In the twenty-first century, many careers and professions are available to all varieties of people. Men and women, black people and white, gay people, straight, and everyone in between are all exploring their options and discovering what they truly want to do with their lives. It may take many failures and spans of confusion or bleak outlooks, but everyone has some talent that is enjoyable and in which they excel. Many young people become discouraged when this does not happen immediately and with little effort.
High school graduates are undergoing the difficult decision of whether to continue with their education or jump right into a career. College is a four-year, often longer, commitment that does not ensure a career with a higher salary …show more content…
Hai Zhong dove into the depths of health benefits of a college education. The first obvious reason behind this, is a college education customarily leads to a higher income, therefore, allowing a better medical reassurance to produce an overall better health. However, students of higher education are less likely to smoke or drink excessively. Often it is assumed higher education leads to a higher likelihood for one to partake in these harmful activities, but this is false. “Health is not a one-dimensional variable,” (Zhong, 2015). Because of this, the findings are varied and unclear, but it is true. Higher education can lead to a better overall health. Better health leads to less medical needs, and a total of less money spent over one’s …show more content…
I used “college worth and economics” as my search. This narrowed down my choices to three articles. In searching this, I found my first peer-reviewed study. This study was written by Robert J. Thornton in 2009. Mr. Thornton named his study “What’s Your College Degree Worth?” This seemed like a promising essay from which I gained a plethora of information. It used simple terms for a new researcher, with little information on the topic, like myself, could find highly useful (Thornton, 2009).
Because of the few results I received in my search, I decided to change my search to supply a greater variety of results. My new search was “college and economics,” a bit wider specifications. This search yielded 7,046 English articles written in the past decade. It was overwhelming. After browsing a few pages of results, I found an article that looked promising. This article was called “Does a College Education Cause Better Health and Health Behaviours?” While this was not exactly what my paper was originally on, from it, I gained a new perspective to write and research (Zhong,
High school graduates are undergoing the difficult decision of whether to continue with their education or jump right into a career. College is a four-year, often longer, commitment that does not ensure a career with a higher salary …show more content…
Hai Zhong dove into the depths of health benefits of a college education. The first obvious reason behind this, is a college education customarily leads to a higher income, therefore, allowing a better medical reassurance to produce an overall better health. However, students of higher education are less likely to smoke or drink excessively. Often it is assumed higher education leads to a higher likelihood for one to partake in these harmful activities, but this is false. “Health is not a one-dimensional variable,” (Zhong, 2015). Because of this, the findings are varied and unclear, but it is true. Higher education can lead to a better overall health. Better health leads to less medical needs, and a total of less money spent over one’s …show more content…
I used “college worth and economics” as my search. This narrowed down my choices to three articles. In searching this, I found my first peer-reviewed study. This study was written by Robert J. Thornton in 2009. Mr. Thornton named his study “What’s Your College Degree Worth?” This seemed like a promising essay from which I gained a plethora of information. It used simple terms for a new researcher, with little information on the topic, like myself, could find highly useful (Thornton, 2009).
Because of the few results I received in my search, I decided to change my search to supply a greater variety of results. My new search was “college and economics,” a bit wider specifications. This search yielded 7,046 English articles written in the past decade. It was overwhelming. After browsing a few pages of results, I found an article that looked promising. This article was called “Does a College Education Cause Better Health and Health Behaviours?” While this was not exactly what my paper was originally on, from it, I gained a new perspective to write and research (Zhong,