Summary Of Why Is College The Only Answer By Xochitl Gonzales

When students think about college, they also could be discouraged by the debt without having grants or scholarships. Most athletes with potential offers and scholarships to schools don't believe how easily it could be taken for granted. In the article “Why is College the Only Answer” by Xochitl Gonzalez, the author touches on a brief topic of a fictional character on a TV show. The character is given a reality check about how he can’t pay for college without his sports. Meanwhile, as student tuition rises, any type of funding a school receives goes straight into sports. Any other program suffers due to less funding for their needs, which makes students not want to go there. That concludes that without a guaranteed pathway to a debt-free college …show more content…
Depending on your major in college, that influence your life just because you have a degree doesn’t guarantee a job or a successful life. That’s why most people in society today think you should go to college only if you plan to pursue a master’s degree. As college tuition rises, students and their families question whether the value of the degree is worth it after the four years of debt. With that, enrolling in college doesn't guarantee a degree, Arthur C. Brooks published an article called, “A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life” and the article highlights the fact that in 2017, 67% of high school graduates enrolled in college, but only 33.4 Americans held a bachelor's degree or higher from the previous graduating class. At the beginning of this article, the author also states that his whole family went to college but his son doesn’t want to continue the family plan that they have mapped out for him. This brings forward the idea that most prospective students or high school graduates are forced into going to college without any idea of what they would like to pursue as they grow old. Which creates student debt and negative generational