From about the age of six, I knew that I wanted to go to college. For a long time I did not know exactly what I wanted to do when I go there, all I knew was that I wanted to get there. I worked hard for years, put high standards on myself, and got myself there. It was a great achievement honestly, especially coming from a house where I was the first child to do so.
But while I say this, I have to admit that college is not for everyone. I sit here right now with my roommate, who is merely here because she thinks people can not succeed without a college degree. She coasts through her college career happy with average grades, never challenging herself, and by my standards, is wasting her degree. I absolutely disagree that a college degree is necessary to succeed in society. It depends on what kind of person you are if you need a college degree. If you want a degree, and will value it, then by all means go for it. If you are a hard worker, go for it, or don’t, if you’re hard working enough you can make it to where you want to go with lots of work. If you have a specific profession in mind that you feel requires a degree, then do it.
I came from a suburban town, with a population of people with noses in the air, who basically told us all that we had to go to college. The result? Each year about half the people drop out. Not everyone is meant to go to college, and they can lead just as successful lives. Also, sometimes it’s better for people to wait before going to college, and then if they decide it’s what they need to do, it’s a better decision. I had friends who did not go to college make their own businesses and are very successful, because they work hard. College degrees only make success if people use them to do so. If you’re not, honestly, coming from a home where a college education is a great gift, it’s a waist of money.
I’m an English major, and every advisor and employer tells me that I can do anything I want with it, as long as I build my resume. If a person works enough, and builds their experience, it says just as much as a degree. I know a professor at Harvard who never went to college, but has a strong background in her field. Degrees are great, but what matters is what you can do.
Plus, we have to consider that everyone has different levels of what they consider success. Helen Hays once said, “My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'”
Is a college degree required for me? Yes. I would not be happy anywhere else.
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Do you realize that your last sentence contradicts any point you were trying to make? Also, try to use a spell-checker.
What I was saying that for myself, a college education is nessissary. I want to be an academic, college is where I want to be, and is where I feel I should be. If I did not want to be an academic, I would not be here. There are many other things I could go towards without a college education, like theater. But I did not choose that. I want to be a sort of career student, and while I could do that without college, but learning on my own, I want to be at college. All I'm saying is, that it is not nessissary for everyone, if I decided to leave college tommorow I would still be sucessful.
And please excuse the spelling mistakes, it is 2am, and I am a dyslexic, I did use a spell check, it must not have gotten everything.
That's true, but you may want to put it somewhere in the middle. In a blog that proposes that diploma is useless, it doesn't work as a final sentence.
Sorry, but I see things from a writing tutor's perspective. ;)
Does being dyslexic apply to just a few words only? Not trying to start anything, but it is 1am and I'm feeling like I can question EVEN God on the way he runs things...
It depends on the person. It can apply to certain letters, letter sequences, words, ect. For most people it applies to all words. I myself stick R's in random places, jumble letters in words, write words backwards, as well as other random acts. Sometimes I'll have trouble with certain words. There was this one day where I couldn't get myself to write "bye" instead of "bie." It's odd.