A Collective Effort Should Be Made From The Educative Staff

College is a time in life where students attain a sense of the real world and commence a new road to independence. Despite the alluring effects of a college education, many high school students have yet to decide whether or not college is worth paying for.  As time progresses, colleges are raising their demand on finances in return for a person to become acquainted with the intellectual properties for their desired career choice. Due to this dilemma, numerous teenagers have been dropping out of high school believing that college is unnecessary in order to find a job immediately. The progressive increase of financial gain in colleges have also raised some concern to the group of people that do wish to attend college, but cannot afford to obtain such prerequisite. While some may claim that college is not a valuable coming of age experience due to a personal conviction in which a college education is not able to fulfill one's goals, or appease prior expectations, college is able to be considered as a valuable coming of age experience nonetheless. The reasoning behind this is that a college experience allows an individual to discover their ambitions for the future and provide knowledge of who they are, while additionally providing a sense of purpose to their life in the future by transforming them into a more prosperous person.

Lawrence B. Schlake, author of the article Not Going To College Is A Viable Option, suggest that there are many different opportunities that can lead to further success in life other than attending college. Throughout the article, Schlake references the European “gap year” and numerous other reliable options instead of college. As a superintendent, Mr. Schlake is a credible source when it comes to dealing with students entering the workforce or exploring career opportunities. The use of persuasive techniques and evidence displayed throughout the article is very effective in persuading the reader that college isn’t suited for everyone.

People expect students to educate themselves and go to college. However, college now a days is not worth the cost because of social changes, the increase in inflation and bankruptcy. Not attending college might make some people’s lives easier because they can just find a job without a degree.

After high school students are faced with the decision to continue pursuing a more advanced education or going into the workforce as society would label it “uneducated”. Although there are more deciding factors than simply

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Students in the class are social and very active in class. Students learn how to be respectful, attentive, and demonstrate good behavior in the classroom. The teacher will create a suitable learning environment so that each student can grasp the concepts. There will also be small groups formed for better learning and support opportunities.

Young people at the aged of 16 and over had been given the opportunity either to leave school and start employment or to stay and continue with their education. Many do still choose one of these options.

Currently, in hundreds of cities around the US, students who are struggling with their classes drop out of high school so they can begin making money immediately in low-mobility jobs. These jobs, colloquially know as “dead-end jobs”, neither benefit the participant, nor the society in which they are active to anything more than a marginal extent. This essentially worsens the condition of economic depression in the area, which is what originally led to the need for low-mobility immediate employment. If it wasn’t for this need-based economic motivation, and the students predecessors seemingly demonstrating to them that dropping-out can be a viable solution, there remains only one exterior impediment to the student to academic success. This barrier

According to Arne Duncan, 25% of U.S. high school students drop out or do not graduate on time, which is one out of every four people. In the article, “The Vision of Education Reform in the United States,” Duncan also informs that, “Almost one million students leave our schools for the streets each year.” (Duncan). The U.S. used to lead the world in college attainment but is tied for ninth now. The students themselves willingly choose to give up expanding their knowledge, which negatively affects their future. Consequently, they are unable to obtain a well-paying occupation for the price of inadequately acquiring their diploma.

After one graduates from high school, they are thrown in to adult life. Adult life is scary, uncharted territory for most young adults. When we are thrown straight in to life without the proper life skills to conquer it, life can quickly become overwhelmingly stressful. In a 2014 study conducted of recent high school graduates, 83% of students reported some gaps in their education when asked how their high school education prepared them for life and, or, college. (Kirst) If high school students are leaving high school without skills such as basic communication, financial literacy, and social skills, we are breeding a generation of young adults who cannot properly care for themselves.

John Beckley, the first librarian of the United States Congress, once said, “Most people don’t plan to fail; they fail to plan.” I have found this to be true in many areas of life, including my college classes. Having almost completed my first semester of Composition I, I have realized that college presents a new arena of life, and therefore demands thoughtful planning, planning made necessary by new found freedom. Freedom is a relative term in college; it is experienced in and out of the classroom, in both creativity and time management. With new found freedoms that college brings, comes heightened responsibility to prioritize and plan for classroom success. I will share specifically about my experience in Composition I.

There comes a time when we have to ask ourselves, “Do I really have to go to college?” Every student has to think about their future and wonder which path would be the best path to follow. One path can hurt you or make your life very successful. High school students have to make a huge decision on whether college is the right fit for them. There are many different reasons for why students don’t want to attend college, but the two main reasons are the financial cost and the challenge of finding a job after college. College puts graduate students in the worst place because they are thousands of dollars in debt, and many colleges say, “You will have a great time after college and finding a job is easy” that isn’t the case for many students. Many

In today’s society, American youth are facing a major crisis. The government’s statistics show that a large percentage of young men and women are joining the ranks of the unemployed. The most startling fact is that many of these individuals are recent college graduates. Many studies stress the importance of a college education, calling it an “economic investment” and the “most important choice made in a person’s lifetime”. Indeed, the decision to pursue college education is important, but many people do not consider the risks of doing so. While going to college seems like a noble pursuit, it is simply not feasible for this generation of young people, as the astronomical expenses, fierce competition of the job market, and the increasing obsolescence of the college degree are major deciding factors against the idea of getting a college education.

Because certain needs must be fulfilled before teaching and pedagogical strategies become effective, lower level needs should be satisfied before higher level needs can be functional and operative. Not only can the satisfaction and motivation of students be affected by the very nature of learning and the outcomes they expect to gain, but also by the learning environment they situate and their relationships with peers, and most specifically, their feelings and perceptions about me. Therefore, constructing an optimal social and learning community is absolutely indispensable to my class and the formation of emotional bonds between my students and me. A learning community serves as a reminder for educators that students come to class to acquire enriching and empowering dispositions, knowledge, skills, and values, which go beyond merely performing tasks and

when a young person has to choose whether to leave school or continue in full-time education at 16+); those initiated by the young people themselves, for a variety of reasons.’ (Hodkinson et al, 1996 p.4.)