Charles Murray’s “Are Too Many People Going to College” makes key points as to why so many students now go away to college and why they should consider not attending the four years of continued education. Murray discusses many aspects such as why so many students feel the need to further their education, when to focus on the liberal arts in a child 's education, and whether all students have the mental capacity to attend college. He then questions if acquiring a degree is necessary for all jobs and comments on the labels that come with not pursuing a higher education
To begin with, Murray suggests that a liberal arts education should be taught to students at a young age and should be the foundation of their education. He points out that young …show more content…
To prove his point that too many students who, to put it simply, just aren’t smart enough are attending college he shares that a student must receive a score of “1180 on the combined SAT math and verbal tests” (Murray 238), then continues by saying “It is a score that only about 10 percent of American 18-year-olds would achieve if they all took the SAT, in an age when more than 30 percent of 18-year-olds go to college” (Murray 238). Murray’s point is that a majority of college students do not have the mental capability to attend college and should not be forced into …show more content…
According to Charles Murray, when a high-school student does not continue on to college they are said to be “too dumb or too lazy” (Murray 253). Murray suggests this starts with the government and guidance counselors constantly encouraging students to go to college regardless of the career they plan on pursuing. He claims students are being pushed to go after this impractical expectation, one they may not even want to go after, and if they believe that they must chase it then they’ll push the next generation even harder and so on. Murray then conveys that the system is setting students up to fail. They paint the B.A. to be such an important factor of getting a job and being a respectable citizen, but they make it nearly impossible to
To begin with, Murray suggests that a liberal arts education should be taught to students at a young age and should be the foundation of their education. He points out that young …show more content…
To prove his point that too many students who, to put it simply, just aren’t smart enough are attending college he shares that a student must receive a score of “1180 on the combined SAT math and verbal tests” (Murray 238), then continues by saying “It is a score that only about 10 percent of American 18-year-olds would achieve if they all took the SAT, in an age when more than 30 percent of 18-year-olds go to college” (Murray 238). Murray’s point is that a majority of college students do not have the mental capability to attend college and should not be forced into …show more content…
According to Charles Murray, when a high-school student does not continue on to college they are said to be “too dumb or too lazy” (Murray 253). Murray suggests this starts with the government and guidance counselors constantly encouraging students to go to college regardless of the career they plan on pursuing. He claims students are being pushed to go after this impractical expectation, one they may not even want to go after, and if they believe that they must chase it then they’ll push the next generation even harder and so on. Murray then conveys that the system is setting students up to fail. They paint the B.A. to be such an important factor of getting a job and being a respectable citizen, but they make it nearly impossible to