Anaisha Murray Mr. King ENGL 101-029 February 3rd, 2014 Is College Worth the Cost? Many people argue that college is not worth the cost. Some individuals say that college is too expensive and when they graduate they are not able to find a job with their degrees. People also say that college is not worth the amount of money they have to pay back in loans after they graduate. Those are all points stated in Rodney K. Smith’s essay…
Zig Ziglar once said, “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” College is very expensive nowadays and is harder to pay for than it was back then. College is a very hard thing to accomplish and a hard decision for individuals and their families. Even though college is worth going to, students still have to pay for college tuition, a place to live, and transportation which is all too expensive for them.…
Paying for College (An Analysis of The Rising Cost of College and the Modern Methods Used to Combat it) “Life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future--you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get a nice house so you can afford to send your kids to college so they can get a good job so they can get a nice house so they can afford to send their kids to college” (Green, 2008). A summer 's work at minimum wage use to easily pay for a whole year of college tuition. Today even if minimum wage was doubled, working all summer could barely pay for half the years tuition and fees. This has obviously become problematic, due to the fact that, in today 's job market, it is nearly…
What should the next president of the United States do to fix the economy? To fix the economy the next president should focus on changing the cost of college tuition, fixing the United States trade, and by changing the wage growth when people can get paid more. The reason why the president should focus on college tuition because reason one people don’t have enough money to go to college so that leave them getting lower wage jobs cause if they tried to get better paying job it would be hard since the employer would look more into someone who have a college degree. This can help the economy because less people would be in debt since college students had to use loans to pay the cost for the college.…
College is undeniebly expensive. Of course many people say that it's worth it, which I do not disagree with, but there is no need for schooling to be so pricey. The most expensive universities are typically liberal arts, which tends to offer a more in-depth view of knowledge through important principals. Because of this, I thrive to be able to attend a private, non-for-profit, liberal arts universtiy. However, it is, and I have to find ways to pay for my very important schooling.…
Many factors can be the reason why a student does not attend a college. One factor that determines whether a college is good to attend to is cost. Cost is a very important factor to consider when looking at a college because it will determine if you are able to handle the expenses of the college. Not only is tuition a part of the cost, but the housing expenses and food play a role when talking about cost. It is smarter to understand what all is necessary to pay for before making the decision of going to a college.…
First, subject would be the college finances, according to. Supporters of a college education argue that a college degree is a valuable and important means of economic, social advancement, and provides more options for graduates. But opponents argue that attending college burdens many graduates with debt that is difficult to repay, yet the price of a college education has outnumbered the value of a college degree because the price always seems to be high and other priorities distract you from college. Also, it can be very stressful and…
The opportunity cost of going to college is well worth it. Time is a small thing that you lose for the greater good of your future. Like you, I am not losing anything by attending AMU because my tuition is paid for and I still receive my salary every month. When further researching opportunity cost I realized I gave up on traveling. In my opinion online classes are more time consuming and I love to take vacations, but because I am enrolled in a couple classes I have to schedule my trips accordingly.…
Opportunity cost is anything that an individual could not obtain because of scarce resources. If you had 20 dollars in your pocket and the choice of going paddle boarding or buying a meal at your favorite restaurant Opportunity cost would be the choice that you did not pick. Opportunity cost is a very import concept to grasp because we live in a world that is full of scarcity, so it is imperative that we know what we are gaining from our decisions as well as what we are losing. Opportunity cost in its simplest form is decision making .…
Imagine a country where their culture has a negative outlook on going to college. Children are debating whether education is worth having for their future. College is seen as a necessity in America, but is priced as a luxury investment. In 1978, a student who worked a minimum wage summer job could afford to pay a year’s full tuition at the four-year public university of their choice. United States does not want their future to be filled with engineers, doctors, and scientist.…
One way to pay for college is to get a scholarship, but not every student can get a scholarship, and it will be better if college tuition were free. People really struggle to pay for college because they will have to find a way to…
Attending college may be stressful, but will be worth it down the road. It will be worth the time because in the future, you will regret not going. Some teens will say college is expensive but you could get grants and scholarships. College is very beneficial by getting more education power and it will get closer to reaching your goal. Many young college students change their minds all the time and their major constantly are changing and that’s fine.…
When the hats are thrown in the air and all are in final realization, they have finished and accomplished a dream they’ve so longed for: graduating college. After all the hard work, the all nighters, and the sacrifices made, they have made it up to this moment: where all was paid off. This is something students should experience because it is a one in a lifetime experience. College education is an important experience people should encounter at some point in their lives, but as the increase of its cost is going up, it is getting unreasonable for people to pay. Therefore the cost of higher education should be reduced to a more reasonable cost.…
State colleges need be little to no tuition cost for students who want to attend. State colleges who eliminate their tuition for students who live within the state wanting to attend college for a better future. Students will have little to no debt when graduating from college giving students the motivation to attend college. Attending college will become the new norm, just like graduation from high school making the high school dropout rates decrease. Private will have to reduce their tuition cost.…
First grade through twelfth grade students have always been provided with textbooks to help with their subjects. College on the other hand does not provide students with textbooks that are essential in passing in college class. Buying textbooks just adds to the already expensive cost that comes with going to college. Tuition, living costs, and many other expenses, are what college students have to look forward to. The debate on lowering the cost on college expenses has been an uphill battle for years now, but the prices of colleges has gone up instead of down.…