It was the last day of school senior year and I was afraid to leave my comfort zone. The anxiety and excitement both hit the senior class like bulldozers. The eternal question “Four year
UC or comunity college?” was asked repeatedly. Any senior knows both are extremely different paths. If you choose to go to community college, than you choose to continue living at home, commute and obtain a part-time job. If you choose a four year college than you choose to move away from home. I choose to attend a community college and to commute to stay home for a couple more years. When I chose community college, I expected life to be easy, but I was completely wrong. I wasn’t ready for all other challenges that came with community college life.
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I currently have a part-time job which includes at least 30 hours a week I spend at work. That usually leaves me a small amount of time to do homework and study. My job definetly gets in the way of college, and in most cases jobs are choose instead of school.
“Students often have to take on full-time or near-full-time jobs to cover costs, and, once they do that, they’re much more likely to lose touch with college” (Brooks, 1). I got a job because if I didn’t I would not have money for books, gas, food and other living expenses. Most students in community college don’t have a choice, they all need jobs. In other cases community college students have children they have to support. Free tuition doesn’t help pay students bills or support their children, therefore Obama’s proposal won’t work.
Brooks mentions “In short, you wouldn’t write government checks for tuition. You’d strengthen structures around the school” (Brooks, 1) It isn’t the tuition in most cases that don’t allow students to go to school, but the obsticles around them. A bank can loan students money for tuition, but they can’t provide the structures needed to actually get through college.
UC or comunity college?” was asked repeatedly. Any senior knows both are extremely different paths. If you choose to go to community college, than you choose to continue living at home, commute and obtain a part-time job. If you choose a four year college than you choose to move away from home. I choose to attend a community college and to commute to stay home for a couple more years. When I chose community college, I expected life to be easy, but I was completely wrong. I wasn’t ready for all other challenges that came with community college life.
In David …show more content…
I currently have a part-time job which includes at least 30 hours a week I spend at work. That usually leaves me a small amount of time to do homework and study. My job definetly gets in the way of college, and in most cases jobs are choose instead of school.
“Students often have to take on full-time or near-full-time jobs to cover costs, and, once they do that, they’re much more likely to lose touch with college” (Brooks, 1). I got a job because if I didn’t I would not have money for books, gas, food and other living expenses. Most students in community college don’t have a choice, they all need jobs. In other cases community college students have children they have to support. Free tuition doesn’t help pay students bills or support their children, therefore Obama’s proposal won’t work.
Brooks mentions “In short, you wouldn’t write government checks for tuition. You’d strengthen structures around the school” (Brooks, 1) It isn’t the tuition in most cases that don’t allow students to go to school, but the obsticles around them. A bank can loan students money for tuition, but they can’t provide the structures needed to actually get through college.