Javier Suarez 5working with people can be gained by simply going out in the world, rather than payingthousands of dollars to attend to college. Some students also rather obtain a well-rounded workexperience rather than a specific one, and attending to college is also not necessary to do this.Studying and reading books can give a person the knowledge that they are looking for rather thanhaving to pay for classes on topics they are not interested on. Paying for a book to then read andstudy is a lot cheaper than paying for a class where the same information may be covered. If theperson has trouble learning, he can proceed to hire a tutor which is still cheaper to do.There is also an issue for many students when going into college, and that is
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But another advantage that some students have is the social class in whichthey stand for example a student’s grandparents were able to pay not only for her tuition, but alsofor her other nine siblings even though her father owned a Fortune 500 company. (Armstrong)Meanwhile, her roommate Alyssa struggled with money, having a father that worked as amechanic which at one point had so much debt that his credit cards were canceled. At thismoment Alyssa was attending college while also working a full-time job. Students who needextra help are given help in the form of financial aid, which later become debts. There are manycases like this, were students are not on equal footing when entering college, yet they keepworking hard to obtain their degree, but with what reward? These students hope to graduate andinstantly start earning money, when in reality it may take them years to finish paying their debts.So is college really worth it? Most Americans agree that working rather than attending tocollege is the safest way to go. The rewards for attending college are not as high as they used tobe, which makes all the hard work and dedication useless once a student graduates college.Students who think on attending to college should reconsider and calculate the cost for attendingthe college they wish to attend, and also understand that they may not be accepted to the collegethat they wish to go to. After calculating the cost they should then decide if they are willing to gothrough four years of hard work to later graduate and still pay their debt. Unless Universitiesbecome free of tuition, it seems that getting a higher education will not pay off once a studentachieves a
But another advantage that some students have is the social class in whichthey stand for example a student’s grandparents were able to pay not only for her tuition, but alsofor her other nine siblings even though her father owned a Fortune 500 company. (Armstrong)Meanwhile, her roommate Alyssa struggled with money, having a father that worked as amechanic which at one point had so much debt that his credit cards were canceled. At thismoment Alyssa was attending college while also working a full-time job. Students who needextra help are given help in the form of financial aid, which later become debts. There are manycases like this, were students are not on equal footing when entering college, yet they keepworking hard to obtain their degree, but with what reward? These students hope to graduate andinstantly start earning money, when in reality it may take them years to finish paying their debts.So is college really worth it? Most Americans agree that working rather than attending tocollege is the safest way to go. The rewards for attending college are not as high as they used tobe, which makes all the hard work and dedication useless once a student graduates college.Students who think on attending to college should reconsider and calculate the cost for attendingthe college they wish to attend, and also understand that they may not be accepted to the collegethat they wish to go to. After calculating the cost they should then decide if they are willing to gothrough four years of hard work to later graduate and still pay their debt. Unless Universitiesbecome free of tuition, it seems that getting a higher education will not pay off once a studentachieves a