Collage Degree Essay

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My Decision to get a College Degree Getting a college degree is one of the smartest decisions I could have made. Going back to school for me means determination and stay focused so that I will be successful. There are things I have and will continue to change in my life, in order to continue and to do my best in my college courses. Everyone should go to college. Going to college will help you find a good career to make a better life for your family. My decision on going back to school is one that I have been pondering on for a while. I guess I would say that making a better life for my family is the main reason for farthing my education. I know getting a degree will benefit me in pursuing my career in which is to be a private secretary. I have wanted to be a private secretary since I was a young girl. I am a housekeeper at a hotel. I will have been there five years this June 13. I do love that type of work but it is getting very hard on me. I have back problems and housekeeping is not good for it. I am not getting any younger. I am thirty-seven years young and I would like to make a decent amount of money and doing something I will enjoy. You have to have a college degree to get a decent job. “A college degree also makes it easier to enter many of the fastest growing, highest paying occupations.” (Lacey & Crosby, 2004-05a, para.2). I now live in a two bedroom duplex. I want to buy a home with at least three bedrooms in the country. I would love my children to experience it. I think they would love it just as I did. I know that to you it may now sound like that exciting of a life. I know with my college degree and pursuing my new career, I will be able to afford it.This is just what I have always wanted. My career as a private secretary, to own my own home and make a better life for my children. “In some occupations, in fact, having a degree is the only way to

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