“Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor” - Euripides, this wonderful statement by Athenian playwright Euripides states the beneficiaries of being young and having to make important, yet difficult decisions. Going to college is an opportunity to continue on furthering an education, eventually earning a comfortable job where you can continue to live the rest of your life. Although, for some college may be a luxury they cannot afford or gain time to attend. College may not be for everyone because of its costly prices, interfering of living life and the lack of motivation or laziness.
Initially, the truth is that not everyone can afford to pay for tuition, considering paying for college can be a costly sacrifice. Many …show more content…
A great percentage of students that enroll in college eventually drop out, at times because individuals do not have a desire for pursuing a degree. Some would rather take time for them to travel, learn a trade or simply work, although not everyone is lucky enough to obtain a job with financial security or benefits to help further their education causing the job they choose to be dead-end. Stated in the article "why college isn't (and shouldn't be for everyone)" the author states " They feel compelled to go to college because they've been told over and over that a college degree is necessary. Yet if they start college and drop out, they feel like total failures." The thought of going to school seems like a waste of time because a degree does not matter for certain job positions or titles, yet for others it is useless because they do not believe a college degree can get you anywhere in …show more content…
In certain circumstances, people really cannot attend college because they have a family to take care of or children to attend to so it limits the availability of attending a class. In a current article Robert Reich mentions " But not every young person is suited to four years of college. They may be bright and ambitious but they won't get much out of it. They'd rather be doing something else, like making money or painting murals Although for those who never came across the idea of furthering their education, they have nothing better to do than sit around and hope that one day they will be owning a company or magically become a
Initially, the truth is that not everyone can afford to pay for tuition, considering paying for college can be a costly sacrifice. Many …show more content…
A great percentage of students that enroll in college eventually drop out, at times because individuals do not have a desire for pursuing a degree. Some would rather take time for them to travel, learn a trade or simply work, although not everyone is lucky enough to obtain a job with financial security or benefits to help further their education causing the job they choose to be dead-end. Stated in the article "why college isn't (and shouldn't be for everyone)" the author states " They feel compelled to go to college because they've been told over and over that a college degree is necessary. Yet if they start college and drop out, they feel like total failures." The thought of going to school seems like a waste of time because a degree does not matter for certain job positions or titles, yet for others it is useless because they do not believe a college degree can get you anywhere in …show more content…
In certain circumstances, people really cannot attend college because they have a family to take care of or children to attend to so it limits the availability of attending a class. In a current article Robert Reich mentions " But not every young person is suited to four years of college. They may be bright and ambitious but they won't get much out of it. They'd rather be doing something else, like making money or painting murals Although for those who never came across the idea of furthering their education, they have nothing better to do than sit around and hope that one day they will be owning a company or magically become a