First, colleges are expensive. Even with the scholarships given to the students, it is still not enough for the students who are having financial problems at home. As the …show more content…
The parents do their job by telling or forcing their child to go to college, yet it all depends on the child if he or she wants to pursue a degree or not; if he or she wants to work hard on earning the education. Moreover, even if a student wants to do or is doing everything possible to earn the education that he or she needs, yet they still cannot because the parents are not involved much in the college or “having been through the system” (Miller 674). Some students just attend four years of education because their parents are paying for it and that is what children of their social class are supposed to do after they graduate from high school (Murray 677). Those students would go to the college because they are enforced to, but not because they desire …show more content…
Everyone should not be forced to attend college because it is expensive for some students and they might be neither motivated nor interested in it. Do something that is affordable and also interests and motivates you to do. Do not do something because you are told you or you are supposed to; do something that excites you. Every person is unique. If a college type career does not present your happiness, then find a career that does because “higher education is not the key to happiness and success for every person.” (Pharinet