If It’s Not Broken, Don’t Fix It.
My first semester of college was not what I hoped it would be. I not only did not
do very well, but managed to make myself extremely unhappy in the process. I learned
from this. What was the lesson? College is hard work. College is really hard work. I
had never realized this. Until I came to OSU, being an alumnus was just what I saw
physically; going to football games, stickers on cars, and old photos. However, it finally
dawned on me that all of these alumni had degrees. For the most part, the only students
who succeed in college are the hard workers and brilliant slackers. However, whether
the brilliant slacker or hard worker succeed or not, they still pay tuition and fees. This
is what separates …show more content…
If a college degree takes so much time, money, and effort;
why even bother? Without stating boring statistics about median income and percentage
of college degrees, an important reason can be given, money. It’s a fact; on average,
adults who have a degree earn about 50 percent more gross income in their lifetime.
Obviously, this depends on the type of degree and the state; however the general idea is
fairly clear. However, more important than the occupational or financial opportunities
that college provides, is that of the knowledge that is imparted. Now more than ever,
college is an important teaching center of new and vast technological skills. Though
these skills can be learned at other centers and on one’s own, is not to the extent that a
university can provide. Mr. Russell states that, “...the man who nowadays brings
success in war is no longer a gentleman of commanding respect sitting upright on upon a
prancing horse, but a wretched scientist whom every military-minded boy would have
bullied throughout his youth.” As Mr. Russell recognized, society is changing. One of
the richest man alive today, Bill Gates, did not make his fortune in oil or steel, he made
My first semester of college was not what I hoped it would be. I not only did not
do very well, but managed to make myself extremely unhappy in the process. I learned
from this. What was the lesson? College is hard work. College is really hard work. I
had never realized this. Until I came to OSU, being an alumnus was just what I saw
physically; going to football games, stickers on cars, and old photos. However, it finally
dawned on me that all of these alumni had degrees. For the most part, the only students
who succeed in college are the hard workers and brilliant slackers. However, whether
the brilliant slacker or hard worker succeed or not, they still pay tuition and fees. This
is what separates …show more content…
If a college degree takes so much time, money, and effort;
why even bother? Without stating boring statistics about median income and percentage
of college degrees, an important reason can be given, money. It’s a fact; on average,
adults who have a degree earn about 50 percent more gross income in their lifetime.
Obviously, this depends on the type of degree and the state; however the general idea is
fairly clear. However, more important than the occupational or financial opportunities
that college provides, is that of the knowledge that is imparted. Now more than ever,
college is an important teaching center of new and vast technological skills. Though
these skills can be learned at other centers and on one’s own, is not to the extent that a
university can provide. Mr. Russell states that, “...the man who nowadays brings
success in war is no longer a gentleman of commanding respect sitting upright on upon a
prancing horse, but a wretched scientist whom every military-minded boy would have
bullied throughout his youth.” As Mr. Russell recognized, society is changing. One of
the richest man alive today, Bill Gates, did not make his fortune in oil or steel, he made