Did I Choose The Wrong College By Crucet Summary

Furthermore, like Addison, novelist and professor Jennine Capó Crucet expresses a similar background. In her New York Times opinion piece, "Did I Choose the Wrong College?," Crucet shares her experience of selecting a school and the involvement of her family. She begins by begging the question: "Did I need to go to the more expensive school? Would it make a real difference in my life?" Crucet continues how "[her] parents had listened carefully to everything the school had said about what this education could mean for [her]. [They] intuited that it would be an investment in a future that [they would] be foolish to pass up". Addison mirrors the same notion of who is most likely paying for such an education, mentioning "this college brochure is not marketing for the parents— because the parents nor grandparents, probably never went to
Art colleges in California can range from $20,000 up to $45,000 in tuition costs, and as Crucet reflects, "what the expensive school seemed to be promising was more options". Most parents want what is best for their son or daughter, even if it means taking on considerable loans. She adds that her parents have worked trade jobs their entire lives, "[wanting] to give [her] an advantage [they] never had". Likewise, my parents are in the same situation as Crucet's mother and father, working blue-collar jobs with trade school certificates and having limited information when it comes to financial aid. Concurring with Crucet's piece, writer and education advocate Rainesford Stauffer offers a comment stating, "We desperately need better college counseling and honest conversations around the expense of college. But at the root of it, NO student should have to pick between the kind of education they want or need and debt like