Having just completed an associates at community college at the age of fifty two weeks ago I'll stand as the authority on kids in school today!

Seriously young people were less likely to finish the program than older students, mostly because they would miss classes and fall behind and stop showing up, just like I did at their age. 15 credit semesters are a bitch and if you aren't ready to devote yourself to them it won't end well.

Text books are a scam. I've worked my way up through linear algebra in previous college experiences and if the problem sets weren't in the book than I wasn't going to open the book. You Tube has the worlds best lecturers available at anytime for free you just got to find the one that understands why you aren't getting it.

I bought the text books for my first two terms of my associates and then never again. I got a 4.0 and I didn't use Chat GPT for the bulk of my classwork. I'll admit to using it for my high purity water class after I had already gotten a low purity water job and abandon all hope of making less money at Intel.

I felt like I met a few young people who were very on the ball in classes and this wasn't at one of your fancy universities, these were knuckle dragging community college student.