In the article “College is a waste of Time and Money”, Caroline Bird states the reasons why High School graduates attend college and how college is not worth it. Caroline Bird says college students attend college not because they want to go, they attend because college is a pleasant place and because they want parents and taxpayers to support them. According to an estimate by professors and administrators, no more than 25 percent of the students are turned on by the classwork, for the rest it is a social center or another way to stay away from the economic life for a few years. (Bird) This shows how certain students are attending college because they want to stay away from certain responsibilities and how they are pressured by their parents
