Summary Of 'Just Kids' By Patti Smith

She suggests that through our ignorant thinking, we are putting down the lower earning class and calling them lazy. While the author was applying for jobs, she did not put down that she received a higher education. This determined that she could not get anything over minimum wage. As she applied for numerous jobs, on her third day she hit luck and got a job as a waitress on the spot. She realizes the difficulty in finding a decent job that can pay all of her bills. “I grew up hearing over and over, to the point of tedium, that "hard work" was the secret of success: ‘Work hard and you'll get ahead’ or ‘its hard work that got us where we are.’ No one ever said that you could work hard - harder even than you ever thought possible - and still find yourself sinking ever deeper into poverty and debt”

In the essay “College Value Goes Deeper Than the Degree” author Eric Hoover claims a college education is important to one 's well-being so they can get a job and be productive in other parts of life. Promoters of higher education have long emphasized how beneficial college’s value and its purpose. Many believe the notion that colleges teach students are life skills to apply anywhere, they also work hard to earn a degree and learn specific marketable skills which they can use to get a good job. Though obtaining a college education and a degree is helpful in countless of ways, it is not necessary to pursue a college degree in world where a college degree is seen different now, people without turn out fine, the growing average of debt that students who attend college have to pay off and people without a degree can obtain many jobs that do not require college degrees.

"Some people are hustled off to college, then to the cubicle, against their own inclinations and natural bents" (“Matthew B Crawford”). Some people are forced to go to college because they’re parents don’t want them to be nothing and not make something

In his essay, “Yes a College Education is Worth the Cost,” writer Rodney Smith discusses how students of this generation don’t care about receiving a great education for the future. Throughout his essay he explains how a college education is worth the cost. He stated that people between the ages of 18-34 say they would much rather get a job and make money than spend money to go back to school to obtain a higher degree. Smith’s family grew up in Oklahoma and they viewed education as an investment. Smith was influenced by his father’s upbringing and attended college and law school just like his father. By establishing and building his case about how education is worth the cost, uses a great deal of evidence, his argument is well organized, and he gains the audience’s attention. Background of the author

The topic of “Are Too Many People Going to College?” was presented by Charles Murray, the W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise. In today’s world college is a must due to many employers seeking educated individuals. Murray develops an interesting conversation by demonstrating that many high school graduates who are seeking to go to college do not need a degree depending on their career paths. Murray provides the analogy of a high school graduate who is looking to become an electrician but is not sure if college is the most logical decision. Murray acknowledges the fact that a B.A. does not necessarily led to a higher income than one with a degree. The logical argument of money is brought to attention and is stated “the income for the top people in a wide variety of occupations that do not require a college degree is higher than the average income for many occupations that require a B.A.” (Murray 247). Although this is his main point, he understand that it varies due to the occupation one is leaning towards. There has been individuals without a college degree that are making millions of dollars, but it varies. Murray claims that getting a B.A. is going to be the wrong economic decision for many high school graduates (Murray 246); however not everyone wants to be an electrician or any other hand held jobs that doesn’t necessarily need a degree, but if one wants to be a lawyer, doctor, or anything require a degree, college is the answer. Having a degree in a

Wes Moore grew up in poor conditions, where he and his small family barely made ends meet. Wes tried his best to stay strong despite all the misfortune things in his life, and struggled through days looking for the light at the end of tunnel. Years later, Wes Moore heads to a private school where he learns at a steady pace and passes classes. Later on, when his life at home becomes unbearable and he is unable to keep up with school, Wes Moore drops out of private school (Moore, 2011). However, he remains focused and determined not to continue living in poverty. Hence, he makes up his mind that he must get educated one way or another.

When people see others drop out of college, they think to themselves, they are just lazy. They do not want to put the time or effort into their own education. While reading “Why Poor Students Struggle”, by Vicki Madden, I realized that it’s not the fact they are lazy, it is the fact that they can not afford it. Madden shows this effectively by using, egos, logos, and pathos to make the reader have a more clear view of the educational system’s failures.

This journal entry is based on the essay entitled Plan B: Skip College by Jacques Steinber, in this essay Steinberg brings attention to an issue of inadequate alternatives to college for the person that is not likely to succeed in college, who does not wish to attend college, or would benefit from skill-training to enter directly into the workforce. Steinberg references some economist and educators that believe there should be alternatives for students who are not prepared or not likely to succeed in college because earning a college degree doesn’t guarantee success for everyone. In America It is a common belief that a college degree will yield a successful career and therefore provide the economic stability in which each of us seek, unfortunately,

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

Maclean’s magazine article, The Kids Are Alright set the record straight about society’s notion of teenagers today and parent anxiety for their future. Reginald Bibby’s findings are definitely accurate and not surprising at all, in fact, I was more surprised that adults would find some of Bibby’s results to be shocking. I genuinely appreciate Bibby getting the facts straight and trying to change society’s fixed mindset on how corrupt the young generation is. It is so important to acknowledge the developments and successes of the current generation instead of weighing constant worry on us because this anxiety isn’t doing anyone a favour.

College education has consistently remained the most significant factor dividing the haves and the have-nots in the United States. A diploma does not merely bring increased earning, social status, but even a better choice of marriage partner (Cohen). Anya Kamenetz wades right into the current zeitgeist of college affordability by arguing that we may have reached a post-college world in which graduates armed with formal education and credentials will cede to the creative and curious self-learners. It is not an accident that this image is starkly similar to the mythical pull-yourself-by-bootstraps entrepreneur of the Silicon Valley who vanquishes the dull suited MBA to conquer the castle of economy. Indeed the coinages “edupunks” and “edupreneurs” point to such relationship. And yet, is the fabled Silicon Valley formula applicable or even desirable in education?

Pablo Picasso once said "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." Think about this, when a child is young they are given crayons and paper to occupy their time; mothers sing to their babies or play them classical music. From a young age we are taught to create, and we really are all artists. We create until creation is deemed nonessential, and the art projects we work into our everyday routine are demoted to electives. "Funds for Education have been cut in over 80% of U.S. schools in the last 10 years, and the first programs to leave are often art education." Harvard President Drew Faust recently wrote. The same classes we as a nation are deeming unnecessary are mandatory in countries that rank consistently

Today, college is much more expensive than it was when my grandfather and my father went to the college. It is really hard for average income earning parents to send their children to a college, than think how hard it would be for below average parents to send their child to the college. It would be nearly impossible for them. There would be two choices for the child either start working, or take loans and go to college. Smith said, “Worthless degree. Will not repay my student loan debt” (29). Students who goes to college because his or her parents wants them to, than they will end up with a degree which will not give them a job because they were forced to go to

Working full time this summer at the Colonial Machine Company really opened up my eyes to what the real world is like. I realized how important education is and to claim every opportunity offered to be able to have a better chance in succeeding overall in life. To put that into perspective, there is a young man who failed to complete high school. His every day job is to sweep the floor for barely above a minimum wage salary. It is common knowledge around the shop that this man did not own his own vehicle, struggled from paycheck to paycheck, and did not have food in his fridge at times. On the other hand, there are elites in the shop that completed a higher form of education that allow them to achieve a higher salary. That being said, they

In Robert E. Sullivan, Jr.’s “Greatly Reduced Expectations”, Sullivan discusses the lack of employment available to college graduates. Throughout the essay, testimonials are given by four college graduates who expected more opportunity when they graduated with a four year degree. I sympathize with these men and women who are working in jobs that do promote their ability.