Persuasive Essay: The Cost Of Higher Education

Many of us are always told that we can accomplish anything we set our minds to, but in order to get to where we want we have to higher our education. Nobody ever mentions how expensive it’s going to be just to try to accomplish your dreams. Trying to higher your education can cost you thousands of dollars in debt, and where’s all the fun in that? Therefore, I do not think college is worth its cost at all. I understand how you may pay a huge amount of money and expect to receive a good quality form of education, but what if that is not the case? What if you are able to pay all this money just so you can fulfill your dream job in the end, but yet you aren’t receiving a good valued education? If you think about it, which it is a complete waste of money, in fact this one of many major issues many people have today. It is completely ridiculous. In fact, according to the Pew Research center, “A majority of Americans (57%) say the higher education system in the United States fails to provide students with good value for the money” (“Executive Summary”).
I don’t know about other people but I would not risk my money if I’m not even being honestly guaranteed with good quality education. When you are wanting to strive for greatness, the only
guaranteed way is to gain a nice tip-top form of education. You always want to make sure that you are gaining what you are giving, it wouldn’t be right otherwise. Another issue that we can definitely tie into this topic is the fact that not many families of those students wanting to attend college are that fortunate as to them being able to afford the college life and whatever else may come along with it. It’s not fair to those students who are actually willing to attend, and extend their schooling in order to better themselves. According to Leonhardt, David, “For those families on the fence-often deciding whether a student will be the first to attend- the skepticism becomes one more reason to stop at high school” (Leonhardt). This seems to be a major issue today in the world. It’s not every day a family can just give up thousands of dollars for their child to attend college, even if that means giving the student a chance to become a major doctor, surgeon or even a scientist. One of the last issues seems to be that college is beginning to be a waste of time and energy coming from the student themselves.
According to Shierholz, Heidi, “As college students head back to the classroom this semester, a harsh reality confronts them-the rewards for the time, energy and money that young people put into college are less than they were a decade ago” (Shierholz). It’s been said before that most jobs don’t even require major certificates to be hired. With that being said, students begin to think that it’s okay not to attend college because of that reason particularly. Which is fine. If that is what the student chooses to do, it’s totally fine. Major certificate of education or not, there are still jobs that
hire. Many students do want to attend college, they do want to gain a full top-notch education but it’s not possible with the ridiculous costs and debts you may have to endure.