College Should Be Considered A Land Of Opportunity

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When you think about College, you usually think about things such as opportunity, or greater education, or even a broader experience in terms of meeting new people. Many people attend College with the mindset of wanting to make a better life for themselves. This of course would include better career opportunities, or a chance to have a higher standard of life. However, this essay will be based on what other than job opportunities or income is most beneficial to me due to receiving a college education. College should always be considered a land of opportunity for many including myself. But for me receiving a College education is extremely beneficial to me due to the sense of pride that it would give me knowing that I received it to begin with. …show more content…

The great sense of pride I would gain from being a person with a college education is tremendously beneficial to me due to giving me the chance to give my family something to be proud of as well. To elaborate on why I feel that the most important way in which College would benefit me is the sense of pride it would give me. I would just like to discuss the simplicity of African American males who did not have a chance or have the opportunity a College or University, and what the premise of their futures were made to be. To be blunt, the likelihood of them being successful in the future and being a person that tomorrow’s youth could look up to is pretty much slim to none. I believe that many teenage African American youth would benefit from getting a College education as well due to the same reason I gave, which is the sense of pride it gives. Continuing, receiving a College education would give me a great deal of satisfaction and in turn I would be able to receive many of the excellent qualities of a College graduate. Some of those certain qualities are essential to being a great employee or even a great entrepreneur if you wanted to start your own

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