In the essay; “Two Years Are Better Than Four” by Liz Addison, was published in the New York Times Magazine’s College Essay Contest. Throughout this essay, the author follows a fictional, yet symbolic character; Rick Perlstein. Through this character, Addison expresses her thoughts on the American Higher Education System. Consequently, she manages to highlight the importance of community colleges and the stark contrasts community colleges and universities share with each other all through the usage of reasoning and evidence.
At the beginning of the essay, Addison expresses the difficulties experienced by high-school graduates in gaining admission to universities, nowadays. To aid her claim, she states, “College as America used to understand …show more content…
Addison claims that community colleges are in existence to offer a wide variety of students with the opportunity to excel, rather than just to seek maximum profit as the larger public and private four-year universities aim to do. To show the stark reality, Addison provides a personal experience, in which she had scored a one on her O-level examinations, while other students scored anywhere from eight to nine.
After, she stated that she had scored a one on her O-level examinations in the United Kingdom, she began to thank the American Community College system for its mercy and accepting her and showing her the path to success. With the praise of America’s community colleges, she manages to prove Mr. Perlstein wrong, by saying; “Enter on empty and leave with a head full of dreams? How can Mr. Perlstein say college doesn’t matter anymore?”
Through the usage of her experience, Liz Addison has proved her claim that community colleges intend to offer vast bodies of students with an opportunity to excel as compared to both public and private four-year institutions who only aim to make the maximum amount of profit they can from each student …show more content…
Other than the costs, it also would’ve been wise of the author to include statistics of how many students who were unsure of their future that chose community college and most of all a survey of students who chose community college due to rejection from a four-year university. In conclusion, author Liz Addison used quotes as well as personal experience to convey her points. Although, she claims that high-school graduates face a rather difficult path to a four-year university of their choice, there was a shortage of effective evidence that hindered her chances of fully conveying her point. Other than a slight difficulty in conveying her first point, she had a decent amount of effective evidence to convey her second point. Addison was capable of conveying her second point, which was defining the truth of community colleges through the usage of personal
At the beginning of the essay, Addison expresses the difficulties experienced by high-school graduates in gaining admission to universities, nowadays. To aid her claim, she states, “College as America used to understand …show more content…
Addison claims that community colleges are in existence to offer a wide variety of students with the opportunity to excel, rather than just to seek maximum profit as the larger public and private four-year universities aim to do. To show the stark reality, Addison provides a personal experience, in which she had scored a one on her O-level examinations, while other students scored anywhere from eight to nine.
After, she stated that she had scored a one on her O-level examinations in the United Kingdom, she began to thank the American Community College system for its mercy and accepting her and showing her the path to success. With the praise of America’s community colleges, she manages to prove Mr. Perlstein wrong, by saying; “Enter on empty and leave with a head full of dreams? How can Mr. Perlstein say college doesn’t matter anymore?”
Through the usage of her experience, Liz Addison has proved her claim that community colleges intend to offer vast bodies of students with an opportunity to excel as compared to both public and private four-year institutions who only aim to make the maximum amount of profit they can from each student …show more content…
Other than the costs, it also would’ve been wise of the author to include statistics of how many students who were unsure of their future that chose community college and most of all a survey of students who chose community college due to rejection from a four-year university. In conclusion, author Liz Addison used quotes as well as personal experience to convey her points. Although, she claims that high-school graduates face a rather difficult path to a four-year university of their choice, there was a shortage of effective evidence that hindered her chances of fully conveying her point. Other than a slight difficulty in conveying her first point, she had a decent amount of effective evidence to convey her second point. Addison was capable of conveying her second point, which was defining the truth of community colleges through the usage of personal