Plan B Skip College Louis Steinburg Analysis

As graduation approaches many high school students are deciding whether to go to college or not. Many of those students are deciding not to go because of the rising costs of tuition, and wondering if the value of the education is equal to the amount of money they are paying. Although many student believe college is not worth the financial investment, there are many benefits in going to college other than obtaining a degree, making it worth the financial investment because it helps you acquire higher pay at your job, become a critical thinker and makes your chances of getting a job increase. While you may end up having to pay the high cost of tuition, in the end you will receive a higher pay than if you hadn’t gone to college. In “Plan B:Skip College” Jacques Steinburg uses figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics stating, “people with college and graduate degrees generally earn more than those without, and face lower risks of unemployment”(118). But, according to the Department of Education 80% of students who were in the bottom of their high school class wont complete college and get a …show more content…
In infancy we learn by trial and error to sit, crawl, walk and feed ourselves. We then go to grade school to learn the basics of math and reading so we are able to manage money and read materials such as bills, rental agreements and directions. Then you go to college and while many think you just learn information to get a degree and increase your chances of getting a job or higher pay, it is actually much more than that. You build skills you are able to use not just in your career but in life itself. You get a different perspective on the world, meeting people from different cultures and maybe even travel abroad. So in college you get to have experiences that you wouldn’t get anywhere else, making it worth the financial