Are Too Many People Going to College Essay

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    and that’s to go to college. Students dream of going to big prestige colleges or colleges right in town. When students apply and get the golden acceptance letter, their dreams and hopes have come to reality and the world stop. Excitement runs through and everything seems amazing until, the price to attend is shown. Students start to worry about paying for dorms, classes, books and more. With this happening every year, there is a problem student’s face in or before going to college and that is…

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    Free College? Is paying for college necessary? People now days are paying too much for college. They would literally charge you for anything. College should be free to attend. All students need an education, job, and or career. Not everybody can afford going to college therefore it should be free to attend. That way no student will have any type of excuse on why they dropped out and or didn’t attend college. Students need an education. But not all students can get an education. Most of the…

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    summary, “Is College the Best Option? chapter 16, They Say / I Say written by Cathy Birkenstein and Russell Durst, is one that has many different answers. Answers that vary, from each essay author found in chapter 16. It seems that there is no right or wrong answer. It all depends on the individual, go to college or not. We are told in junior high or in high school that we should go to college. But is it for everyone? One thing that is for sure about what the answer is or should be; college…

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    College should not be expensive instead cheap for everyone who want to attend no matter what their family financial situation is. College tuition needs to be economical for everyone, so everybody has a opportunity to get an education without being in financial obligation. There are kids and adults in the nation that would love to attend college to get a degree and make their lives easy. Why Should Universities reject people because they cant pay the tuition or afford it? There are financial…

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    Nowadays society pushes you to go to college. Throughout middle school and especially high school, teachers, parents and friends are always asking you where you are going to college and what your plans are. We are pressured into choosing a college and a career at such a young age and students will often change their mind part way through. Through that whole time students are not only wasting their time, but spending so much money. College is way more expensive than students and parents think and…

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    Why give free college? While some argue that the government has already have too many expenses in there hands and not all taxpayers agree to this cause, yet there's still some benefits to it. America has have this debate some oppose or agree. The government should give free college as can be beneficial: can stop the boomerang generation from increasing or slow the rate of it, it matters in this day in age. Make it universal and make the rate of doctors and engineers and etc increase more.…

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    threshold of adulthood. As the graduated students look back on their childhood years, they see it is time to move on and start completely over in a new environment. College is a time for exploration and discovery of things people never thought of before and many see the job of universities is to teach students how to become independent. Colleges are being denounced for denying students the ability to become mature by using techniques such as trigger warnings to alarm students that there might be…

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    for most people is to attend a college or university right after high school. High schools strongly encourage all students to try and go to a great four year college, but is this absolutely necessary. These days it seems that if one does not attend college and receive a degree, they are not respectable or they are not as intelligent as others. This is not true. Many people who are in high school simply aren’t cut out for such rigorous and so-called “standard” college courses. Most people believe…

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    has stated that “too many students are going to college not because they want to but because they think they have to. You must go to college or you’ll be a second class-citizen” (Marklein). Students may be pressured by their parents saying you need to earn a living so you must go to college, peers competing into who get into the best colleges and becomes the most successful and teachers are constantly preparing high school students to get ready for qualifying and applying for college. Low-income…

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    expresses his disagreement that too many kids are going to four-year colleges. In his essay, “What’s wrong with Vocational School?” Murray States that Vocational schools should be more of an option to people rather than having everyone go to a four-year college. He explains that many that go to a four-year college are unqualified, basing it on their IQ levels or lack of interest in attending. Murray believes that it may also be a waste of their money if they are just going for the LIB art…

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