In addition of going to school, working class students also have to get a job to be able to help out their families. Working class students have always struggled to get by during their years in college but most of these students have families who support their dreams of coming out of poverty and become somebody with no pressures. However there are also students who lack family support and deal with these issues alone throughout college. According to the New York Times article For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall, “Likely reasons [that low income students drop out of college]
Based on an article by Financial Contributor, Ray Martin, he asserts that a myth buster is going around for students, for instance it easy to get over-borrow money. There is no possible way we can borrow money and at the end of college, find a job to support ourselves and repay the loan in the form of student loans of over $25,000. Based on the article this generation is hobbled by the soaring cost of college: for all borrowers, the average debt in 2011 was $23,300 with a 10 percent owing more than $54,000 and 3 percent more than $100,000, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports. If one is not thinking about where this is headed over the next two to three years he or she is completely missing the warning signs because when he or she comes out of college owing money, it will hold that individual back from starting the rest of his or her life. I’m not saying
Some people deserve a second chance, but it shouldn’t be given to someone that doesn’t show effort towards school. If someone is failing a class you can’t always blame the student. You have to put in perspective that the teacher could be bad at teaching,or perhaps the student missed a lot of class due to being sick,or maybe the class is just too hard. So however, handing out extra credit could be tolerable to the students that show effort, and not to the students who mess around in class. One reason a student should receive extra credit to pass, is that they have trouble with that one specific subject.
Outside of the U.S., a much smaller percentage of students attend college. Half of the students who enroll in college do not complete their degree. Secondary schools are primarily designed to prepare students who are planning to attend college, and are not nearly as good at preparing students for a career that does not include college. Having degree is a screening device for future employers. The college you got into says a lot about your ability and how a student stuck it out for four years, but the degree itself doesn’t qualify the graduate for anything.
In the article “What’s Wrong With Vocational School” written by Charles Murray, he gives his opinion about the unnecessary of four year college’s program compares to vocational training. I find this article have some very interesting ideas which I both agree and disagree I agree with his statement in the fourth paragraph about how many students attend college because their parents are paying for it and it is what they supposed to do after their finish high school. Many students do not have any real goals or any ideas of what they are going to do for their life, but going to a four year college is an obligation because their parents have spent so much money for them through high school, and now college. Automatically, their job is to do well in school and finish with a four year degree so that they can be prepared for their future without the supporting from their parents. This is a common sense that many of us all know as an adult; yet not all young people understand this fact.
For instance, a lot of work will be given, students will be required to finish assignment on the due dates no matter any situation that student are going through. Also, time management is more important. Due to college pressures, some students drop out od college, but ,at the end of the day, most college drop out struggle with financing
I found myself to be very successful in that area until my junior year; when I realized some of those friends could not be trusted. As high school progressed and the drama plied up, I had to remain focused. This may have been one of the biggest challenges for me. Additionally time became an issue when I began playing sports. Attempting to complete the heavy workload assigned by my teachers all the while trying to uphold my social life, it was evident as my lack of attention began to show in grades.
This however, does not sit well with people who are becoming unemployed or who have seniority at their current jobs. Attending college is neither cheap nor convenient when you take into consideration that a lot of the employees who have been working for so long. In their brains they just are given a task and do it. They do not have the drive or means to set time aside to go take day/night classes, to keep up with and adapt to the social and economic changes. Plus, you have to take into consideration that a lot of these people have a full table to support at home.
Managing my time for school was another challenge I overcame, it always seemed like I was not going to have time to get everything done. Completing Exp 105 was the best class for me because it helps teach me time management.
Mainly affecting my generation, jobs that should be given to college graduates are not even open yet because senior employees are staying in companies when normally they would have retired. Social Security also poses an issues because younger generations are paying into the “baby boomers” social security. The main scare is that it will run out and those that paid into it might not even be able to receive it when needed. This is causing drastic changes in the world affecting all ages and all kinds of people. Unfortunately this issue really cant be addressed and the world will just have to adapt to the fact that people are living longer lives.