Recently, Obama came up with an agenda which says “We expect all our children not only to graduate from high school but to graduate from college and get a good-paying job” Now expecting all students to get a four year bachelor’s degree is not plausible suggestion. Without a question, it is certainly not necessary for every student to get a four year degree because there are alternatives which facilitate a student to get a high paying job.
Intelligent students may or may not need a bachelor’s degree to achieve success. Even a two year diploma is enough for them to earn money or achieve success. If we analyze the mindset of an intelligent student they tend to focus on a particular subject of interest which they find most intriguing. This results in less focus on other subjects. An intelligent student may not be able to concentrate on other subjects that extend to failure, and the student might not want to complete a four year degree. He would rather concentrate on his subject of interest and master it. Consider a real life example, Bill Gates, he was a college dropout, he was so focused on operating systems concept that he decided not to study anything other than that. He is successful even though he did not complete a four year degree.
Will a four year bachelor’s degree make a student successful? Not necessarily. Will a four year bachelor’s degree make a student rich? No. Success is different for each individual; some consider becoming millionaire is success. Success can be of any degree of achievement. For some students becoming famous is success. A four year degree does not guarantee success. A four year degree will not make a student wealthy or famous. It depends on how passionate the student is about a par...
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Finally, I will conclude that every student should not get a four year degree because each student is different and that their unique abilities which they can apply to alternative fields will take them to success and not year degree will. Students should consider their interests and think it through before opting for a four year degree because it may result in loss of money and time. Choosing a four year degree is as critical as marriage decision, what you choose now affects your future. Parents who are rich may not mind spending money on a four year degree even if their child is not successful. However, poor parents would get affected if their child was not successful. So, it is not about getting a four year bachelors degree but success is more important after-all a student wants to achieve something in life.
For those who wish to have children in the future, imagine putting ten dollars a week aside from now until they turned eighteen. That money would hardly accumulate up to even a portion of the costs for just a single year of higher education. In the article, “America’s Most Overrated Product: The Bachelor’s Degree”, an essay from the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2008, author Marty Nemko discusses all aspects that should be considered before pursuing a serious interest in educational institutions. Being a current student at a four-year institution it concerns me for not only myself but also fellow peers if we are making the right decision. The costs of higher education are increasing drastically along with the amount of Americans in debt from student loans. The value of a bachelor degree is declining and students are faced with the question, do the benefits of a collegiate education out weigh the costs?
In the article “America’s Most Overrated Product: The Bachelor’s Degree” by Marty Nemko, the author argues several different views on why higher education may be very overestimated. For starters, the author shares his opinion more than anything else due to him being a career counselor. The purpose of this essay is to explain to the readers that most people start off with the idea of living the American Dream. Which is practically going to college to have a better life and career. But over the time the idea of working very hard for a Bachelor’s degree has become very dimmed. Furthermore, for some people, when they think of the American Dream they think of hope for bettering themselves and also helping their families. Unlike the author, Nemko feels that even the thought of trying to pursue to get a bachelor’s degree is overrated. The audience of this passage would most likely be teenagers going into college and parents. Nemko states that “Colleges are quick to argue that a college education is more
Secondary education rises faster in price than auto insurance. Yet, secondary education is almost required in the United States to succeed. Yes, there are hundreds of people in the United States that have been successful without a college degree, but they are outliers. Students should choose not to go to college based on outliers, but go to college based on the fact thousands have succeeded because of their college degrees. It is more important then ever to know what makes a college great if students are going to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars over four
A famous quote by Martin Luther King states “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.” The two articles “Hidden Intellectualism” and “Blue Collar Brilliance” both emphasis the author's opinion on the qualifications and measurements of someone's intelligence. “Hidden Intellectualism” focuses on students or younger people who have trouble with academic work because, they are not interested in the topic. Today, in schools students are taught academic skills that are not very interesting, the author mentions this is why children are not motivated in schools. The main viewpoint of this article is that schools need to encourage students
The article Should the Obama Generation Drop Out, written by Charles Murray, a politicial scientist, is the idea of disregarding the bachelor 's degree as a job qualification. With his leadership role as the President, Murray believes Barrack Obama should be the one to make this happen. “It 's what you can do that should count when you apply for a job, not where you learned to do it” (Murray 1). Not every family can afford to send their child to a four-year college to get a bachelors degree, while not every child wants to obtain a bachelors. What about the children who aren’t at the top of their academic class or can 't afford college, but would like a career? It 's not just the career focused classes you 're required to take, but there’s also
The debate on whether or not students should attend college after achieving a high school degree is one that many would like to consider two-sided; Debra Humphreys says that “going to college is clearly better than not going,” but Claire Potter mentions the opposite side, quoting an unnamed professor who says that “the vast majority of people who end up in our community college system don’t belong in college at all.” I would argue that the issue is not two-sided, and that there are more complexities to the issue than are always printed in media; to say that all college students should go to college or that all should not attempt to place a variety of different cases into a single group. Perhaps a better option is to say that college (in the traditional sense, with boarding and special liberal arts programs) should be recognized as an option for students immediately after their high school graduation, but other options, including the choice to go to vocational school or entrance straight into the workforce, should be considered.
In recent years, many have debated whether or not a college education is a necessary requirement to succeed in the field of a persons’ choice and become an outstanding person in society. On one hand, some say college is very important because one must contribute to society. The essay Three Reasons College Still Matters by Andrew Delbanco shows three main reasons that students should receive their bachelor’s degree. On the other hand, many question the point of wasting millions of dollars on four years or maybe more to fight for highly competitive jobs that one might not get. Louis Menand wrote an article based on education titled Re-Imagining Liberal Education. This article challenges the main thought many americans have after receiving a secondary education. Louis Menand better illustrates the reasons why a student should rethink receiving a post secondary education better than Andrew Delbanco’s three reasons to continue a person’s education.
Is a four-year college degree really worth the time and money it takes to get it? Recently people are questioning the worth of a college degree in this era. A four-year college degree can give valuable experience, and an enhanced education. A four-year college education can help people get higher salaries, better chances of being employed and more security.
In today 's society, there are multitudes of pressure high school students face. One of the biggest pressures put on high school students is the decision of going to college. From the moment students enter into a secondary education, they are constantly asked questions about their future plans. Teachers and parents expect students to perform their best, while giving them no chance but to look towards college. In some cases, however, college might not be the answer. Other options exist as alternate avenues after high school, however, these are not as often expressed as the idea of a four year university. Although a college education and degree is most often more impactful than a high school diploma, there is too much pressure
People can achieve intelligent by learning or by following their passion in whatever they love. If someone loves fixing cars there is a chance he will become a mechanic, so he will be intelligent in that careers. That is how someone becomes intelligent because they learned everything they can about their profession in book or by what they learn on the streets. To become a intelligent person is important in society because that sets a standard for us and we try to learn everything we can to be the best in our jobs and careers, so we can be the best in our field.
A college education can broaden one’s career horizons and help them achieve stable employment. Through education one can expand their intellectual capacity along with financial scope. “ The median person with a bachelor 's degree earns about $48,000 per year, compared with $27,000 for a high school graduate, according to the U.S. Census Bureau” (Haltom 14). A college education should allow one to thrive both internally and externally, whilst progressing society along with them into the ever-changing world. These statistics represent the aspired
People can be influenced to go to college because they want the college experience or they want to go to college to study something they always dreamed about . But now most people are influenced to go to college because they need a master’s or bachelor’s degree in order to get a good job. Over the recent years most jobs require to have a four year college degree or better . In “ College Is Not Always the Answer” by Lawrence Mishel , he implies , “ Right now a third of the work force has a four-year college degree or further education . Judging by the growth of demand for college graduates in the last two decades , the United States will need many more college graduates in the coming years - but not as many as half of all workers two decades from now” ( paragraph 1). From the past years most people have
In conclusion, High school graduates have several opportunities other than the traditional 4 year college which includes two year community college, online classes, apprenticeship, military, job, trade school and starting a business. Attending a 4 year traditional school does not measure students’ success. College isn’t for everyone; which means that there are several other things students can do other than going to a 4 year traditional school.
Education is a very powerful key to success in modern day American society. More often than not, a person will not be able to find a decent job unless they have graduated from a reputable college with a degree. Because of this change in society, it has brought a lot of pressure by parents for their child to graduate and get a degree. A lot of those who graduate with a degree are not always the best candidate for the job, and even with the degree, they are not even always guaranteed a job. But personally, getting an education shouldn’t be as big of a deal, as it is now. Back in the day, most people did not go to college, none the less graduated from high school; yet they still made it through and learned lots of things from their jobs that they acquired.
After all this paper, the most important conclusion is that a university degree is a tool, but not a ticket to success. It is not saying that is not worth going to college; but, surely, it was not as good as was in the 80s. Another important fact to be clear about is that degrees does not guarantee success, people do. In order to be a successful in your professional life it is very important to have a university degree, but it is also very important to show responsibility, commitment and character in order to succeed. In this time, millions of people are spending lot of money in university, which is good, but also we have to take in mind the different aspects that contribute to success.