College Debt Benefits

Do you ever wish that you could just skip going to college and magically become rich like Bill Gates? Maybe school just isn’t your thing and you want to become a performer or an artist. There are lots of opportunities for people like that, but what about people who aren’t interested in the arts? A lot of teens look up to Bill Gates because he grabbed the steering wheel and took control of his own life... What a lot of people don’t know is that he didn’t just slack his way through high school and then decide not go to college, he dropped out of Harvard. There are lots of other very successful people who either dropped out of college or didn’t even show up for the first day and if they can do it, anyone can. The road might be long and rough along …show more content…
Debt is inevitable and it is impossible to avoid unless you get a full paid scholarship. Sadly, that is pretty unrealistic unless you are going to school to play a sport or you have extremely good grades and an unlimited amount of extracurricular activities. Schools usually start talking about colleges around 7th grade and how important it is. They make kids look at colleges and possible career choices. If the debt doesn’t scare them away, stressing kids out at a young age sure will. In 7th grade, we learned about different costs that included housing, books, and tuition. At a school called High Point University, they even have climbing walls, gourmet restaurants, and room service that you have to pay for. If cost is an issue for you, you can also take some time off from school and work for a year or two. Taking this time off will also help you decide what you want to do with your life and if you still want to go to …show more content…
In a debate between Michael Peril and Ashley Pratt, they discuss whether or not you need to a college education to be successful. Peril starts off with saying “College can be a great experience for a lot of people and it is certainly true that on average people who graduate from college tend to make more money and do better in a variety of measures but that’s on average. There are a variety of people who do well and did not go to college.” This statement is true because you can’t just say that you need a college education to be successful when there is living evidence that you don’t. Why should the president need a college degree? They obviously aren’t uneducated if they are already Politian’s. A degree doesn’t determine how smart you actually are. Pratt adds that it is harder to compete in the workforce without a college degree. She still struggles because she has a bachelor’s degree but some things require a high form of education. They both seem to agree on the fact that this shouldn’t be the way things work, but it

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Benefits Of College Debt