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    Why is it so important to some people that they go to college? For some people it is important to go to college because it’s a chance for one to get a better education, and then to a good paying job that they like. Some people think that going to college is important because then they have a better chance at getting the job that they have always wanted and becoming what they saw what they could be. To me a college education is important because I want to grow up and be successful with a good paying

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    To go to college, or not go to college. This is a question that has gone through the minds of almost every American, especially within the past twenty years. In Charles Murray’s essay, “Are Too Many People Going to College?” he explains that college is not worth the time or effort unless a lucrative career choice is being pursued. On the opposing side Sanford J. Ungar’s essay, “The New Liberal Arts,” gives evidence towards why more people need to receive a liberal education at the college level because

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    Joshua Davis Ms. Hammons Junior English 5th Hour 30 march 2017 Why College Athletes Should Be Paid College athletes have much more responsibilities to worry about than pros, and scholarships don 't help athletes that much and they often don’t even finish college. The problem is college athletes don 't get paid when they have twice the responsibilities of pro athletes. college athletes have to juggle their sport practices and games, being on the road a lot of the time, going to classes everyday

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    Deserve Free College Education Stated by Senator, Bernie Sanders, “We are moving in exactly the wrong direction in higher education. Forty years ago, tuition in some of the great American public universities and colleges was virtually free. Today, the cost is unaffordable for many working class families. Higher education must be a right for all- not just wealthy families” (Silverstein). Supporters who argue that having free education is imposturous, will soon realize the benefits of free college education

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    College is not necessary for many reasons and many people try to make college sound like the only way to success. Mrs Hensley should know College is not necessary because you can get a good job without a college, the cost for college is very expensive, and peer pressure. . Many people out there that don’t have a degree are making more money than people that do have a degree. But they tell younger generation that college is what a person has to do in order to go to be successful in life; “A degree

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    People think that having a college education is a pathway to success in life. However, what exactly is a college education? The actual meaning of it is “an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education.” By this definition, it is the highest level of an education before it allows us to step into the real world and start our career from everything that has been learned in college. It is also an optional opportunity for students to pursue if they choose

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    community college idea” it demonstrated if people should go to a community college for free. In conclusion, there was many argument about should community college be free or not. President Barack Obama want students to be able to get an degree in something that you want to do. I believe that it should be free and I have many reasons to explain why it should. Now, I am not saying that it should be free because I don’t want to pay. I saying that it should be free because not many people can afford

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    Lowering The Cost of Tuition College tuition needs to be lowered. The fear has set in for the new coming and current students with receiving a higher education. The amount people are paying compared to the inflation rates and where the money is going is unfair to the students of America. The United States was once ranked the top country for education, now ranks 14th.(Davidson). As a country we need to catch up to the world new standards on correct education. Why people are against lowering the cost

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    How would you feel if you worked as hard as everyone else and got nothing in return? College athletes work just as hard as the professionals do, or anyone else for that matter, and get nothing for their hard work. The NCAA makes enough money from sporting events that they can pay their most important members (Kronstadt). “A group of people with connections to the NFL are trying to create another league for a college football alternative to pay the players”(Maesse). This league would be like a minor

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    Should Community college be free? I think that community college should not be free. The reason why is because with community college being free the student may be more interested in going to community college for 2 years and go straight to your favorite workforce after receiving your certificate or diploma from the school. While it does work like that the student may be blinded by the fact that by only having two years of experience in your workforce it may not get you very far in life. The other

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