Is a college degree actually worth the time and money it takes to achieve it? Some may believe so, some may think the complete opposite. There are a lot of factors that go into the choice of going to college, such as what major you want, how long it is going to take, and if you can afford it. People pay thousands of dollars just so that they can get a piece of paper that has their name on it saying that they have gotten their college education. In some ways college can seem that it is broken and that individuals need to find a way to fix it. Even though a college degree takes time and money to obtain, it is still worth it; however, college can be improved in some aspects. Although college costs thousands of dollars it can still end up paying
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It is shown that distance learning does not help the experience of college. “And it’s the mysterious ways of cultivating that style that the poet Robert Frost meant when he said that you ‘hang around until you catch on.’ Hanging around, that is, on campus, not lurking on the Net” (Barszcz, 77). If you are hanging around until you get it that means that if you are not completely understanding something there are a plethora of ways to go about understanding it, you can go to an on campus tutoring center, or talk to the professor or classmates for help. There are a lot of experiences that you cannot get from taking an online class alone. You do not get to interact with your professors or classmates and if you do not understand something you can not get the proper help that you may …show more content…
No matter what people decide it is ultimately based on their own beliefs and what it is that they want to do with the rest of their lives. There definitely are ways that college can be fixed. College and the way that you go about it whether it be going to classes or taking distance learning classes online solely depends on your lifestyle and what you are comfortable with doing. In a sense college can still be fixed by going into classes and seeing what works for some people, also looking at distance learning classes and how those people learn and balance it. In distance learning there should be a day that you actually come into class and have time to be with the instructor instead of always learning it on your
It is shown that distance learning does not help the experience of college. “And it’s the mysterious ways of cultivating that style that the poet Robert Frost meant when he said that you ‘hang around until you catch on.’ Hanging around, that is, on campus, not lurking on the Net” (Barszcz, 77). If you are hanging around until you get it that means that if you are not completely understanding something there are a plethora of ways to go about understanding it, you can go to an on campus tutoring center, or talk to the professor or classmates for help. There are a lot of experiences that you cannot get from taking an online class alone. You do not get to interact with your professors or classmates and if you do not understand something you can not get the proper help that you may …show more content…
No matter what people decide it is ultimately based on their own beliefs and what it is that they want to do with the rest of their lives. There definitely are ways that college can be fixed. College and the way that you go about it whether it be going to classes or taking distance learning classes online solely depends on your lifestyle and what you are comfortable with doing. In a sense college can still be fixed by going into classes and seeing what works for some people, also looking at distance learning classes and how those people learn and balance it. In distance learning there should be a day that you actually come into class and have time to be with the instructor instead of always learning it on your