Many recent high school graduates feel the same way when they make the decision to further their education. Complete College America (CCA) reports that 42 percent of students entering college were required to take developmental courses. This means that approximately 1,700,000 students per year start in remediation. In April, the ‘Nation’s Report Card’ stated that “Most High School Seniors Aren’t College or Career Ready.” Less than 40 percent of the students they tested scored as college or career ready on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP.

What? Five years of elementary school, three years of middle school, and four years of high school…for what? What do you have to show for your all your time, sweat, and yes…tears, a high school diploma that amounts to a middle school education! Do you feel that you have been cheated, bamboozled, tricked, and lead astray? Well, what are you going to do about it now? Are you going to go back to your old high school and demand your money back? What about all that time you spent in grade school? Will you just pay for, and then take those developmental courses to get the education you thought that you had? Those courses that are supposed to get you “College-ready?” I don’t know about you, but I believed that high school was supposed to prepare you for college, among other things. You graduated. The real question is, "Do you have a high school education?"