Argumentative Essay On Education

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Education is a very powerful key to success in modern day American society. More often than not, a person will not be able to find a decent job unless they have graduated from a reputable college with a degree. Because of this change in society, it has brought a lot of pressure by parents for their child to graduate and get a degree. A lot of those who graduate with a degree are not always the best candidate for the job, and even with the degree, they are not even always guaranteed a job. But personally, getting an education shouldn’t be as big of a deal, as it is now. Back in the day, most people did not go to college, none the less graduated from high school; yet they still made it through and learned lots of things from their jobs that they acquired.
Rose talks about how his mother and uncle are intellectual outside of the education system. This backs up the previous point by saying that education is not for everyone and that you should be considered intellectual without a college education. This idea proves Graff’s argument wrong which says that street smarts are not intellectual because they do not have an education. This theory is not true because Rose’s uncle …show more content…

They might think that it is not worth their money. Some may argue that it is because by getting an education or degree you would have a better chance of making more money and having a better future. Statistics show that more than 3.5 million high school graduates, found that poverty remains a more important indicator of whether a student will go to college than high school demographics or location (thehuffingtonpost.com). This is also another reason why education is so stressed in our society today. If more people start to think like this, it can only end in a bad way. Statistics show that by the age of 26, high school graduates have failed to enroll in college because of their financial standing

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