Why We Should Not Go To College

College is a stepping stone to education, some people will go to it and some will not. There are rumors that people hear about college. Some of these might be that college is hard or that it is just like high school. These stories come from people that may or may not have attended college. A debate that goes through most high school student’s minds is wondering if they should go to college or not. Going to college and not going to college are both difficult decisions to decide which should not be taken lightly. There’s also the debate over whether or not to go to college right after high school. Going to college can be a beneficial experience, but might not always be such a good idea. Going to college, people may think they are going to learn new things, but they are wrong. In college, people are only learning the same routines over again. Routines that we will not need in any career we may find ourselves. As stated in the article Why Go to College at All? “When you go out into the world, there’s no structure like that.” (Ojalvo). This quote is stating that what you learn in college will not pay off in the real world. It explains that the structure that people are being taught won’t apply in life. College only shows people more structure that won’t apply in life.
College in not cheap, it is quite expensive, and many people do not have the money to be able to pay and go to college. People would have to try to rely on grants, and financial aid to pay for college and that may not even be enough, In the article Do You Really Have to Go to College? it states “...going to school and graduating with an average of $26,000-plus in debt…” (Stephens) which allows people to see the amount people can accumulate of debt from college. The article proves that with even the benefits that college could offer there are big downsides that stand in the way of someone attending