Response to Paul Steinmetz blog: "The Age of Reason"

I really enjoyed reading this blog and found the experiment, "Bridges" very interesting. The main reason I chose to go to WCSU was because of their math and SAT requirements. Math and test-taking have always been a huge difficulty for me so when I saw that WCSU didn't have high expectancies for either of those topics, I knew it was a good school to apply too. My first semester of my freshmen year I had a math class and a writing class that were both non-credited classes. Which stunk because my amount of credits were much lower then all my other freshmen peers. As well as automatically put me behind and farther away from reaching my degree throughout my college career. I am not blaming my high school teachers for me having to take non-credited classes in college but they do play a role in the situation. Preparing high school juniors and seniors for college courses, ahead of time, is probably the best route to success for students. Using the program, "Bridges" easily makes the academic transition from high school courses to college courses a million times smoother. I know that if I was about to graduate high school and moving on to my college career, I would really appreciate this program. But since I am in my sophomore year of college this year, I already missed my chance but that means there are so many other chances for so many other students in the future.