You Are Going to Pay!

Oftentimes, parents will sit on the fence as to whether or not they want to take the plunge and pay for a private Christian education at Kent Christian Academy. My advice to them is really simple. “Go ahead….because you are going to pay one way or the other. Do it now, while it is cheaper.” What do I mean? Let me show you how you are eventually going to pay.

Just do a “Google” search and you will find that around 75% of incoming college freshman are not ready for college work. Therefore, they are required to take remedial courses. This extends the time they are in college. Remedial courses are the things they should have learned in high school. The parents will pay the same tuition prices; however, it does not go towards the degree. Add to this the amount of time spent in the dorm or at home and as you can see it can become costly very quick.

Now this has borne out true for our graduates at Kent Christian Academy. Two of our four graduates have gone on to college. Not a single one had to take a remedial course. They got right into their college level work. In addition, another graduate went into the Army and qualified for a very rigorous U.A.V. pilot school. He finished on time without one single setback.

I’ll will never forget when one of our graduates called me one day and said…”Dr. Gabbard, 80% of the incoming freshman class had to take remedial courses and I was not one of them!! In fact, I didn’t even have to take math my first semester!”

So it just makes financial sense to pay up front now while it is considerably less expensive.

However, there is another way you will pay…..if you do not pay now. Let me give you a real life example of what happened at our school a few years ago.

KCA teaches a very, very strong sense of personal responsibility. We teach students from a young age that they are responsible for their lives and their actions. If those actions are inappropriate then you must bear the responsibility for those bad choices. It is no one else’s fault but yours.

A few years ago I had a mother that was constantly making excuses for her son. Every time he got in trouble, it was always someone else’s fault.

After a confrontation one day with the student, the mother came to my office and again took his defense. I said to her…”If you continue down this road of bailing him out every time he gets in trouble, then one of these days he is going to end up in jail and…..”

Before I could even finish the sentence she said…”And I’ll bail him out of there too!!!”

At that point, I told her we were done….and to get her son and leave.

A few months ago, she was bailing her son out of jail.

One of my teachers recently said, “I bet she was thinking of you the whole time she was driving down to the jail.”

So, an investment in a good, solid education like children receive at Kent Christian Academy is certainly worth it!!

Remember, one way or the other…..you are going to pay!