In Matt Walshe’s essay “Thank God I wasn’t college material” he disagrees with the way college is portrayed as something you are obligated to do in order to become successful in life. Matt argues that something must change for kids to be successful. The first point he makes is that kids get suckered into going to college just because they need to go, he then states that the only way to stop the failure of many teens is for them to not go to college at all, he then goes on to say that if you want to do something that doesn’t require a college level education master that skill and move forward. I agree with him on all his points in the essay.
The first thing he argues is that kids get suckered into college. Matt Walsh argues “he’ll go, not because he needs to be there, nor because it’s the best thing for him, just because.” (Walsh, 3) I agree with Walsh on his argument because I was one of those kids. When I got out of high school, instead of trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and working towards that goal I went to college. Not because I needed to but because everyone else was doing it and I was told that it would …show more content…
You find out what your good at and work on it to become the best at whatever your skill is. I couldn’t agree with this more. Not all kids have to go to college to be successful, just look at Bill gates for example. Bill gates was good at programing computers since he was thirteen. He then went to Harvard only to drop out and work on a program we know today as Microsoft. He didn’t need to go to college. He was already good at something and he just needed to work on his skill and master it. As for me, I’m back in college because I realized what I was good at, which is taking care of animals. So, I came back to get a degree in vet
The first thing he argues is that kids get suckered into college. Matt Walsh argues “he’ll go, not because he needs to be there, nor because it’s the best thing for him, just because.” (Walsh, 3) I agree with Walsh on his argument because I was one of those kids. When I got out of high school, instead of trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and working towards that goal I went to college. Not because I needed to but because everyone else was doing it and I was told that it would …show more content…
You find out what your good at and work on it to become the best at whatever your skill is. I couldn’t agree with this more. Not all kids have to go to college to be successful, just look at Bill gates for example. Bill gates was good at programing computers since he was thirteen. He then went to Harvard only to drop out and work on a program we know today as Microsoft. He didn’t need to go to college. He was already good at something and he just needed to work on his skill and master it. As for me, I’m back in college because I realized what I was good at, which is taking care of animals. So, I came back to get a degree in vet