Approximately 70% of high school seniors in America will enroll in college. That college experience will affect them, not only career-wise but individually. In the essay “College Pressures,” William Zinsser defines the common stresses an average student may go through during their enrollment from his perspective of the master of Branford College. Zinsser informs the reader about the types of tensions that may occur and encourages them to improve the student experience by producing the best graduates possible. “College Pressures” is discouraging because it shows that pressures have not diminished over time, most students feel overwhelmed, and today’s stress can have a long-term effect. The stresses of college have not decreased over time, as Zinsser proves, which is disheartening. He wrote the
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Zinsser points out that students know that they can have better odds by knowing “that entrance into the better schools will be an entrance into the better law firms and better medical practices where they will make a lot of money” (239). This philosophy is teaching young adults that to be on the top they need to beat everyone else. If each person on a team is trying to beat the other team member, then the whole team will lose unity and fall apart. Like the economy Zinsser stated, parents want their children to avoid that debt and be profitable. That idea decreases student’s to develop the career they want because of the fearful mindset parents of all classes have learned from their own experience. Zinsser proves that by saying “They are too young to be prisoners of their parents’ dreams and their classmates’ fears…into believing in themselves…who have the power to shape their own future” (242). He reminds the reader that college should be an open-mind filled with opportunities. Does not everyone want to live in a world of acceptance to be themselves, especially
Zinsser points out that students know that they can have better odds by knowing “that entrance into the better schools will be an entrance into the better law firms and better medical practices where they will make a lot of money” (239). This philosophy is teaching young adults that to be on the top they need to beat everyone else. If each person on a team is trying to beat the other team member, then the whole team will lose unity and fall apart. Like the economy Zinsser stated, parents want their children to avoid that debt and be profitable. That idea decreases student’s to develop the career they want because of the fearful mindset parents of all classes have learned from their own experience. Zinsser proves that by saying “They are too young to be prisoners of their parents’ dreams and their classmates’ fears…into believing in themselves…who have the power to shape their own future” (242). He reminds the reader that college should be an open-mind filled with opportunities. Does not everyone want to live in a world of acceptance to be themselves, especially