Kendrick Watts Moyer English 1020- 026 10 February 2014 Is College Really for Me…?? In the essay “Is College for Everyone” by Pharinet, discusses that it’s not mandatory to attend a college institution to obtain a well-paying job. In the beginning of the essay Pharient refrains to a statement that students hear every day, “You want get anywhere without your education (635).” This is a statement that many teachers and parents repeatedly preach to their child since they were kindergartener’s. Pharinet also explains in a reasonable tone, that having a college degree doesn’t always bring success in most students’ life. Mainly because, students are not properly preparing themselves to what seems to be the “real world”.
Learning to manage your time with all the freedom college brings is one of the hardest transitions to make. While in high school you always were reminded when your work was due and etc. In college its your own responsibility to know when you have work to be turned in and test. In explains ways to make managing your time easier such as knowing your goals and knowing what you have to do to achieve your goals. You also have to know your purpose of attending college and what you want out of it.
Matt Linck Dr. Hathaway English Composition 101 October 8th, 2013 Two-Year Schools vs. Four-Year Colleges and Universities Choosing a college means entering a new and unfamiliar world where an incredible number of possibilities is right in front of you. Perhaps one of the hardest decisions that a recent high school graduate faces is determining where he or she wants to go to school the following year, and then deciding whether that should be a two-year community college or a four-year university. Even though community colleges and universities share a general goal to prepare their students for the future, each has significant differences in aspects such as size, admission requirements, cost to attend, student life, and many others. Community colleges are often more popular among those students looking for an affordable and convenient education, whereas universities offer a higher number of degrees and further schooling for further degrees.
“By tying grades to money, we give students incentives not to take risks” (Vogel, 392) that stop them from choosing challenging courses in college. Students find easier courses through word of mouth or websites that previous students rate their professor in. I always ask people who previously took the course I am interested in whether or not I have a chance of passing the course with a C or higher. Students are afraid of putting their grade point average at risk because the grade point average is a component of the application process that helps colleges decide who to accept. .
Community College vs. University Going to college is obviously a big step in ones life. We have been getting prepared for this step all the way down to Pre-K. When those acceptance letters, or denial letters start to pour into ones mailbox, decisions start to be made. Attending a four-year college is much different than a community college. The typical high school senior wants to get away, and go to a University somewhere far.
The barriers that undocumented students face in their path to a higher education can be overcome with the help of the Federal Government. And these can be done by passing a bill that helps undocumented students with there financial and illegal difficulties. For many years the U.S. has made it hard for undocumented students to attend college, and all because of their illegal status. These are undocumented students whose illegal status didn’t matter as they attended elementary school. But all of that changes on the day that they reach senior year in high school at the process of filling out the college application and financial-aid forms.
I don’t think elementary school and middle school really prepared me for college the way high school did. Education wise, I feel like high school more closely relates to college in the sense of preparation. Taking AP classes helped show me how much work I needed to start getting used to and the difficulty of that work. What high school did not teach me was that, I have to do everything by myself, literally, everything. I no longer had my mom enrolling me in school, it was all up to me.
He voices his opinion on how high school was, how high school is now, and how it could make or break your next four years from all the upsets, hardships and bullying. Fifty years ago, things were way different than how they are today. Kids had to go to school and were respectful to their peers or they would get in a huge amount of trouble, kids were expected to help their parents around the house or does some yard work outside. Nowadays kids do nothing and expect so much in return. If they do not get what they want when they want it, usually they will pitch a fit or they will not speak to their parents and the end result of that situation is the kid ends up getting it.
(Pros and Cons, 2012) For high school graduates, commuting from home appears to them as a disadvantage. The graduates who believe that to be a disadvantage ask themselves, am I too close to home? Or, do I feel like I am still in high school? Most community colleges do not provide housing for students. (MD, 2012) Instead, they gear toward the needs of commuter students.
The purpose of this article is to prove that college is not designed for every individual. It is not a desire for knowledge that these individuals enroll in colleges straight out of high school, but for many different reasons that could be different for each person. Every person could have a different reason for attending college. It could be due to the fact that your parents pressured you into going to college. It could be that you felt you would find yourself in college after you graduated high school.