The Pros And Cons Of Community College

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For the many high school students graduating this year, how would they react to receiving two free years of community college? Majority of high school students would be very excited to have two free years of community college and it would reduce some of the stresses that come with going to college. Right now President Obama is trying to implement a two year free community college plan that would allow high school students wanting to go to college an option for many of the on-the-fence types of high school students today. High school students who before did not think that they would be cut out for college because of financial reasons are not going to worry anymore about this issue. President Obama’s proposal comes with a few requirements that …show more content…

The message that Obama is trying to send is that every high school student should have a chance to go to a community college with the two year free community college plan that he plans to implement into our education system will allow an affordable option to go to a community college for many high school students. In today’s world, college students everywhere give up because of the piling debt that they have accrued during their college career. College students are paying nearly sixty percent of their paycheck just to make payments on their student loans (Berman). Obama plans to lessen the burden of these student loans for people coming out of high school by making the first two years of community college free for everyone that is coming out of high school. Also for the high school students that are afraid going to college, this is a very good way for them to get their over their fears of going to college because the first two years are free.. This proposal by Obama will also help people who want to go back to college after being away for awhile; for example, single parents that dropped of college young to take care of their kids and want to attend college again after many years have passed. The two year free community college will do wonders to reduce the stress of the financial part of college for many of the lower wealth high school students that plan to attend a community college and for people who have not seen college in some

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