meet other people and live on your |
| Second, these schools serves as a great place to | | | | own, an experience that is lost while attending these |
| broaden your awareness of what opportunities are | | | | schools where most people live at home. |
| out there and enable you to find what you want to do. | | | | |