My roommate always complained about her summer job as a hostess, she would say how she couldn’t believe how many hours she worked for so little pay and that she couldn’t wait to graduate and go into a job she actually liked and make a decent salary. Goals like hers are what push people to go to college, but just because you have the desire doesn’t mean you have the drive. By the time midterm grades came out, she wasn’t going to class and had dropped one of her classes. Then the first week of November she withdrew from the university and left. People ask me if I was surprised when it happened and I say yes but in actuality, I actually wasn’t surprised. She wasn’t ready for college, she thought it was like high school; if she woke up that morning and didn’t want to go to class she just wouldn’t go and send an email that sounded strangely like a note from mom excusing her because she overslept. Some people aren’t ready to leave home yet, and that’s okay, but some people aren’t willing to work for what they want, and that’s not okay. College isn’t for everyone, whether it’s too far from home or the student doesn’t have the drive to go to class and complete their degree. Students believe that college is a necessity since that’s all that parents, teachers, guidance counselors, and even strangers have told them for years. Students feel obligated to go and then if they drop out or don’t complete their degree they feel ashamed and embarrassed because of the expectations of their
I am fortunate enough to have parents that can afford to send me to college, and support my choice to pursue a higher education. By attending college, I will eventually graduate with a degree and later earn a high paying career. Along with this, I have found college to be a way to discovering who I am. I have been able to move out, take over my own bills, and earn responsibility by doing so. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to attend college. Financial reasons typically hold individuals back from attending universities, and that later may affect their lives. Although I attend class daily, the true effect college will have on me in the future goes unnoticed. An education is something that is highly valued, and so important. Everyone should have the chance to have an education, but unfortunately, it does not happen. College for me, is a privilege. Therefore, I will work hard to earn my degree, and later put it to
In the essay, “Where College Fails Us”, Caroline Bird talks about how college isn’t for everyone, and high school students should critically examine if a college degree is worth their time and money. Bird says high school students feel pressured by their parents and teachers to attend college because they are taught that a college degree will earn them more money, make them “better” people, and make them more responsible citizens. She says because students feel forced to go they are unhappy, and often times drop out. Bird also states that although college graduates care more about a job that matters to them than the money, they aren’t guaranteed a job in their field of study because there aren’t and probably never will be enough jobs requiring
High school graduation marks the start of young adults’ lives, a time where they are expected to decide what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Many young adults are pressured into attending college, whether they have determined their goal or not, but is it necessary? “The Case Against College,” an article written by Linda Lee, a mother who has questioned the former belief that college equals success, claims that “not everyone needs a higher education.” College, though beneficial to many, is not for everyone and should not determine an individual’s life.
In a May 2003 persuasive article published by USA Today titled “College isn’t for Everyone”, the author W.J. Reeves states “about 15 million people in America are enrolled in college.” This is a staggering amount considering the fact that many people are in college for all the wrong reasons. About half of the Americans enrolled in college are there because they feel they owe it to their families. Only a small number of Americans in college actually feel it is necessary for successful lives. In this article, Reeves recollects on his experiences as a college English professor at an institution in New York. He speaks of how he believes that many students truly do not want to be in college. You can tell this by his stories of tardiness,
Since the world is overpopulated, we stick the eighteen-year-olds in colleges to temporarily get rid of them. We also fool ourselves into believing that these actions are good for them. Most of these unwanted young adults eventually learn to like it, and those that don’t drop out. The conservative Carneigie Commission estimated that five to thirty percent of students are in College reluctantly. Also buy giving figures of some surveys that students took, the author states that students think education is less and less important.
Though there are many reasons why students end up in college, Bird demonstrates by using logos that a contributing factor of this is high school graduates feeling obligated to go simply because it is what society deems as the accepted next step in life. Bird states, “A great majority of our nine million college students are not in school because they want to be or because they want to learn. They are there because it has become the thing to do…” (par. 1). To back up her claim, she quotes a sociologist who says, “Nowadays, you don’t have to have a reason for going to college; it’s an
College is an experience almost everyone goes through, going to parties as well as it being a starting point of careers. It is also very expensive, making a burden on those who graduate with high debts. In 2013, about
Society today is often very pressuring towards young adults when it comes to attending college. Maybe it’s because it is the most appropriate idea for people. College provides the average human with a higher satisfaction of life due to the experience and the positives outcomes than that of someone who chooses not to go to college. Although college results in the possibility of debt afterwards, it is still worth the journey.
Often college students will question the college experience and if it is even worth it. Why spend all that money and time for just a piece of paper. Not only that, but when someone gets into the desired workforce, is an individual ready for that career? The whole debate about if college is worth it, all started back in 1636 when New College (Harvard) was just beginning. The debate continues to press on. Usually each opinion on the subject is based on how the opinionated person is doing in the present after being done in college. If aren't making tons of money like they planned to do or working as their dream job, they might have a negative outcome on college rather than someone that is doing good after college graduation.
Being able to attend college is an opportunity that most students nowadays take because of your surrounding peers. It’s the next step after graduating high school and an expectation by your parents. There are even households where kids are forced to attend even if they hold no interest, which can lead to laziness and inactiveness during class, therefore students are only giving the bare minimum in order to get a passable
It is a well known fact but there are many people including counselors, parents, teachers, and friends who resist saying it out loud for fear it will sound like discouragement and negativity: college is definitely not for everyone. The pressure on high schools students, especially those that excel, to attend a college or university is enormous. And in the case of a bright, industrious and motivated high school student, attending a college or university is an obvious career choice. For those students, it's only a matter of what university to attend, whether one's SAT score is high enough, and the availability of the money. Then there are the millions of high school students who are not really personally motivated but are being pressured by their counselors, teachers and parents should they attend college if they really don't care? This paper examines those issues.
Today, many students are settling for jobs immediately out of high school instead of furthering their education in college. Students should consider how necessary college actually is for their lives in the future. It provides one with a significant amount of opportunities, a greater knowledge about their career plan, and a better sense of responsibility.
Students from all over the United States are told all through their life that they need to attend college if they ever want to be successful, however, this is far from the truth. Often schools are culprits for driving students to attend money driven colleges, in other cases it is family. While schools all too often make the push on students to continue their schooling, parents can cause the same situation, as they may not have a degree and be working a low-paying factory job. Now kids already don’t want to be like their parents when they get older, so seeing them suffer in poverty or barely above the poverty line can cause some dissatisfaction, further seeking a degree to live a life that they never got. What many
Yet still take the initiative every day to get up and work on school work and for some of the millions of students go into a campus! But what truly drives a college student to want to learn? Is it the need for a batter paying job? Is it to benefit your family? Or to maybe just tell yourself “ Hey I did this!” I think it could be all three but when it comes to most high school students getting overwhelmed with the things that are going on in their home lives and bring it to school when they should be paying attention. “High schoolers dropping out can be attributable to the social climate, particularly those elements dealing with student participation and the severity of the problem environment.” (Pittman, Haughwout, December 1987) As we age we realize that college is going to be required of us at some point so why not do it now. We as college students psych ourselves up for this awesome experience, to find that it is stressful and way harder than we thought college was going to be, we learned in high school. So, we go into everything blind thinking one way to find that it is another. But no matter what gets in some of our way we keep going knocking out one class at a
Life is believed to be easier for people with higher degrees than for those without higher degrees. Hence, it is the joy of parents to see their children admitted into a higher institution. With the high cost attached to attending a four year university, most students prefer to attend community colleges. Community colleges provide the same quality of education offered by universities for the first two years at a lower cost which help students reduce debts toward getting their higher degree. However, compared to the number of students who started their first year in community colleges, a large percentage dropped out. This is common to both freshly graduated high school students and adults who came back to college to obtain a degree. Students drop out of colleges because of financial issues and the need to take remedial courses. As a result, they have self esteem issues and may remain poor.