Life is full of little deaths and rebirths, beginnings and ends. The fallen tree in the forest makes room for new saplings to come into this world. The bloated, over-the-hill NFL quarterback, who had once been relevant but now only serves as a generator of sex scandals, must retire in shame so that a new player may take his place to be beaten stupid. And here in community college, we too find ourselves caught in this cycle of regeneration at the beginning of every fall semester when we are swamped with a wave of high-school-seniors-turned-community-college-freshmen.
But just what do these nameless, faceless resource leeches think of the system that they are taking part in?
A great starting point would be to ask a prospective community college student. Michelle Reber is a senior at Mercy SF, who says that she will probably attend community college. She was kind enough to give her thoughts on what she thought of community college, and specifically on Skyline.
“It’s an option,” said Reber. “But I wouldn’t want to go to Skyline because it looks depressing. It looks cold and