Argumentative Essay: It's Time To Go To College

“It’s time to ditch the college-for-all crusade… it’s doing more harm than good.”, said Robert Samuelson. This quote is based off the fact that he believes that people should drop the idea of letting/encouraging everyone to go to college. I most definitely disagree with Samuelson. I believe that everyone that wants to go to college should go to college. It is proven that people who attend college or get a higher degree than a high school diploma/GED will receive higher pay than those who don’t. Going to college sets a wider path for those who attend, gives college graduates a chance for a better lifestyle, and strengthens the mind to overreach its limits more than it did just in high school. After graduating college with a Associate’s Degree or a Bachelor’s Degree, that will set a wider path for those whom seek
Records have shown that college graduates receive a substantial amount of money over those who only graduate from high school. Sure there are the 1% that get lucky and invent something crazy and get ridiculously rich, but who is to say that you could be one of those people? College is like a back up. It will always ensure that you will get a job - it may not be in your field of choice, but you will have a financially stable job to keep up with the life you want to live. When you go for a higher education, it will strengthen the mind to overreach its limits more than it did just in high school. Expanding your mind to ideas you haven’t thought of will/can make you a more well-rounded person than you were before. Taking in information that you haven’t thought of before is like an exercise for the brain - it will make it stronger than before. When going to college, it does the same thing, it exercises the brain to an extent that some can’t necessarily handle. But it could also help your brain withstand more stress that life can throw at you when you least expect