Bookstore shelves are packed with dozens of books and CD-ROMs on college entrance guidelines. Those who can afford it can hire college advisers to guide their children through the application process. Valerie Goold, a teacher at Montgomery Middle School, has been there for 27 years. In that time, she has seen younger students become much more concerned about college, which she thinks is a good thing. That was not the case 30 years ago.
Finances are very important.
These students know that they can' t get good-paying jobs if they don' t go to college.