Higher Education, Necessity or Irrelevant?

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Is a Higher Education Really Needed What is usually the ultimate goal(s) of an individual who wants to obtain a higher education? What is the factor that pushes him or her to strive for the highest degree obtainable? These two questions obviously go hand-in-hand, answering one question would automatically entail the purpose behind it. In trying to understand whether or not a higher education was necessary in order to reach those “successful” goals, has proven to be simply a matter of a personal choice. As a current student we are told constantly that if we are looking to get ahead in life, to be given a fair shot, or to just be able to live comfortably...than it is inevitable that we earn, at the very least a Masters’ degree. If not we take the risk of face being stuck in dead-end-jobs. Normally I would agree, but “this time around,” I beg to differ. In answering the previous questions, we [humans] are genetically unique, each having our own individual ways on how to handle any given situation that may arise. The mindset I noticed with the “older/ non traditional students” is normally fixated on a deep purpose. Such as being an example for their family, or their job of 20+ years is now requiring for them to take a “refresher course” in order to keep their jobs. Whatever the reason may be, they usually tell me the same thing “tryin’ to make up for lost time.” Unlike the younger generations/ or traditional students, whose reasons for attending college may be similar to their elders but the purposes are “slightly” different, as they say. In example, when I asked a 23 year old student why she was attending school she brief replied, for family. When I asked her if she could be more specific, she responded with: “I love going out, shopping, eating a fancy restaurants, etc. But in order to have that type of lifestyle on a daily basis I would need the financial means
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