Recently, Obama came up with an agenda which says “We expect all our children not only to graduate from high school but to graduate from college and get a good-paying job” Now expecting all students to get a four year bachelor’s degree is not plausible suggestion. Without a question, it is certainly not necessary for every student to get a four year degree because there are alternatives which facilitate a student to get a high paying job.
Intelligent students may or may not need a bachelor’s degree to achieve success. Even a two year diploma is enough for them to earn money or achieve success. If we analyze the mindset of an intelligent student they tend to focus on a particular subject of interest which they find most intriguing. This results in less focus on other subjects. An intelligent student may not be able to concentrate on other subjects that extend to failure, and the student might not want to complete a four year degree. He would rather concentrate on his subject of interest and master it. Consider a real life example, Bill Gates, he was a college dropout, he was so focused on operating systems concept that he decided not to study anything other than that. He is successful even though he did not complete a four year degree.
Will a four year bachelor’s degree make a student successful? Not necessarily. Will a four year bachelor’s degree make a student rich? No. Success is different for each individual; some consider becoming millionaire is success. Success can be of any degree of achievement. For some students becoming famous is success. A four year degree does not guarantee success. A four year degree will not make a student wealthy or famous. It depends on how passionate the student is about a par...
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Finally, I will conclude that every student should not get a four year degree because each student is different and that their unique abilities which they can apply to alternative fields will take them to success and not year degree will. Students should consider their interests and think it through before opting for a four year degree because it may result in loss of money and time. Choosing a four year degree is as critical as marriage decision, what you choose now affects your future. Parents who are rich may not mind spending money on a four year degree even if their child is not successful. However, poor parents would get affected if their child was not successful. So, it is not about getting a four year bachelors degree but success is more important after-all a student wants to achieve something in life.
A college Degree used to be an extraordinary accolade but now its just another thing that we need in order to be successful, at this points its nothing more than a paperweight to some. Mike Rose states, “Intelligence is closely associated with formal education—the type of schooling a person has, how much and how long—and most people seem to move comfortably from that notion to a belief that work requiring less schooling requires less intelligence” (Mike Rose 276). In other words the author of Blue-Collar Brilliance, Mike Rose, believes that blue-collar jobs require intelligence as well. I agree that those who work blue-collar jobs need to be intelligent, a point that needs emphasizing since so many people believe that those who work blue-collar jobs aren't intelligent and that why they have them. Although I also believe that
Secondary education rises faster in price than auto insurance. Yet, secondary education is almost required in the United States to succeed. Yes, there are hundreds of people in the United States that have been successful without a college degree, but they are outliers. Students should choose not to go to college based on outliers, but go to college based on the fact thousands have succeeded because of their college degrees. It is more important then ever to know what makes a college great if students are going to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars over four
The article Should the Obama Generation Drop Out, written by Charles Murray, a politicial scientist, is the idea of disregarding the bachelor 's degree as a job qualification. With his leadership role as the President, Murray believes Barrack Obama should be the one to make this happen. “It 's what you can do that should count when you apply for a job, not where you learned to do it” (Murray 1). Not every family can afford to send their child to a four-year college to get a bachelors degree, while not every child wants to obtain a bachelors. What about the children who aren’t at the top of their academic class or can 't afford college, but would like a career? It 's not just the career focused classes you 're required to take, but there’s also
The common idea of college comes in the form of the 4-year university. Going to a university, students are exposed to the “traditional” college experience, which is a unique experience that many people wish to have. The experience isn’t the only thing that draws people to this option, the more common reason that draws people to a 4-year university is the potential to make more money than a non-college graduate, and according to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2014 the average income of a young adult who worked full-time with a bachelor 's degree made approximately $49,900 a year, which is 66 percent higher than young adults with only high school credentials, who only make approximately $30,000 a year. Attending post-secondary school also has been proven, according to the population reference bureau, to improve a person 's overall health, “ For example, remaining life expectancy at age 25… is about a decade shorter for people who do not have a high school degree compared with those who have completed college.” (Hummer). So, attending a postsecondary school not only improves your income, but it can affect you physically also. Even though 4-year university seems like a clear path to a bachelor’s degree and a large profit potential, the downside can easily outweigh the
Some students would argue that a college education is not a vital aspect of the future of children because it is too much schooling, costs too much, and it is not needed for their future. First of all, these students have struggled through 13 years of school whether elementary, middle, or high school. They have endured many long days and late nights to pass their classes. Although it is true that 4+ more years of school will be mentally tough and hard to endure, these important years will help shape
Numerous of people accepted that going to a four-year school is an important for profession victory. The actuality is that numerous scholars are entering school after secondary school totally unassuming – scholastically, inwardly, and financially. The income is truly more then a person coming straight out of high school, which you are grossing about 10,000 to 15,000 more having a degree. More businesses are looking more for college students who has a degree because of the value that it holds having a professional education demonstrates the potential manage...
However, the question that does stand is if a college education is right for every high school student. From early education to secondary education, the belief that one can go anywhere from here and achieve whatever they set their minds to have been pounded into students heads. With these statements, there is always that underlying idea that these goals can only be achieved with the help of a college education, but this isn’t always the case. Counselors and teachers have been scouring the halls and classrooms in high schools encouraging the prospect of college while neglecting to offer other paths and choices that could fit a student better. Almost every person in this country can agree that school is a remarkable honor and something that is definitely not frowned upon, but the pressures to only look towards and pursue college could get in the way of what is best for a certain individual. By telling all students that they should attend college no matter the circumstances is potentially doing some of them a disservice
As we all know that money don’t’ bring all of the happiness; however, it is one of the main sources for reaching higher potential and goals. There are thousands of examples used as a reference by certain authority figures that became successful in the business world that enables others to dispute the benefit of having a higher education. The list starts with Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, Richard Branson, Michael Dell, and Steve Wozniak, all of them either did not learn or finished obtaining a degree. Generally, the list of successful people with higher education is much longer. Furthermore, when we talk about finances, the most successful investors not only have had higher education, they also had higher financial education, and such people include: Warren Buffet, George Soros, Peter Lynch. In the business world, too, such people are not enough. Finally, Google, for instance, was a ultimate graduate project of Sergei Brin and Larry Page. Who knows, if they would have dropped out of the university, then all of us would still have to use the search of Yahoo. Regardless of the success of certain individuals mentioned above, one with higher education has the ability not only analyze a given problems, it gives them the ability to learn a new skill much easier and apply in
The debate on whether or not students should attend college after achieving a high school degree is one that many would like to consider two-sided; Debra Humphreys says that “going to college is clearly better than not going,” but Claire Potter mentions the opposite side, quoting an unnamed professor who says that “the vast majority of people who end up in our community college system don’t belong in college at all.” I would argue that the issue is not two-sided, and that there are more complexities to the issue than are always printed in media; to say that all college students should go to college or that all should not attempt to place a variety of different cases into a single group. Perhaps a better option is to say that college (in the traditional sense, with boarding and special liberal arts programs) should be recognized as an option for students immediately after their high school graduation, but other options, including the choice to go to vocational school or entrance straight into the workforce, should be considered.
Education is one of the most important factors to any person’s success in their lifetime, but is higher education really worth it? The answer is found in the article “America’s Most Overrated Product: The Bachelor’s Degree.” Written by Marty Nemko who was most likely inspired to write this because of his experience as a career counselor. In this article Nemko addresses the parents of potential college students to inform them the truth about college’s being money hungry businesses. He brings fourth multiple examples of why bachelor degrees are overrated and how colleges are not being held to a high enough standard. Additionally, he argues that going to college isn’t even necessary for success, and that many of the skills needed to succeed in the workplace are already in the successful students not just taught at some college. The text as a whole reveals the ugly truth that colleges are more focused on making money than actually helping their students succeed and because of this fact parents should take action to protect their students from being harmed in the process.
College is not so much a promise of success as it is a chance at success. Young adults should not feel like college is the best and only option for them. Robert Reich emphasizes this idea in his writing, stating “Last year, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 46 percent of recent college graduates were in jobs that don’t even require a college degree.” For a lot of people, college can be a really bad investment, and although more and more jobs do require a degree there are many jobs that don’t. Even after getting a degree many people find that they are working in a job that has nothing to do with their field of study. Also, Collge is not something that is for everyone, but working is Len Penzo stated “There are plenty of relatively well-paying jobs available that don’t require a college degree. According to US Labor Department projections, 63% of all new jobs that will be created between now and 2020 won’t require a college degree.” For the last few decades, college degrees have served as a guarantee for easy access to a middle-class life. But the middle class is on the decline. Although the necessity of having a college degree continues to rise in our society, there are also many new and innovative ways for people to find a way to make a living without a college degree. Those who have been putting their trust in the old system are finding themselves with nowhere to climb. Finally, college just simply is not something everyone can handle Penzo also stated that “Not everybody is college material. If they were, 54% of all Americans who enroll in college wouldn’t eventually become dropouts. Look, college is hard enough for those who are motivated; for people attending who don’t really want to be there, it’s almost impossible.” The idea that every young person needs to go college is wrong. College can be a pathway to success, but it can also be a waste of time and
In conclusion, High school graduates have several opportunities other than the traditional 4 year college which includes two year community college, online classes, apprenticeship, military, job, trade school and starting a business. Attending a 4 year traditional school does not measure students’ success. College isn’t for everyone; which means that there are several other things students can do other than going to a 4 year traditional school.
The ability to gain a degree in any field of study is highly important in American society, possessing skills and knowledge over your job emphasizes the significance of higher education. Especially, for job promotions that would cause someone to make more than their fellow colleagues. In our increasingly competitive economic society, having the minimal of a high school diploma is not enough to provide financial stability nor will it help to compete in a workforce in which the best-educated are the ones that are rewarded the most. Therefore, higher education is a crucial necessity in order to move up the socioeconomic ladder and qualify for higher paying jobs. The rising costs of college, however, is making it harder for Americans to obtain
There is a lot of pressure put on high school students to go to college. Junior and Senior year of high school all students hear is ‘where are you going to college’ and ‘what are you going to do with your life’. Such questions can be overwhelming and cause a lot of stress for students. It’s been put into everyone’s minds that in order to be successful you absolutely have to go to college and get a degree. Not every successful person went to college. The idea of college can put a lot of stress onto a person when they think it is the only way to be successful, but it is possible to be successful without a degree thus students should not be pressured into going to college as soon as they graduate high school.
A university degree does not guarantee professional success. " Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential." John Maxwell.