...Are Too Many People Going to College by Charles Murray Whether people are going to college or not has been and still is a big decision to this day. College brings along time and financial commitments that you have to have. Charles Murray said “Their object is not to make skillful lawyers, or physicians, or engineers, but capable and cultivated human beings.”(Murray 222) He wants to know if there are too many people going to college just because they can afford it or do they actually want to become a more educated human being. Education has always been an important factor in life. Core knowledge, which is students learning about Apollo 11, Susan B.Anthony, Martin Luther King, Jr,Freedom Riders, and the Pilgrims, should start in kindergarten and go all the way through high school. It’s important for them to know that our country has come a long way and what we have been through has made us the Americans we are today. High school has also made a decision to go a little further with their core knowledge. They decided not to let their students expand their knowledge by having AP classes (college level classes) that they can take if they would like. Once the high school student transitions into a college freshman, they should be well prepared. Prepared to succeed in college not only because they can afford it, but they want to better their education to get a good paying career. If someone doesn’t need to go to college for their career, then they shouldn’t go. That would be a waste...
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...“Why college education is important to me” In recent times, it has become apparent that having a college education is important. It is no longer enough to make it out of high school; but it’s about pushing yourself and reaching your highest potential. Aristotle, one of the founding figures of Greek philosophy, provoked the minds of people for centuries about the reaping of education to produce sweet fruit. So with that historical fire under my butt, I feel there is simply no choice, a college education must be in the cards for me. My first day of teaching, and I had all these impressionable children staring at me with their freshly emptied minds fresh off the summer vacation. It was the time to show whether or not I was really cut out for teaching. Weeks went on and it was filled with mistakes, triumphs and most of all learning. A fellow co-worker pulled me aside and told me of some of my students re-enacting me in class. They said how I never stop class to go to bathroom, how I would keep them inside until everyone understood the new concepts of the lesson and other simple things. But what stuck with me the most was that they realized the sacrifice and hard work I was putting into my work. Frederick Rudolph, The American College and University: A History.(1990). Athens: the University of Georgial Press.; (Chapter 15, pp. 307-328.) “The movement toward the higher education of women drew on a tradition of educational emancipation which went back at least to the effective...
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...Why would a college want to consider my previous academic achievements before granting me admission to their college? For: 1. A 'sudent' in general is identified with his grades, and since the reason for him going to college is majoring in the subject of his choice (ideal situation), it is only essential to have some level of filtering based on past academic achievements. 2. Yes, academics are not a measure of the student's complete personality, but when all the records throughout his schooling, are combined together and then reek of brilliance, granting him/her admission is inevitable. 3. When colleges hold any form of screening processes for admissions, it is very much possible that some students who have been perorming well consistently, just don't find the right temperament that particular day. The concept of one test to decide a student's leading years is not only not justified but also very incomplete. For example, if a student is trying to get into college A, and is supposed to prepare for ATest, ATest being the screening test for college A. This means that basically whatever he/she has accomplished on the academic front before that particular test holds no value. All the hard work put into various projects, into learning innumerable concepts has gone to waste. 4. The futility of the afore-mentioned single test is what asks for the previous academic achievements to be brought into the purview of the people taking care of the admission process. Against...
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...far college has been the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I encourage everyone to at least give college a shot. Ever since I was little I was expected to go to college, and I even remember my aunts repeating over and over again that I would be, “the first Clancy girl to go to Harvard.” As you can see I did not make it to Harvard, but my family has always had these high standards that they set for me. Part of the reason why I did go to college was because my family expected me to go. I cannot think of one person in my family that did not go to college, so when it came to my senior year in high school, everyone was asking me where I would be going in the fall. I also had a lot of pressure coming from my high school. At the assembly on the first day of school in the seventh grade, the head master explained to us that this school was meant to prepare you for college. This is the reason why 100% of my graduating class went on to further their education in college. Not only did all of my class go college, but 20 of them attended Harvard this fall. You can say that there were major expectations at my school. I did not attend college only because of the pressures, but I have always had that drive to further my education. I’ve always wanted to work in law enforcement, and I feel like it would be the perfect job for me. I still haven’t decided if I want to become a lawyer, or be on the SWAT team for the Boston Police, but that is why I decided to go to college. College is...
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...Why Go To College? It is a cold, brisk morning; the sun has not quite peeked above the mountains yet. I get up to the sound of my alarm clock ringing and trudge to take a shower and get clothes put on. I grab my books from the previous night’s study along with my car keys and head out the door. I toss my books into the passenger seat and begin my weekly routine of driving to East Tennessee State University’s main campus in Johnson City. It is quite a journey to take since coming from such a small town atmosphere. The whole way there I am constantly thinking; “It is way too early for this.” “Other people are not having to do this or drive this far.” “People who are not going to college are getting to sleep in right now.” “Is going to college worth the daily struggle?” That is when my better judgment kicks in and says, “YES! Yes, it is worth it! Now, get it done.” It will be worth it when I get into medical school and get the job of my dreams. People constantly ask how school is going. My generic answer is always “good.” I do not ever let the asker know how swamped with homework I am or how stressed about meeting deadlines I am or just the everyday pressure I feel for having to be successful in all of my classes. On the outside, I make it look easy and that college is a breeze but on the inside I am at war with myself. My constant mantra is “It will all be worth it in the end.” There are many benefits in going to college like: broaden horizons, more support, a better education...
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...In today’s day and age, paying for school is almost impossible to do without going into debt. There aren’t many ways around it and schools don’t really offer too much for their students. However there are some ways to reduce the amount of debt, for instance colleges could pay athletes to play, offer more grants or loans and they could offer more work study programs. With these policies implemented college would be more affordable to students, especially with the rising cost of tuition. The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) is set to make “$797 million for the 2012-2013 athletic seasons”(5), mostly from basketball and football deals. All division-1 athletes are set to make absolutely zero dollars this year. The problem? All of the money generated to the NCAA comes from these student-athletes performing on the athletic field. These student athletes are receiving zero compensation for their work, yet more important officials that are higher ranking than these students are making millions off them. It is also critical to add that although these athletes are on some type of scholarship, but not all college payments are covered by the scholarship. A student athlete is able to take loans and grants just like every other student, however why should they have to do that when they are involved in a multi-million dollar business in the NCAA? Former Wake Forest point guard Gary Clark told author William Ford that ‘At a lot of schools, players come from underprivileged...
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...To many high school students, college seems like a far away land, a mysterious place where everyone wants to be yet not many know how to get there. As children, our parents tell us how much time we have to think about college, and that it is too far down the line to think about. The truth is it is never too early to think about your future. I, like many people, put little thought into my future career and now am lost in an unfortunate mix of indecision and anxiety. Not knowing where you want to be in the future is a hard burden to bear. Many of us tend to find out that we only know what we do not want, not what we actually do want. Do we want to be poor? Absolutely not. Do we want a boring job? Of course we don’t. We all want our nice big house, white picket fence, and dog in the backyard. We also want to be happy. These next few paths are ways I might be able to achieve both. I have many different possible interests when it comes to my future. I hope to attend a four year college, and after graduation attend graduate school. Having gone to small schools my entire life, I prefer a small school. I am looking for a school with a tuition under $30,000, but would not rule out schools that aren’t significantly over my budget. I am open to the thoughts of leaving home, yet I am not sure I would survive on my own. None of preferences are set in stone and I am willing to try and consider new possibilities. When it comes to careers and majors, I have considered becoming...
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...I decided that it was time for a change to better myself. I moved to Northwest Montana for a year. I love Montana, however my fiancé found a career back over in Washington. We now live near Seattle, Washington, where we have a two year old that looks up to us. I am a stay at home mom and I love it, it such a joy to watch her grow and learn each and every day. My hobbies are taking walks with my family, going on a drive in the mountains, and taking pictures of nature. I like going out with my girlfriends for a night out on the town. I am down to earth and over all I just like to have fun. I have learned life can be way to short. Therefore, I live life to the fullest every day. I got my GED back in November. I could not wait to start college. I am going for my B.S. in criminal justice. Then I will be pursuing law school from there. My ultimate goal is to one day be a lawyer in Family Law. I have a long road ahead of me, but I am the first in my family to go to...
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...great life. If one listens to the people who have already experienced what he or she is now going through, one could embrace life and live it to the best of their potential. One should listen to their elders; they know what they are talking about. Even though I have not experienced a lot in my life, I have been through high school and know now how to handle it. One piece of advice is to always be independent and not thrive on following the crowd or trying to look “cool.” I, personally, have always been independent and love being on my own. If you try to be a follower, you will not experience life for yourself; you will be experiencing life through another person. Being independent during high school will also help you when you go to college and even after that. If you want to go away for school or are planning on moving out of your parents’ home, you will not have mommy and daddy to depend on. Not depending on anyone but yourself will bring you closer to finding out who you really are and you will have a better understanding of what life feels like when you are on your own. Not believing everything people tell you is also crucial for surviving high school. Teenagers talk and gossip spreads around quickly; however, just like playing the game telephone, people tend to change the story a little. I know from going to an all girls school, gossip went around within five minutes from when the particular incident happened. What you hear is not always the truth so be careful, you...
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...When I was a little kid, I was the liveliest kid in the class and on the playground. I loved every part of my little life. However, other kids looked at me weird. That didn’t bother me what so ever. I loved my life so who cares about what other people thought. I didn’t even understand why they believed I was weird. It wasn’t until few years later that I finally understood people. I got dropped off at daycare at six o’clock in the morning and not even by my mother. At that time, my uncle who I lived with dropped me off there before he went to work. I was usually the first one there and the last one out. My mother at the time was just starting her life as a soldier. My friends asked me why I didn’t have a father and why my mother was in an American military and why I lived with my uncle. To me this was as normal as kids with a father and a mother and so called “normal” life. My mother was my mother and also my father. She was my parent and even more. She had never failed to make me less of a kid because I didn’t have a father. I never felt that I was left out in this father-daughter life. In my fifth year of school, I realized that I wasn’t the same as what people call “normal” public school student. Almost everyone in my fifth grade class knew each other since they were young. Most kids in my class lived in Virginia all their life time. I recently just moved there and I definitely felt like an odd ball. For how long I had lived then, I believed that I was perfectly normal attending...
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...encouraged to by others to go to college after graduating. Majority of parents claim that they want their child (or children) to go to college, yet most are unsure of if the debt of college is worth it for their child/children’s education. Ever since inflation occured between the previous generation and this current one, many students who want to go to college are intimidated by the overall cost. These obstacles can even make students to consider not going to college at all, where they could possibly get a job at a torn down liquor store that barely pays above minimum wage. Students should go to college to get more job opportunities, and to eventually raise overall economy. Some people may argue that non-graduates are capable of getting a job without wasting their time on college. Although this is true, most of these people fail to realize that students have significantly less...
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...COLLEGE: IS IT WORTH IT?? 1 College: Is it Worth it? Kristen Nadeau College Writing Professor Kessler January 29, 2012 College 2 College: Is it worth it? There are many options and paths someone can take in choosing to go to college or not but a question to ask is, is it worth it? If the decision is made to go to college then one of the first things to decide on is an area of study and then looking into where that topic of study is available, which can be a big undertaking. Some options that are out there are a four year college, community colleges and vocational or technical schools. Another option would be not going to college at all, but ask yourself is that really a good idea? What has been drilled and suggested to most young students all their high school lives is, go to college. It can give that person a certain status if they have been to college and what kind of college can certainly change that view when mentioned on a job interview or even at a social get together. One thought that may make a difference to them would be the possibility of making more income once they are done. On average a college graduate with a bachelor’s degree can make up to $20,000 more a year then a high school graduate. On the other hand if someone has only had some college or even an associate’s degree might make more than someone with a bachelor’s degree. One might say then, that a college...
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...College….the Obstacle Course of Higher Education College is not for everyone. However, for those who want a higher education there are many obstacles. High school students often do not realize the looming challenges they are about to come face to face with. For those who are not from a financially well off family they need help paying for their books and college tuition. First time college students also face the issue of not being academically prepared for higher level education by the high school they attended and being responsible for their own problems and tasks. One of the main problems that stands in the way of most people looking to further their education is finding a way to pay for it. College students often have to turn to the dreaded student loan to continue paying...
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...Nate Higgins Assignment 1 1/31/14 College Performance-Based Funding Ohio is taking an aggressive approach to reshape the higher education funding system. The current system in place bases college funding on the amount of students attending the college. The new system Governor Kasich is trying to put in place would have funding be completely reliant on the colleges graduation rate, or “performance”. The system has been up for debate for years. This performance-based system has been attempted before inside the United States with minimal success. There is about a 350 million dollar budget that needs to be dispersed fairly throughout the state, and Governor Kasich strongly believes that funding based on performance provides enough incentives for colleges and students to strive for success. Kasich devised a committee of the higher education leaders of Ohio. The governor appointed E. Gordon Gee, former president of Ohio Sate University, to lead the charge to redesign the college funding system in Ohio. Roderick J. McDavis, the president of Ohio University, completely supports the new system in his article “Higher Education Funding: Getting the Complete Picture”. The title contradicts the article itself because McDavis gives far from “the complete picture”. The performance-based system put in place by Ohio representatives needs some adjusting before there could be any level of success. The performance-based system was designed so it would help acquire funding for all...
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...Omar Guzman Gonzalez Guzman 1 Jazzy Davenport English 101/197 February 29, 2016 Common College Struggles of a Daily Student Students all over the world depend on a college education in order to succeed in their near future on a career they been focused on the most. They are entitled to complete their degree and go off finding their dream job right after graduation without any sort of obstacles along the way. Well, that is where most students in the generation we live in today are wrong, and should take drastic action on attending college with their head held way up high. Students should advised themselves that it is a whole different approach going into a city college or university, than how it was attending high school. A student attending college faces the most common struggles such as keeping time management to focus on what needs to be turned in on time with study skills in order to do well on any given quiz or exam, payments for tuition, self-living and various books, and the expectations of their family to keep grades held high for the road to success. Any student trying to value their time while attending college can be their number one priority. In an article, “Learn To Manage Your Time” (US NEWS), Kelci Lynn Lucier states, “With so much going on at a college campus, it's no wonder that students can feel and actually be overcommitted when it comes to classes, work, and co-curricular involvement. How can you balance your time when there never seems to...
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