College Education By Edward Malloy Summary

Reverend Edward Malloy once said, “A college degree is not a sign that one is a finished product, but an indication a person is prepared for life.” Reverend Malloy speaks the truth when he says that a college education doesn’t mean that one is done with everything, that one learned everything one needs to learn. No, life after college is more intricate than that which is why enrolling for a four year college or university is imperative for a teenager’s growth as an adult. With a college degree, one becomes more aware of the world around them and success and prosperity are granted. While it is true that students can find success and enlightenment elsewhere (and without a college degree), the fact remains that the college experience exposes fresh-outta-high-school students to a new world where anything is possible.
On an online article by Alexandra Rice, she quotes Anthony Armstrong, a college professor stating that, “The world in which you live is the world of which you are aware. College expands your awareness of the world, your awareness of the human condition...” In high school, students are living in their own little observable universe where everything is known and it seems as if everything that needs to be discovered has been discovered. That type of mentality changes once students go to college. Armstrong is right in that college expands that observable universe students live in. By going to college, those students are exposed to different types of people, different cultures, different viewpoints, and different mentalities. These different experiences can in exchange expand student’s awareness of themselves and the world of which they grew up in. This exposure is just what teenagers need to also help them develop empathy, which is a sign of maturity, and maturity is a sign of becoming an adult. All of these factors are of the essence for a teenager’s growth as a successful