Is Having a Degree Important Pros and Cons
Is having a degree important pros and cons
Is Getting A College Degree Worth It These Days?
By: Brian Kim - August 28, 2007
I got the idea for this article after overhearing a conversation the other day between two teenagers. One was arguing that getting a degree was the only way to get a good job to make good money and the other was arguing that getting a degree wasn’t necessary in today’s day and age in order to make good money.
I’m sure you or someone you know have had this debate at least once and I think it’s one that’s becoming louder and louder with each new generation.
One side drags the income chart out and points to the statistics of bachelor degree holders earning way more than high school graduates
The other side then gestures to famous high school or college dropouts and the successes they’ve had, proudly pointing out that they didn’t need degrees to succeed and that they had college graduates working for them. One side is proud to claim themselves as “well rounded” for the education they received at university.
The other side points out that what they learned in school doesn’t really help or apply in the “real world.”
The two seem to be endlessly at war, each countering the other’s arguments, dragging the debate to the point where there seems to be no clear winner. Every side seems to have its own pros and cons.
So let’s sort this whole mess out and discover the true value of a college degree and see if it is really worth it in this day and age.
Ever since we were little, we were told college was the answer by our teachers and our parents. We were put on the college conveyor belt. It would give us the good life. It would get us the job and we would make good money because of it.
And they were right.
If they said that to us thirty years ago.
The idea that a college degree alone will help you in life today is obsolete.
Back in the day, everything that was said about getting a degree was true. If you had a degree, you separated yourself from
Is Getting A College Degree Worth It These Days?
By: Brian Kim - August 28, 2007
I got the idea for this article after overhearing a conversation the other day between two teenagers. One was arguing that getting a degree was the only way to get a good job to make good money and the other was arguing that getting a degree wasn’t necessary in today’s day and age in order to make good money.
I’m sure you or someone you know have had this debate at least once and I think it’s one that’s becoming louder and louder with each new generation.
One side drags the income chart out and points to the statistics of bachelor degree holders earning way more than high school graduates
The other side then gestures to famous high school or college dropouts and the successes they’ve had, proudly pointing out that they didn’t need degrees to succeed and that they had college graduates working for them. One side is proud to claim themselves as “well rounded” for the education they received at university.
The other side points out that what they learned in school doesn’t really help or apply in the “real world.”
The two seem to be endlessly at war, each countering the other’s arguments, dragging the debate to the point where there seems to be no clear winner. Every side seems to have its own pros and cons.
So let’s sort this whole mess out and discover the true value of a college degree and see if it is really worth it in this day and age.
Ever since we were little, we were told college was the answer by our teachers and our parents. We were put on the college conveyor belt. It would give us the good life. It would get us the job and we would make good money because of it.
And they were right.
If they said that to us thirty years ago.
The idea that a college degree alone will help you in life today is obsolete.
Back in the day, everything that was said about getting a degree was true. If you had a degree, you separated yourself from