In a time where traditional college is becoming more and more expensive Community College offers a more approachable alternative to those seeking to escape their cave and reach enlightenment. According to Moneycrashers.com students are expected to save at least twelve thousand dollars when attending Community College over the course of a two year degree (Eneriz). Everybody receives essentially the same high school education however what people chose to do to further their education can be a major deciding factor in their quality of life. Community College offers an inexpensive stepping stone for those who may be afraid to leave the cave and see if they 're able to enlighten themselves. Hopefully the many that succeed in achieving their enlightenment
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Student’s pay for tuition now in many ways including scholarships, through parents, and through student loans. But throughout all those options one thing will remain the same; at some point hard work must be put in to obtain an education. It can be a student’s fantastic grades in high school earning them a scholarship or a parents sacrifices to save for a college fund. Attending school doesn’t completely boil down to having to money to attend, one must possess the passion and drive to want to learn and to want to enlighten themselves. If for someone’s entire life they were told that schooling isn’t for them, or that nobody else in their family went to school then why should they? Perhaps the real issue is the social factors involved in having the desire to attend in the first place. It is shown that those students who qualify as low-income have roughly a 25% less chance to want to attend a higher education (Worland). This doesn’t necessarily mean that they don’t have the money to attend but one can draw the reasonable connection that if their families are low income then their parents most likely did not attend as well. Community College offers a fantastic way to for those low-income and less motivated by their peers to attend due to the lack of long term commitment and lower tuition. Rather than taking
Student’s pay for tuition now in many ways including scholarships, through parents, and through student loans. But throughout all those options one thing will remain the same; at some point hard work must be put in to obtain an education. It can be a student’s fantastic grades in high school earning them a scholarship or a parents sacrifices to save for a college fund. Attending school doesn’t completely boil down to having to money to attend, one must possess the passion and drive to want to learn and to want to enlighten themselves. If for someone’s entire life they were told that schooling isn’t for them, or that nobody else in their family went to school then why should they? Perhaps the real issue is the social factors involved in having the desire to attend in the first place. It is shown that those students who qualify as low-income have roughly a 25% less chance to want to attend a higher education (Worland). This doesn’t necessarily mean that they don’t have the money to attend but one can draw the reasonable connection that if their families are low income then their parents most likely did not attend as well. Community College offers a fantastic way to for those low-income and less motivated by their peers to attend due to the lack of long term commitment and lower tuition. Rather than taking