In defense of elitism

In Defense of Elitism The biggest question asked in high school is where are you going after you graduate, or what do you want to do with your life? The norm of society today is to go to college, get a degree in a field that interests you, then get out into the real world and make money to support yourself or your family. However, in these tough economic times that our society is in people are losing their jobs and going back to school to finish their degree. In William A. Henry’s article “In Defense of Elitism,” he believes that there are way too many people going to college, and that America should get it under control and only let the people who are serious about school go. He claims that we need to go back to a time when college was a privilege, where students had to do exceptionally well in high school to even be considered to go to college. Although this article was very interesting and Henry made a lot of very good points, and I agree with a lot of what he is saying I don’t think that everything he says is completely accurate. When one goes to high school, life is very confusing. Your body is changing your hormones are going crazy and you take all of your problems out on school. When I was in high school I had a hard time getting my act together during my freshman and sophomore year. I just didn’t care about school, I was a teenager and I thought I knew everything and I didn’t need school. I never wanted to go to college until my senior year of high school, which was too late to go to a university. I didn’t have the grade point average to do it so when I graduated I enrolled into a community college and am now working to transfer. I never did very well in high school I graduated with a 2.5 GPA, but now that I’m in college working towards what I want in life I am doing much better. I believe that just because you didn’t do very well in high school that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a chance at your dreams and goals in life. However Henry makes very