Some students decide to go back to college after they are married and have kids, but this can be difficult. These situations may lead to stress. Studying with a lot of stress in their lives can result in a lack of concentration. It may be hard to go through their academic education; consequently, they may drop out of college. The most common reason why students drop out is due to financial problems.
College has been considered a place of education opportunity and a prime personal interest of high school students and high school graduates. Bird (1975), “College is a waste of time and money” discusses why individuals go to college, describes the college-life of students and proceeding with jobs with a college diploma in her article to explain why college is a waste of time and money. Bird fails to balance the pros and cons by limiting her arguments to time and money. Why go to college? This is one topic Bird touches upon in her article, in many instances she has wrote about different reasons why someone may or may not go to college.
College can be a scary experience. But how do you know that if you have yet to take your first class? High school teachers may tell you that the work will be much harder in college. Your parents may tell you that you’re going to have to study more to keep your grades up in college. A friend of a friend might complain to you how much they struggled to keep their grades up in college.
Bird also seems to blame parents for “forcing” students to go to college. By sending students to college, parents feel that they are doing the right thing. They believe that later one in life, a college education would help
Bijena Adhikari Jerome Parent English 121-56I 03/29/2012 The value of college In this century “the value of college” has been a big debate among the parents, student and the professor themselves. College is not a gateway which guarantees better jobs and better salaries, but it definitely makes a huge difference while accruing one. College is a guideline for stepping out in a real world and tackling real problems. While the tuition fees are increasing every year so as the curiosity, is it worth spending that huge amount of money? And after graduating will there be a secured job?
As a result, employers have suggested that “higher education institutions have to raise student achievement” as well as help them develop the skills they need in order to succeed. (Kathleen Parker) Higher education is facing more critique than at any other point in recent history. According to “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses” by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, many undergraduates, during their four years of college are not learning the critical thinking, complex reasoning and written communication skills that are considered as the core of the college education. Thus, critics of The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) agree that the core curriculum is out-of-date and accuse ACTA of being “conservative”. In order to stay competitive and to thrive in the current higher education landscape, it is critical that college and university leaders prioritize, focus, and evolve their operations and
Our society undervalues entrepreneurial work, trade skills, and it discourages young people from pursuing this type of education after high school. Now this isn’t a good thing for a few reasons. For example, tuition fees have gone through the roof to go to college over the last thirty years, and that means debts are increasing ridiculously. According to stats from CNBC, right now in the US, college related debts are over a trillion dollars. This debt is getting harder and harder to pay off too, because there are so limited jobs available for college graduates.
Tuition subsidies are not as helpful as students believe them to be, but in fact cause more harm than good. Pursuing a higher education is a personal choice that students must take accountability for, mentally and financially. Let’s say Jill, a recent high school graduate, is considering applying to college. She evaluates her work habits, her ability to handle stress, and her motivation to complete tasks, and realizes she’s just not ready to handle the workload that comes with college courses. The logical thing for her to do is postpone her college enrollment until she’s ready.
This irrational parental logic held me back for a time but did not keep me from eventually attending college on my own. Now, with approximately seven to eight years left until retirement, I still feel college is important enough to go back to finish what I started! Working for my Bachelors degree couldn’t be more poignant to me than it is right now. My desire to get a college education was in defiance of my father’s view of a woman’s place. My father was difficult and hard on my two brothers and me.
To get that scholarship, and not be that rich kid that the parents just put down money for them to go to college. The rich kids don't want to actually do well their parents want them to just because they have the money to do it. That poor kid that maybe they didn't grow up right and just need a chance to do well, they might have messed around in school and think they could do better now, wont have money for them to go and change how they were thought of. Everyone just wants you to think you can do or be anything you want. The world is just not like this not everyone has the same chance your family or your ethnic group or your finances have a lot to do with on your limits in life.