the reason to go to college

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Several decades ago, only a few selected people were able to enter college. In other words, it was quite rare to find those who completed a bachelor’s degree or even attended college. However, there has been a drastic change in our society-specially people's point of view toward education. Accordingly, the numbers of people who are attending college or finished their study in college have been increased over the past decades. And they go to college with various reasons. To begin with, I want to attend college to get a better job after I leave the military. In the past there were only a few people that specialized in a certain area of a company. Workers were only expected to do simple tasks that did not require any complicated skills. As time passed, these kinds of simple, mundane tasks have been replaced with technology that requires more critical thinking. Therefore large corporations and even smaller companies want a person that is capable of completing more sophisticated jobs, skills for which can be obtained with a college education. Another reason I want to attend college for is because of my strong desire to learn more deeply, in which to learn something new that I am interested. It is ones personal choice derived from one's innate desire. Unlike high school, people are taught one specific area as their major. Ultimately, it would help to expand my knowledge as well to allow me to study what I really want. With increased knowledge, I can become more confident and my self-esteem would be much higher than before. As mentioned before, I choose to go to college for various reasons. One reason is to get a better job that requires more sophisacated skills. Another reason can be for my personal desire for further learning. Regardless of their reasons, it is very meaningful that the opportunity for education has become more open to me so that I can become more

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