In Walden on Wheels, Ken Ilgunas argues that "there is nothing liberating about leaving college; I 'd ended one series of obligations only to enter into another" (40). Being a college senior is the end road toward receiving a diploma, that certifies the completion of a certain undergraduate program, and most senior would like to achieve this end game in order to possible work in the field that interest them and pays off their college debts. Yes, I believe that after graduation the newly graduated students don 't have to face certain obligations anymore, that only a college student has to face, anymore but will have to face new sets of obligations and dependency.
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Ilgunas supports this idea stating "By summer 's end, I was sleeping on top of $3,000. Tip money not included, I 'd paid off $8,000 of my debt (53)." In a way, this passage shows that after college comes to the obligations of getting a job in order to pay off a debt, and whether or not you get your dream job you have to find a way to pay off those debts and makes the individuals dependent upon his work. He adds "I thought of my job as nothing but frivolous toil – the only thing keeping me from living the free life I now dreamed of: of mountains and books and adventures and independence” (47). Although, some may argue that college graduates may not have to face a certain dependency towards money or the institutions to whom they owe money due to the existence of scholarships but Ilgunas rejects this idea in his book by writing “Yet despite all the honors, accolades, and good intentions, Josh was in the same situation as I was. And even though Alfred gave him scholarships, his education still ended up costing him. He left Alfred with a B.A. in history and political science along with $55,000 in student loans.(97)”. Thus proving, that college graduate are dependent upon money whether
In the current society we live in, there are more chances for a person who has …show more content…
Ilgunas supports this idea stating "By summer 's end, I was sleeping on top of $3,000. Tip money not included, I 'd paid off $8,000 of my debt (53)." In a way, this passage shows that after college comes to the obligations of getting a job in order to pay off a debt, and whether or not you get your dream job you have to find a way to pay off those debts and makes the individuals dependent upon his work. He adds "I thought of my job as nothing but frivolous toil – the only thing keeping me from living the free life I now dreamed of: of mountains and books and adventures and independence” (47). Although, some may argue that college graduates may not have to face a certain dependency towards money or the institutions to whom they owe money due to the existence of scholarships but Ilgunas rejects this idea in his book by writing “Yet despite all the honors, accolades, and good intentions, Josh was in the same situation as I was. And even though Alfred gave him scholarships, his education still ended up costing him. He left Alfred with a B.A. in history and political science along with $55,000 in student loans.(97)”. Thus proving, that college graduate are dependent upon money whether