As a 18 year old boy soon to be facing the world of college, I find this article by Agape Press very interesting. This article speaks about the alarming amount of teens that enter college as Christians and leave as atheists. This is positively scary. As a friend of mine put it:
"College will either make you or break you spiritually"
and I believe him. A secular college can be a beehive of liberal and atheist thought for a fresh-from-high-school home educator. So what is a young Christian to do?
Well, let me see.
1. You can attend a Christian college.
2. You can attend a secular college but live at home and avoid much after class mishmash. But that really doesn't help with the liberal atheistic teachers, so you must...
3. Study the Bible, history and science so much beforehand that you can refute the guy with the doctorate degree.
4. Not attend college.
Hmm well, what's a guy to do? I had thought of attending ECU near my home here in Oklahoma, but after finding out that one of the political science teachers is gay, I started to look for other options. I have always loved the thought of going to Patrick Henry College, but that is thousands of miles from home and that would put me seeing friends and family here only on holidays.
For more of my thoughts on college please see this post. It includes a list of colleges I am looking at and the pro's and con's of each. Have a look!
After that, let me ask you guys a question or two. What do you guys think about college? What are your plans? What do you see your self doing in 5-10 years? Please leave me a comment and let me know.
The Blogging Boy Scout,
Travis
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Thanks for the encouragement! :) I would STRONGLY encourage you to attend PHC, as you would be less than an hour away from me... :D And if you joined ROTC, you would be doing it with me! (PHC has an arrangement with GMU such that PHC students can take ROTC at GMU. And GMU has lots of scholarships available.... :D )
But seek God and do what He wants. :)
Err, that should be, "And GMU's ROTC has lots of scholarships available (they probably gave at least 1/4 of their freshman 4-year scholarships!). :)
Hey Travis,
Brett and I are planning on going to PHC. Due to much success in the NCFCA (a homeschool forensics league started by Mike Farris and his daughter, Christy), I actually have a full scholarship, both to Liberty University and Patrick Henry.
As a side note, Brett and I visited the campus earlier this year (supposedly the youngest ever to do so), and met with the director of admissions. They give a majority of their scholarships on a merit basis. Go do something incredible for God and country, and you'll get a very good amount of financial assistance.
Another reason why Brett and I like PHC, is because my brother Josh and his family are less than an hour away in Gaithersburg, MD. Not to mention that some of our closest friends from around the country are going there. We firmly believe that PHC is the place to be if you want to network with the future leaders of the Christian community.
God bless!
- Alex
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