Choose an article to read from my twitter feed: twitter.com/rlsclass
"Should College Be For Everyone?"
1. Your personal response, which should include the thoughtful selection of direct evidence from the article itself.
This article has been really helpful and understanding such in a way that I have created my own opinion about what I think college is referred to as necessary for success or not. This article was intended to persuade people into debating their opinion on what college is going to be worth for in the future and what might the outcomes of it all going to be. I think this was a really concerned point that many of us students from high school are prepared to face and choose weather or not to go to college right after graduating from high school. I believe that high school is the basic preparation that you get before you are ready to go into college which is going to define what you are good at or something you would want to persuade in a future to come. The skills that you might acquire in college are all based on yourself, this depends on you only if you choose to stay in college and get your certificate or drop out in the process of it all. To me reading this article has made me see all the things college is going to get you prepared for, but it has also made me look at the bad outcomes of going into college which for one part is a money based problem that most students have. Which was argued by someone who left a comment sharing her experience in college with a debt that she is still paying today. "I graduated from a four year private university in 2003 and worked in an on campus office during that time. It helped with bus and train fare and living in my parents’ middle class home. I’ve racked up 60k in debt and have not been able to make over 30k a year. I’m 33 and will never be able to pay this debt off. I now know that I never should have borrowed any student loans in the the first. I pay my rent, make my car payments and utility bills. I work at a place three miles away from my apartment on purpose. I can barely and sometimes simply cannot make my income based student repayment bill every month. If you have to ask how much it costs then you can’t afford it. Darn foolish of me to have never asked. The university industry sure wasn’t going to tell me outright. Thank god the debt won’t be passed on to a relative when I die." Many students deal with the same problem and I agree in favor of supporting students who would like an opportunity to have a high education in life if that means going to college, I mean there also has to be a variety of students who are committed to this and won;t drop out, but I'm sure the financial support is going to be well received and used. As well as this, people don't actually have to go to college to have a high education, others prefer to do their own thing and go for other programs that help fulfill their career choice. For example, in the article it stated "And, I have heard many conservative and liberal educational policy experts demean destinations other than college. We need a nation that has and values all sorts of work and skills, which means providing decent pay and benefits for many types of jobs." This really impacted me because I actually saw the reason for many people to not want to go to college. It says so in the quote, many people don't care for having someone presenting a certificate for college proving nothing other than a piece of paper. They want proof of their skills put into action, and not only that but how prepared they really are for the job they are intended work in.
2. A link to an article that you recommend from a reputable, or academic, or professional, source that either supports the points made in the article you originally picked, or argues with it in some way. Include a brief piece of writing in which you explain your recommendation.
This is a link to an article that states that college is a really important factor for jobs that anyone can do, but are payed better when people are college graduates. I think this a really good article supporting its statement because not only is it giving evidence of how high school and college graduates compare or contrast to each other, but it also gives real statistics that everyone cares for or relates to when they are looking for a job. Jobs now are getting hard to find but we need to look into the future and see the skills that we need to have in order to make more jobs work for us as well.
3. Questions for discussion, things to think about, ways to move forward, etc.
How can we meet the standards for us to get a good education?
What is a good example of a well payed job that doesn't require college graduates?
Is it fair to spend money on college when some decide to not go to college?
Is college worth paying for?
Do we really need college for a high education?
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