I found Green’ article to be very interesting and insightful. It brought back some memories of when I was pursuing my bachelor’s degree. At that time, a bachelor degree was considered a high achievement. It provided better economic opportunities and security for me and my family. I was able to apply for a teacher position and everything was fantastic. A couple of years later, I decided to apply for a supervisor position, however, my bachelor degree and years of experiences were no longer enough. A higher education degree was required for a supervisor position. So, I went back to school to pursue a master’s degree. Currently, I am seeking a doctoral degree in pursuit of being qualified to work with instructional design and other fields related to online design. …show more content…
224). Our own competitiveness and standard of living depends directly on our ability to increase the higher education. I also agree with the following statement: “If a high school diploma is pursued” to gain a job opportunity, and if no has that advantage, more value your degree will have (Curren, 2007, p. 224). In other words, “the goal of trying to bring all students to the point of getting a high school diploma undercuts the instrumental value of that diploma” (Clabaugh & Rozyck, 1999)
I do not agree with Green’s statement: “The reason why we have a drop-out problem is not that we have too many drop-outs, but that we have too few” (p.235). According to the US Department of Education (n.d.), the statistical findings suggest that 1 in every 5 students will drop out of high school between the 10th - 12th grade for one reason or another. If this information is accurate, then, we may have a high rate of