Education and knowledge have always carried great importance and always will. Previously, education was limited and confined to schools and colleges but with the advancements in science and technology, knowledge is no more limited to institutions or campuses. In today’s world, going to colleges for the purpose of acquiring knowledge is not needed anymore as one can acquire it from anywhere, but that does not means the experience itself is worthless because it can be beneficial in terms of building networks, gaining confidence, and learning how to socialise with diverse group of people. In my opinion, a college degree has become a minimum requirement for acquiring a good job, just as a passport is required to travel anywhere around the globe,
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To begin with, it has become so expensive that it is difficult for the students and their families to afford it. In the same article, the writer argues that college tuition has started rising more than the cost of living and wages have stopped increasing, making college a questionable financial investment. I can relate to this point because being a non-Qatari citizen, I have to shoulder all my university expenses on my own, and it is certainly not easy. My university fees are more than the cost of my entire family’s yearly expenses, and I have two more siblings in line to get enrolled into a college, which is like a financial nightmare for us. In the article “College is a Waste of Time and Money,” the author argues along the same lines that college “may be a good place for those few young people who are really drawn to academic work, who would rather read than eat, but it has become too expensive in money, time, and intellectual effort to serve as a holding pen for large numbers of our young.” If this were true of a college education at the time when this article was written, in 1975, it is even more true in terms of college expenses today. Importantly, the expenses are not worth the education we receive from colleges, especially when you can receive similar education from other free resources such as workshops, online tutorials, talks and …show more content…
According to the writer, students ask questions such as, “What grade do I need to earn on my next assessment in order to have a grade of X in the course?”Based on the professor’s answer, they decide whether to prepare for the upcoming assessment or not. Being a college student, I have seen some of my peers withdrawing from courses because of low grades in two or so quizzes, as this will drop their overall grade, negatively affect on their transcripts, and lower their chance of getting a highly paid job. In this haste they forget that there is something that is more important than grades called
To begin with, it has become so expensive that it is difficult for the students and their families to afford it. In the same article, the writer argues that college tuition has started rising more than the cost of living and wages have stopped increasing, making college a questionable financial investment. I can relate to this point because being a non-Qatari citizen, I have to shoulder all my university expenses on my own, and it is certainly not easy. My university fees are more than the cost of my entire family’s yearly expenses, and I have two more siblings in line to get enrolled into a college, which is like a financial nightmare for us. In the article “College is a Waste of Time and Money,” the author argues along the same lines that college “may be a good place for those few young people who are really drawn to academic work, who would rather read than eat, but it has become too expensive in money, time, and intellectual effort to serve as a holding pen for large numbers of our young.” If this were true of a college education at the time when this article was written, in 1975, it is even more true in terms of college expenses today. Importantly, the expenses are not worth the education we receive from colleges, especially when you can receive similar education from other free resources such as workshops, online tutorials, talks and …show more content…
According to the writer, students ask questions such as, “What grade do I need to earn on my next assessment in order to have a grade of X in the course?”Based on the professor’s answer, they decide whether to prepare for the upcoming assessment or not. Being a college student, I have seen some of my peers withdrawing from courses because of low grades in two or so quizzes, as this will drop their overall grade, negatively affect on their transcripts, and lower their chance of getting a highly paid job. In this haste they forget that there is something that is more important than grades called