Executive Summary: Benefits Of Going To College
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Brionna Daughtry
Ms.Horhn
ENGL-101
February 28, 2014
Benefits of Going to College According to College Board, higher earning potential is number one when it comes to benefits of going to college. "The median earnings of bachelor 's degree recipients working full-time year-round in 2008 were $55,700." (Hardy) A lot of current college students say that college is not worth the money, but they are still in college because they know without some type of degree it is going to be difficult to be financially stable and career ready but along with that they will learn some sort of responsibility.
To start off, considering the fact that no one wants to struggle and everyone wants to be financially …show more content…
For those who have time management issues and problems with procrastination coming to school will show you that if you do not have somewhat of a set schedule you will fail. As a college student you have to learn how to wash your own clothes if you did not already know how, you have to learn how to budget and the biggest thing coming to college you will learn fast is self-discipline. Self-discipline is knowing you have class in the morning so you do not go out with your friends the night …show more content…
“Failure is punished instead of seen as a learning opportunity. We think of college as a stepping-stone to success rather than a means to gain knowledge. College fails to empower us with the skills necessary to become productive members of Today’s global entrepreneurial economy.” (Stephens) His point of view is very understandable and realistic. Agreeing with Dale Stephens, Marty Nemko, says too that college is a waste of time. In an article entitled “We send too many to college”, Nemko practically states that parents are wasting their money by sending their “bottom 40 percentile” child to college because they barely made it out of high school so why would you send them to college. “Even worse, most of those college dropouts leave college having learned little of practical value and with devastated self-esteem… those people rarely leave with a career path likely to lead to more than McWages.” (Nemko) Going against the idea that college is worth the money the two authors have very valid
Brionna Daughtry
Ms.Horhn
ENGL-101
February 28, 2014
Benefits of Going to College According to College Board, higher earning potential is number one when it comes to benefits of going to college. "The median earnings of bachelor 's degree recipients working full-time year-round in 2008 were $55,700." (Hardy) A lot of current college students say that college is not worth the money, but they are still in college because they know without some type of degree it is going to be difficult to be financially stable and career ready but along with that they will learn some sort of responsibility.
To start off, considering the fact that no one wants to struggle and everyone wants to be financially …show more content…
For those who have time management issues and problems with procrastination coming to school will show you that if you do not have somewhat of a set schedule you will fail. As a college student you have to learn how to wash your own clothes if you did not already know how, you have to learn how to budget and the biggest thing coming to college you will learn fast is self-discipline. Self-discipline is knowing you have class in the morning so you do not go out with your friends the night …show more content…
“Failure is punished instead of seen as a learning opportunity. We think of college as a stepping-stone to success rather than a means to gain knowledge. College fails to empower us with the skills necessary to become productive members of Today’s global entrepreneurial economy.” (Stephens) His point of view is very understandable and realistic. Agreeing with Dale Stephens, Marty Nemko, says too that college is a waste of time. In an article entitled “We send too many to college”, Nemko practically states that parents are wasting their money by sending their “bottom 40 percentile” child to college because they barely made it out of high school so why would you send them to college. “Even worse, most of those college dropouts leave college having learned little of practical value and with devastated self-esteem… those people rarely leave with a career path likely to lead to more than McWages.” (Nemko) Going against the idea that college is worth the money the two authors have very valid