College is not for everyone‚ but for these three high school students that is all they believe in. Most students’ think about boys‚ girls‚ prom‚ sports‚ etc. the list could go on in a teenagers head‚ nothing about their future or college. So when talking to an uplifting student such as Philippian about her education‚ it gives hope to educators‚ and inspires others to take their education seriously. Philippian Chatman a 17 year old senior‚ who attends Aldine Senior High School‚ is very passionate
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“ Is College for Everyone” Is college for everyone? I am sure this is a question that many future‚ current‚ and even graduated college students have asked themselves at one time or another. In her blog posted in 2007 on AssociatedContent.com “Is College for Everyone”‚ writer‚ Pharinet‚ uses her experience‚ logic‚ emotion and reasoning as a college professor to identify the issues and answer the question‚ “is college for everyone?” Pharinet says that education is important and that every person has
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Is college worth it? Does it teach us actual skills or is it more about paying to have a piece of paper certifying our degree so we could get in the workforce? In their research paper “Should Everyone Go to College”‚ Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill try to answer these same questions through graphs and data taken throughout the years. For example‚ they find that on average college graduates make way more money over the years than the ones who did not pursuit an education after high school. Through
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Is college a necessary component to having a successful life? Is there ways to be successful or happy and not attend a school of higher education? College is put out to be this mandatory element of life‚ and I truly believe that it can be for some people‚ but certainly not for everybody. There are other opportunities other than college that give people education that do not require college education like trade or tech school‚ jobs that just do not require any level of degree‚ and also people who
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year of college after graduating high school. Our whole school system relies on previous education to get to the next. Each level of education has a purpose and that is to prepare them for the next level. After grade school comes middle school‚ after middle school comes high school‚ and after high school comes college‚ but what comes after college? With the previous pattern‚ the next level after college would be a career‚ but is this necessarily true? Is this the only path students have? Many students
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November 6‚ 2013 Arnold Clay ENC1101 Is College for Everyone?: Comparative Rhetorical Analysis Since the first GI Bill was passed after World War II universities have been steadily increasing. Currently there are more than 4000 college like institutions in the United States. Public policy has been making higher education more reachable for example by creating federal student loan programs so everyone has a chance to attend college. But recently we have seen the cost of a four year degree drastically
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In the United States two-thirds of high school graduates go to college but only twenty-seven percent of Americans have a bachelor’s degree. Why is this? Many high schools in America stress the need for kids to go to college after graduation. America has it wrong though with trying to send everyone to college‚ when we should be trying to get people to go find their passion‚ and then strive to achieve that. College is not for everyone and convincing kids to go and rack up debt when they don’t even
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Pharinet’s “Is College for Everyone?”: A Critical Response Pharinet is a college professor‚ who chose to remain anonymous‚ that strongly believed college is not for everyone. In “Is College for Everyone?”‚ Pharinet tries to refute those who say that you need college to be successful. She proves her point through giving specific reasons and examples that are appealing to all audiences. In Pharinet’s “Is College for Everyone?” she discusses that while many benefit from college‚ others may not
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Is College for Everyone Growing up kids was taught that earning a college degree could get them a better life. Elementary school prepared us for the next step of higher education‚ which was junior high‚ and the high school. After attending school since the age of 5 years old education was the only thing we learn that would make us have a brighter future. Once we reach the 12th grade‚ the only thing we could think about is what college we will attend? What career path best fits our personality‚ and
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Should Everyone Attend College? Long restless nights and large amounts of debt created by thousands of people to attend college for a better career and cause. Numerous people of different ages‚ races and backgrounds have considered if college is beneficial to them or not. Two educated women‚ Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill‚ authors of “Should Everyone go to College?” published in 2013 by the Brookings Institution emphasizes factors that encourage people to consider whether or not college is actually
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