Attending College Is Not Right For Every Person

College Is Not Right For Every Person Society says we all need to go to college in order to attain a good job. The common belief seems to be if students do not attend college they will most likely lead a miserable life as a fast food worker and will be inferior to those who receive a higher education. Those beliefs simply aren 't true in every case and most certainly aren 't true in regard to the value of an individual 's worth. We are all equal in God 's eyes no matter what we do. He loves each one of us and has a different plan for each person 's life. Some people may love to work in the fast food industry and we need workers to keep those businesses running, so how does that make those workers any less of a person than anyone …show more content…
A lot of students go into debt because tuition and books can get expensive. If a student can 't afford to pay the bills, he/she is then forced to get a student lone which may take years to pay back. Often, students have to get a job or even two jobs while attending college in order to pay off any debt they are getting themselves into. This can become very stressful and often leads to poor grades and failure. If an individual is serious about school and intends to get a degree they will use in life, the stress and long hours will be well worth it, but for a student who is not interested in college or who doesn 't need a degree for the career the individual has chosen, college is a waste of their time and money. In "What 's Wrong With Vocational Schools?" Charles Murray states "Large numbers of those who are intellectually qualified for college do not yearn for four years of college-level courses they go to college because their parents are paying for it and college is what children of their social class are supposed to do after they finish high school." Someone who does not like the idea of college but who is going anyway to please those around them can get very depressed because he/she is not pursuing what makes them happy in life. We should not let ourselves get pressured into doing something that isn 't right for us just because society says so. Each individual is different. Murray says this wonderfully when he writes "People who go to college are not better or worse people that anyone else; they are merely different in certain interest and abilities." College is not for everyone. I agree with Pharinet in his article "Is College For Everyone" when he argues that "If college is for everyone, why do we rely on SAT scores and high school