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EdsonRamirez
Mr.Jacobo
PoliticalStudies,Period
14October2015
GotoCollege:TheWorldisinYourHands

Whenthereisaanopportunityinfrontofyou,butcomeswithariskdoyoutakeitorwalk
away?Manypeoplethatgotocollege,getahighereducation,andtheyareexposedmoretothe
worldandseetheworlddifferentlybecause,theylearnedmorethanthepeoplethatdidnotgo.
Manypeoplethatgraduatefromcollegehaveadifferentpersonalityandwhentheyhavekids,
theyaremorelikelytoattend.Whengoingtocollegestudentsbecomesmarterandknowmore
thananyonewhodidnotgo,andfindbetterjobswithbetterpay.Despitethegreatcostofgoing
tocollege,itisworthgoingforbecausestudentsgetbetterpayingjobs,andseetheworldina
differentperspective.
Ifundergraduatesattendcollegewithoutknowingwhichmajorwillgiveareturnon
investment(R.O.I)theycanendupindebtandadeadendjobthatdoesnotpaywell.Fromthis
articleIsCollegeWorthItsaysLaTishaStylesgraduatedfromKennesawStateUniversityin
Georgiain2006shehad35,000ofstudentdebt.Thisobligationwouldhavebeeneasyto
dischargeifherSpanishdegreehadhelpedherSoMsStylesfoundherselfworkingina
clothesshop(
Bennett
1).Ifstudentsknowwhattomajorinthenpeoplewouldnotenduplike
LaTishawithajobthatdoesnotpaywellwhileshehasstudentdebt.Ifstudentsgoandattenda
lowrankingschool.ForexampleMarywoodUniversity,thetuitionwillbe$165,000.When


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studentsgraduate,theR.O.Iwillbelowerthanthetuition,andtheR.O.Icangoupto$161,000a
year.
Abenefitofgoingtocollegeisgettinganonmonetaryincentiveswhenstudentsattend
andgraduatefromcollege.Highproportionsofcollegegraduatesincludelowercrimerates,and
improvedperformance.Studentsthatattendcollegearelesslikelytocommitacrime.Students
haveabetterperformancethanpeoplewhodidnotgoorgraduate.InthisarticlecalledWho
GetstoGraduatesays,39percentoffirstgenerationsstudents(meaningstudentwhoseparents
werenotcollegegraduates)graduatedinfouryears,comparedwith60percentwhoseparents
bothgraduatedfromcollege(
Tough
2).Whenstudentsgraduatefromcollegetheirkidswill
mostlikelyattendandgraduate.
Investingincollegehasitsperks.InanarticlecalledSoIsItWorthItshowsandtalks
aboutawebsitecalledPayscaleanditgivesinformationonareturnoninvestment.Forexample,
ifyouattendHarveyMuddCollegeyourtuitionwillbearound212,900dollarsandin30years
whenstudentsgraduatethereturnoninvestmentwillpassthetuitionandthereturnon
investmentcanreachupto1,467,000dollars.InthisstudyfromKent,HillsaysIndividuals
withabachelor'sdegreemakeanaverage84percentmoreoveralifetimethanhighschool
graduates(Hill2).Studentswithadegreearemorelikelytogetmoremoneythansomeonewho
doesnothaveadegree.
Collegemaycostalotbutinthelongrunitcanexposestudentstoreallifesituationsand
opensopportunitiesespeciallyjobs.Theworldthatwasonceboringisnowfascinatingdueto
collegegivingadifferentperspectiveontheworld.Collegegivesanopportunitytobetter


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sophisticatestudentsinlife.Beforeattendingcollegemakesuretheinformationisaccurateand
seeifthatcollegecangiveagoodreturnoninvestment.

WorkCited
Bennett,WilliamJ.,andDavidWilezol.
IsCollegeworthIt?:AFormerUnitedStatesSecretary
of
EducationandaLiberalArtsGraduateExposetheBrokenPromiseofHigherEducation
.
N.p.:n.p.,n.d.Print.

Hill,Kent,DennisHoffman,andTomR.Rex.
TheValueOfHigherEducation:IndividualAnd
SocietalBenefits
.ArizonaState,Oct.2005.Web.14Oct.2015.

Tough,Paul."WhoGetstoGraduate?"
TheNewYorkTimes
.TheNewYorkTimes,17May
2014.Web.06Nov.2015.

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