Throughout my life, education has been one of my top priorities. My mother has been the main reason for this. She has always wanted to see my brother and I succeed, mainly due to her mistakes. When she was 16, she got pregnant and dropped out of high school. So, she tries to do everything in her power to prevent us from making similar mistakes. If it was not for my mother I likely would have been deprived of motivation throughout my educational career, but I knew I had to keep on going, not only
College Education Purpose Before World War II, attending college was a privilege, usually reserved for the upper class, but, in today’s society scholarships, grants, and loans are available to the average student which has made pursuing a college education a social norm. Norms are usually good, they help keep society run in an organized manner by sharing common rules and values. But, when pursuing a college education becomes a norm, it does more destruction than good. For a lot of students
The Shortcomings of College Education "The more we know the world around us, the more successful we will be." This quote, from the introduction of my high school chemistry book, was my driving force as a teenager to attend college. My expectations of college were to gain insight into a world that I had not yet discovered. I had high aspirations of receiving a good education and obtaining a good job when I graduated. But four years later when graduation day arrived, I felt unfulfilled. In evaluating
Uses of a College Education Is there really a difference between common sense and book sense? In general, common sense is that sixth sense or that survival intuition that has been given to every animal on earth. Therefore, common sense is literally an instinct or an advanced understanding about one’s surroundings. Many people think of common sense as intuition or wisdom that comes from living a life that exposes one to many different experiences and circumstances. On the other hand, book
Imagine the perfect college. You are in your senior year of high school looking at universities, but it is no longer a month after month long process. You just know what college is right for you. President Obama wants to do just that for students, or so he thinks. The Obama plan for college education is to rank colleges and universities by their number of students who finish school and the earning of their graduates (the Monitor’s Editorial Board). Federal aid will then be given to higher ranked
States has stressed the importance of college education, to those seeking employment, and better careers. For most people, college is the logical next step in education, as it provides a working knowledge of a desired field and opens the door to many opportunities, but college has become increasingly more expensive as time goes on. Many people feel that college is no longer an option financially. Even with financial aid and scholarships, the cost of a college education can still be very taxing. This is
Education needs to be affordable to all, but the notion that everyone should go to college in order to get a good job ignores reality. Education is an important pillar that facilitates economic well being of a person and improves the human resources in a country across various industries. However, there is an increasing number of Americans enrolling for college degree programs, but there is a mismatch of market requirements and what most people attain. Attaining a college degree is seen as the main
have always had full intention of going to college and graduating to make my family proud, but often I find myself wondering if it is even worth it. I always start strong and become lazy and stop trying half way through the semester mostly because I become discouraged. I have high aspirations, but want it all to come easily, which will never happen. I see family members who have not gone to college, in positions of power and then I begin to think that college is just a waste of my time. I understand
When people think of a college education, they think of a better job and more money. Not many people think of the social skills college brings to the life of students. Most people go to college to receive a higher income in his/her field, while others go to have better opportunities, make connections and start a tradition. Although college is not the only road to success, it is a road that many often choose to take because society has grown to the idea of having to attend college after high school or
“Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better-educated countries grow faster and innovate more than other countries. But going to college is not enough. You also have to study the right subjects” (Alex Tabarrok). Education is something that is extremely vital in life during these times that we live in. Higher paying jobs come with years and years of school and studying. A vast number
Is College education worth it? Albert Einstein once said, “The value of college education is not the learning of many facts but training the mind to think”. While keeping that in mind realize the more education you have the smarter you will be. The most education you can get in life is a college education. According to Cbsnews.com “76 percent of freshman were accepted into their No. 1 college.” With the hopes of getting into college, students also fear if they are making the correct choice in life
A college education provides a positive impact on peoples lives, for example, economically stable, better salary, better jobs opportunities. The debate on college education has become a controversy over the years. Beyond the vocation and the desire to be a professional, an education provides personal benefit, also, benefits our country, more educated people equals to a better future. Education can improve your prospects for development, both personally and professionally and in terms of revenue.
College. It is the seven-letter word that almost every child will hear thousands of times while they are growing up. They constantly are bombarded by the idea that they must go to college if they want to be successful. However, what if this is a false statement. What if college isn’t as great as everyone makes it out to seem. Well, these days some people believe that young people are better off, not going to college. Over the years the economy around the world has changed. It has prospered, and it
Is College Really Worth It? Is it necessary to have a college degree before having the opportunity to experience the dream career of your choice? Depending on what background you came from, there are different reasons why we go to college. Most of us go due to career change/job position, increase our intellect/knowledge, not to be stigmatized, playing as a role model either to our children or even someone that we care of. In his essay, “A College Education: What Is Its Purpose?” Andrew DelBanco
College tuition is very expensive and many people are unable to attend due to the overall cost of tuition, books, room and board. The high price of a college education is unfair to the bright students who have limited resources. These students are at a disadvantage because of lack of funds. The United States should find a way to provide free tuition to all students who want an education. In our lives today, not everyone can financially afford to attend a four year university or college, but yet
students were enrolled in college in 2013(procon.org). More and more people are going to college every year. It may be expensive to go to college, but it all pays off. The reason why more people keep enrolling in college is because it really is worth it. It is worth spending the time and money on a college education because people who have a college education can have more Job opportunities, more benefits, and bigger salaries. One of the many reasons why getting a college education is worth it is because
Students differ in shape, size, color, and age. From kindergarten to college, many students are expected to follow a linear educational path regardless of life obstacles and other hindrances. Unfortunately, judgmental and oppressive eyes often intercept any deviation from this path. Lailah Gifty Akita once said, “You are never old to begin self-seeking.” A college education immediately after high school is not the correct path for everyone, as adult students have taken a rise in the collegiate atmosphere
The Irrelevance of a College Education Finding myself a college junior at age 56, I have often thought about why one might want an education in the first place. When asked why it's taken me so long to complete college, well almost complete, my reasons are both simple and complex. I never real ly liked high school that much and my family moved around a lot. As a result, I attended several high schools. In retrospect, I now understand that high school is difficult even if one never moves. But I digress
Our nation needs more college graduates, and will be in need for more educated individuals as our world becomes more complex. Our generation is being exposed to so much discouragement and therefore focusing on all the cliche negatives about a college education such as “wasting” so many years of our lives sitting through long lectures in addition to having to pay and owe a massive amount of money, therefore being in debt for the rest of your life and rendering your degree worthless. Others fear the
As colleges’ funds dry up, colleges must turn to the public to further support higher education. By raising state taxes, colleges can collect funds to help improve the school’s budgets. The state provides funds from the taxes for colleges to receive a certain amount for each student currently enrolled. All community and traditional four year colleges collect these funds in order to maintain the school’s budget. As reporter, Eric Kelderman states, “less than a third of colleges’ budget is based from