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Even students who are able to learn independently need credentials. And is your statement about the average class of 15 year olds based on research or is it pu

• barry-cotter 8y ago
  Credentials are very helpful but none of the boot camps gives credentials worth a damn and plenty of their graduates get good jobs. Credentials are not always bad everywhere necessary. My statement about the average class of 15 year olds is based on my exposure to the children I tutor, having been a 15 year old myself, observation and a certain amount of reading in the psychological literature, mostly the monotonic increase in conscientiousness that goes at least into the late twenties. I actually have great respect for the capacity of teenagers to learn and achieve; I just think very little of their discipline. I’ve no doubt at least a third of the average high school class could do lambdaschool’s front end or data science course. Given a similar level of support, scheduling and structure I’m sure at least a quarter could complete the curriculum of many Master’s degrees. But the average college student is older, more conscientious and smarter than the average 15 year old. Twenty percent drop out. More graduate in six years than in four. The average 15 year old is in no way prepared to self study given just text books and a syllsbus.