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    One question that pops up a lot asks, “is college really worth it?” This can be a difficult question to answer, but it shouldn’t be because college is absolutely worth every dime. Carlson (2013) noted, “There has been a lot of evidence to suggest that college is indeed worth it, and plenty of studies and pundits lining up to tout the evidence.” The average total cost of a bachelor’s degree in 2012 ranges from $22,300 to $43,300 at public and private institutions respectively. Yes, this is a rather

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    return and it is time for a change. Although college athletes are not professionals, they should be paid for their contributions. The history of the NCAA, which is an organization for college athletics, goes way back but as college sports become more and more popular, the schools are beginning to make more of a profit now than they

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    Students should be allowed to get paid for playing sports.As we start to think about it, many people are starting to think about how student athletes should get paid. Being a student is like an actual job, because they are required to go film, the weight room, where ever they practice at, and their classes. Since their school sport is ran off of National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments, they have to stay with that sport for longer periods of time causing that student to miss their class

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    “is a college degree worth it in 2016?’’claim that you need to think about why you should think about before you drop out. But the author gave examples of why you should stay which student on a college board said four other reasons of a why you should stay.There four were to meet new people, To get a good education, To learn about yourself, To get a good job after graduation. I assume these are good example of someone would go to college.Well, in my opinion, I believe most people would go for the

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    Advanced degree with a low wage job? That does not sound very accurate! Introduction It was originally known that you go to college then get a job and your life should be set, correct? Now maybe not so much. If college is supposed to be so effective why are adults not obtaining jobs they spent four years in college for that specific degree? What is the average college tuition currently priced at? “ The average cost of attending a four- year private university is now $42,000 per year...” (Barrett

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    ESL-301 Why College is Important Education is always a famous topic for students to talk about, they should understand deeply that how education is playing a big role in their life. Allan Bloom claims that " Education is the movement from darkness to light." In other words he is saying that education is the key to opening a better future. He tries to indicate that education is very important in human society, and attending college is even more necessary for everyone, especially for young people. This

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    out of college or someone looking to go back to earn your degree, people all across America aspire to go off to college and earn their degrees. Going to college is engrained in the minds of students before they even know where they want to go, but the cost of going to college is staggering these days and many do not even know how to pay for the education they want. Why should people sacrifice their education and future because they cannot afford the price of college? College education should not be

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    Jake martin was a student athlete in college. He are ready pay thousands of big bucks to get to college and his barely getting by.Jake play football and was getting a lot of hype!He needed money. He´s in magazines, jersey sales, commercials and etc and not getting an penny! Many athletes like Jake should get pay in college in these reasons.They should be paid to take care of expenses, because they worked hard on the court to earn the money and because the colleges are making a lot of money off of them

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    Most people agree that the value of education is indisputable. Education is important to everyone because it leads everyone to a better future and a better life. Education helps people have more knowledge and to improve their thinking. Education is as important as this because education gives people the knowledge and skills they require and need. Education is just like a weapon that anyone can have because if you have education nothing will stop you from what you want to do or change. Furthermore

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    Is College Overpriced

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    school and then go off to college for another four years, but is the four years after high school overpriced? College tuition is constantly increasing from year to year, but it doesn’t make much sense on why they want to make students who just want to further their education pay so much money for it. Students already face the struggle of trying to make the grades to get into the college of their dreams, but they also have to worry about if they will have the money to go to that college because scholarships

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