Live And Learn Why We Have College

There are more people than ever before attending college because of endless opportunities that it provides; me either. I choose CSULB to pursue my degree path. Beside those chances that college gives me, I also disagree with the CSULB education system. There are many schools that go straight to teach students about their major courses, while in CSULB system we have to complete the general education (GE) courses. Most of majors are called “pre-majors" at first, students have to complete at least 60 units with a C or better in order to declare a major. Therefore, students most likely don't care about what they have learned in classes, all they care about is their grades. While high grades are important, CSULB should focus to emphasize what students actually learn from classes and materials use to teach in each class. …show more content…
The first theory supports the idea that a society is sorting out the more intelligent students from the less intelligent ones. College, as the author states, is essentially “a four-year intelligence test”(57). Universities are using grades to determine which students are smarter so that they “can funnel them into careers that maximize their talents”(57). Colleges accept students with high GPA and SAT scores and expect them to continue improve their learning abilities in order to maintain a great GPA while they are in college. Menand's second theory reflects different aspect of college. While the first theory places it's emphasized on the importance of getting a high grade, the second one is more focused on what individuals can gain from college