http://knightindragonland.blogpeoria.com/2007/02/10/peoria-watch-spotlights-peoria-promise/ Crossing the River Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:45:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://knightindragonland.blogpeoria.com/2007/02/10/peoria-watch-spotlights-peoria-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-5857 Jill Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:06:49 +0000 http://knightindragonland.blogpeoria.com/2007/02/10/peoria-watch-spotlights-peoria-promise/#comment-5857 I have been researching the Peoria Promise and I think that it is great for the community. Yes maybe the kids with the lower GPA will be getting the scholarships but maybe their GPA is low because they have the mindset of why try, I can't afford to go to school, as long as I pass I still have my degree. I recently graduated high school and I know that the mindset of why does it matter if I try, I have already been accepted came into play. Yet some of these students have been that way their entire life. And if the other kids are so smart then they will also get scholarships from other routes. I am on academic scholarships at ICC and I still think that this is great. Yes I've worked hard for my grades to get where I'm going but the only reason I tried for those grades was to insure I would have a way to get to college. And if one looks at the chart most students don't attend school k-12. So yes there needs to be some stipulations but for the most part its a great way to give kids the oppertunity of college that they have never had before. I have been researching the Peoria Promise and I think that it is great for the community. Yes maybe the kids with the lower GPA will be getting the scholarships but maybe their GPA is low because they have the mindset of why try, I can’t afford to go to school, as long as I pass I still have my degree. I recently graduated high school and I know that the mindset of why does it matter if I try, I have already been accepted came into play. Yet some of these students have been that way their entire life. And if the other kids are so smart then they will also get scholarships from other routes. I am on academic scholarships at ICC and I still think that this is great. Yes I’ve worked hard for my grades to get where I’m going but the only reason I tried for those grades was to insure I would have a way to get to college. And if one looks at the chart most students don’t attend school k-12. So yes there needs to be some stipulations but for the most part its a great way to give kids the oppertunity of college that they have never had before.

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