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Cinco de mayo marks the date of Mexican military victory over France not Spain. It is more of a big deal in the U.S. Then it is in Mexico. We celebrate 4th of July they celebrate cinco de mayo the 5th of May.

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What strengths do you have that you feel will help you be successful in college?

Are you a dedicated student? Do you feel you have the learning habits, motivation, and skills to be successful in college?

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http://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/collegenotforall.htm

i came across this article when i was searching the web and thought it was great to put on my padlet wall. when you think about all the school is doing is taking our money and some teachers at the universities could care less about your education. most teens do not know what they want to do all they want is the money. do what you love because you don't have time to think about it anymore. reality is going to hit you.

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"College Isn't for Everyone - No, Really," by Matt Price

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this quote is explains my topic because its saying that you cant just fly by to be great in life you have to feel the pain of studying learning and getting information, things just don't happen overnight you have to make progress. their may not be shortcuts but if you keep climbing you will reach your goals. hard work pays off in the end.

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is going to college worth all them years?life today college is not an option or a privilege. its necessary to go so you can live a good life with your degree. some people go for the tittle others really go for their education to get a god job.its better to just go in the army navy or airforce if youre not willing to pay as much for school. this picture is explaining with no education you will have no future.

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The American debate over whether a college education is worth it began when the colonists arrived from Europe and founded "New College" (later renamed Harvard University) in 1636. Today, there are around 20 million college students in the United States, and over 44 million borrowers owe a collective $1.5 trillion in total student debt.

People who argue that college is worth it contend that college graduates have higher employment rates, bigger salaries, and more work benefits than high school graduates. They say college graduates also have better interpersonal skills, live longer, have healthier children, and have proven their ability to achieve a major milestone.

People who argue that college is not worth it contend that the debt from college loans is too high and delays graduates from saving for retirement, buying a house, or getting married. They say many successful people never graduated from college and that many jobs, especially trades jobs, do not require college degrees. Read more background ...

Pro & Con Arguments

Pro 1

College graduates make more money.

The average college graduate makes $570,000 more than the average high school graduate over a lifetime. Career earnings for college graduates are 71% to 136% higher than those of high school graduates. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York calculated a 14% rate of return on a bachelor's degree, which constitutes a good investment. College graduates earn an average of $78,000, a 75% wage premium over the average $45,000 annual earnings for workers with only a high school diploma. 85% of Forbes' America's 400 Richest People list were college grads.
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Pro 5

Young adults learn interpersonal skills in college.

Students have the opportunity to interact with other students and faculty, to join student organizations and clubs, and to take part in discussions and debates. According to Arthur Chickering's "Seven Vectors" student development theory, "developing mature interpersonal relationships" is one of the seven stages students progress through as they attend college. Students ranked "interpersonal skills" as the most important skill used in their daily lives in a 1994 survey of 11,000 college students. Vivek Wadhwa, MBA, technology entrepreneur and scholar, states, "American children party . But you know something, by partying, they learn social skills. They learn how to interact with each other...They develop skills which make them innovative. Americans are the most innovative people in the world because of the education system."
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Pro 6

College graduates are healthier and live longer.

83% of college graduates reported being in excellent health, while 73% of high school graduates reported the same. A 2018 University of Southern California study found that adults over 65 with college degrees spent more years with "good cognition" and fewer years suffering from dementia than adults who did not complete high school. In 2008, 20% of all adults were smokers, while 9% of college graduates were smokers. 63% of 25 to 34 year old college graduates reported exercising vigorously at least once a week compared to 37% of high school graduates. College degrees were linked to lower blood pressure in a 30-year peer-reviewed study and lower levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) by a Carnegie Mellon Psychology department study. In 2008, 23% of college graduates aged 35 to 44 years old were obese compared to 37% of high school graduates. College graduates, on average, live six years longer than high school graduates.
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Pro 8

The children of college graduates are healthier and more prepared for school.

A Lancet medical journal study from 1970 to 2009 showed college graduates had lower infant mortality rates than high school graduates. Mothers with only a high school education are 31% more likely to give birth to a low-birth-weight baby than a woman with a college degree. Children aged 2 to 5 years old in households headed by college graduates have a 6% obesity rate compared to 14% for children in households headed by high school graduates. 18% more children aged 3 to 5 years old with mothers who have a bachelor's degree could recognize all letters compared to children of high school graduates. In 2010, 59% of children in elementary and middle school with at least one college graduate for a parent participated in after-school activities like sports, arts, and scouting compared 27% for high school graduate parents.
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Pro 11

Learning is always worthwhile.

According to Rebecca Mead, staff writer for The New Yorker, college teaches students "to nurture critical thought; to expose individuals to the signal accomplishments of humankind; to develop in them an ability not just to listen actively but to respond intelligently." In 2011 74% of students said college helped them "grow intellectually" and 69% said college helped them grow and mature as people. Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, MA, Visiting Professor at Eastern Nazarene College, argues, "The value of a liberal arts college education -to you, to employers- is that you've spent four years in a place where you were forced to consider new ideas, to meet new people, to ask new questions, and to learn to think, to socialize, to imagine. If you graduate, you will get a degree, but if you are not a very different person from who are you are today, then college failed."
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Con 1

Student loan debt is crippling for college graduates.

About 44 million Americans owe more than $1.5 trillion in student debt. 45% of people with student loan debt say college was not worth it. 10% of students graduate with over $40,000 in debt and about 1% have $100,000 in debt. In Feb. 2018, undergraduate college graduates had an average of $37,172 in loan debt. According to the US Congress Joint Economic Committee, approximately 60% of college graduates have student loan debt balances equal to 60% of their annual income. Missing late for loan payments leads to lower credit scores and additional fees, worsening the debt problem.
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Con 9

College degrees do not guarantee learning or job preparation.

Many students graduate from college with little understanding of math, reading, civics, or economics. In 2011, 35% of students enrolled in college reported they studied 5 hours or less per week and there was a 50% decline in the number of hours a student studied and prepared for classes compared to a few decades ago. 36% of students demonstrated no significant improvement on Collegiate Learning Assessments after 4 years of college. In 2013 56% of employers thought half or fewer of college graduates had the skills and knowledge to advance within their companies. 30% of college graduates felt college did not prepare them well for employment, specifically in terms of technical and quantitative reasoning skills. A 2011 Pew Research survey found that 57% of Americans felt higher education did not provide students with good value compared to the money spent.
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Con 10

Student debt could cause another financial crisis.

As of 2012 student loan debt was over $1 trillion dollars, and more than 850,000 student loans were in default. According to the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, student loans are "beginning to have the same effect" on the economy that the housing bubble and crash created. Former Secretary of Education William Bennett, PhD, agrees that the student loan debt crisis "is a vicious cycle of bad lending policies eerily similar to the causes of the subprime mortgage crisis." On Feb. 3, 2012, an advisory council to the Federal Reserve also warned that the growth in student debt "has parallels to the housing crisis." As of Jan. 2013, the rate of default on student loans hit 15.1%-a nearly 22% increase since 2007.
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Con 17

College stress can lead to health problems and other negative consequences.

40.2% of college students reported feeling "frequently overwhelmed" in a 2012 survey about stress levels. According to the University of Florida's Counseling & Wellness Center, "The competition for grades, the need to perform, relationships, fear of AIDS, career choice, and many other aspects of the college environment cause stress." According to the Director of Student Health Services at Biola University, college stress can lead to "headaches, weight gain, chronic digestive disorders, fatigue, increases blood pressure, insomnia, teeth grinding in sleep, general irritability, reoccurring feeling of hopelessness, depression and anxiety and low self-esteem."
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Did You Know?

1. 19.9 million students were enrolled in colleges and universities in 2019, compared to 13.5 million in 1990, 7.9 million in 1970, and 2.7 million in 1949.

2. The underemployment rate was 34% for all college graduates and 41.1% for recent grads in 2019.

3. One in three college graduates had a job that only required a high school diploma or less, including more than 16,000 parking lot attendants, 83,000 bartenders, and 115,000 janitors with bachelor's degrees.

4. College graduates earn an average of $78,000, a 75% wage premium over the average $45,000 annual earnings for workers with only a high school diploma.

5. The unemployment rate for Americans over 25 with a bachelor's degree was 1.9% in Dec. 2019, compared to 2.7% for those with some college or associate's degrees, 3.7% for high school graduates, and 5.2% for high school drop-outs.

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The American debate over whether a college education is worth it began when the colonists arrived from Europe and founded "New College" (later renamed Harvard University) in 1636. Today, there are around 20 million college students in the United States, and over 44 million borrowers owe a collective $1.5 trillion in total student debt.

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http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/05/09/why-a-college-degree-no-longer-guarantees-success

going to college is a big decisions its like getting married are you willing to pay the price

picking the right college can be hard do what interest you.

most parents push their kids to go but do their child really want to have the education.

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*college is a waste community college is more cheaper

*debt after college

*not being able to find a decent job

*not to many teachers care about your education in college they just teach and hope you past

*most people do not no how to move on from the colege life and be an adult

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Is a College Education Worth It? - College Education - ProCon.org

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Is a College Education Worth It? Read pros, cons, and expert responses in the debate.

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http://www.collegexpress.com/articles-and-advice/student-life/articles/living-campus/day-life-college-student/

college is different than high-school you may only have 3 to 4 classes, and there are all at different times.

you get to pick your classes you want/need to go through college.

similar to high-school with sports and joining clubs your schedule will always be busy as a student if you want ti get involved.

have more opportunity to explore what you are interested in

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You've probably already wondered what college will be like. Will it be like home? Will it be like your high school experience? Will you be able to handle it? Will it be fun and exciting? Will it be scary and nerve wracking? Well, hopefully a glimpse at a day in the life of a college student will help sort some things out!
The college schedule is very different than the traditional high school schedule. Typically, there is a lot more flexibility with your college classes. In high school, you were probably told that you had to take US History, which was offered every day at 10:00 am. In college, you'll probably need to take a history class, but you could have 10 choices, which would be offered on different days, at different times, and for different durations.

The other cool thing about the college schedule is that you usually have more opportunities to explore your interests and passions. For example, you will be picking a major that will determine the types of classes you will specialize in. In high school, you have a set curriculum of classes you have to take across all subject areas. In college, think about your schedule as a pyramid. Your freshman and sophomore year, you'll take more general education classes (a mixture of everything so you walk away well-rounded) and a few classes in your major. But during your junior and senior year, you'll take fewer general education classes and more classes in your major.

Related: Find scholarships for your major

Another big difference you should be aware of is the time structure. Right now, you're probably in school from about 7:30 am-2:30 pm, Monday through Friday. This will not be the case in college, where you usually take four or five classes at different times throughout the week. You might have a science class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:10-11:00 am. Perhaps you'll have a Spanish class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:15-3:00 pm. Then, you might have your Introduction to Education class on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-9:00 pm. Maybe on Mondays you'll have three classes, and on Tuesdays you'll have two classes. There will always be some courses that are only offered on certain days at certain times, but for the most part, there are a lot of options to think about! If you're a morning person, you might want to schedule your classes to be done by noon. If you're more of a night owl, having that first class start at 1:15 in the afternoon might be the best thing to ever happen to you. And you definitely won't be in class for seven hours straight!

However, college is like high school in that you will have the opportunity to get involved by joining different clubs, organizations, and maybe even by getting a part-time job. Most schools have hundreds of extracurricular activities, and it is pretty easy to start one as well. So, as you can imagine, your schedule can get crazy with meetings, band practice, sport practice, play rehearsal, work hours, etc.!

Of course, the best way to see what a true day in the life of a college student is like is to actually get the schedules of some college students! Here are two undergraduates and their real-life experiences.

Cy Serrano

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Major: Business Administration, Junior
Hometown: Lancaster, California

Coolest thing about college in 10 words or less: The opportunity to be yourself and discover your potential!

9:15 am I woke up early this time! Let's get some breakfast! On second thought...snooze button.

9:45 am Finally up and ready for 10:00 am class. Don't need to worry about being late with my trusty Beach Cruiser.

10:00-11:50 am Entrepreneurship class, listening to fellow classmates give their business elevator pitches. Awesome!

12:00-1:50 pm Break for lunch at Commons and head back to the dorm to watch that episode of The Walking Dead I missed last night.

2:00-4:50 pm Ugh, three-hour class; it's a design class though, so I get to use my laptop.

5:00-7:00 pm Hang out at the dorm and get dinner with my residents. It's a lot of fun being a resident advisor!

8:00-10:00 pm Rehearsal with my a cappella group. I'm president this year, so I need to make sure I'm there on time!

10:15 pm-1:00 am Homework, reading, and dorm hall shenanigans. Did someone say Halo 5? Sweet...

Michelle Hattan

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
Major: Biomedical Engineering, Junior
Hometown: Joliet, Illinois

Coolest thing about college in 10 words or less: Midnight ice cream runs, random adventures, and great education!

7:10 am First alarm goes off. Prepare to ignore it for the next 20-30 minutes.

7:20-7:50 am Slowly convince myself to get up after pushing the snooze button for too long.

8:40-9:00 am Make the long walk to class on the opposite side of campus.

9:00-10:00 am Intro to Fiction, my only non-technical class; I love having a legitimate excuse to read good books!

10:00 am-12:00 pm Head to my professor's office hours. I would not be able to complete this homework without help!

12:00-1:00 pm Dynamics lecture (a crazy mechanical engineering class), where I eat my lunch of stale chips and PB&J, trying not to crunch too loudly. Normally, I get angry looks from the professor.

1:00-2:00 pm Modeling Human Physiology, an interesting class; I just wish there were fewer equations!

3:00-6:00 pm Research! I analyze musculoskeletal motion data to better understand the balance and gait of people.

6:00-7:00 pm Dinner with my friends at whichever campus restaurant has the best deal.

7:00-8:00 pm Go to Engineering Council meeting.

8:00 pm-12:00 am Work on homework at the library!

"The college schedule can seem crazy at times. Doing homework until midnight is not exceptionally glamorous or easy, but I love what I do and all that I learn. The best and worst part of college is the flexibility it offers. You are able to choose everything: your classes, extracurricular activities, friends, etc. A great deal of responsibility and time management is needed, but with a bit of planning and coffee you can be very successful. Surviving college takes hard work! However, at the end of all this, you will have your degree, and no one can take that away from you. How cool is that?" - Michelle Hattan
Related: (Another) Day in the Life of a College Student
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http://www.teenink.com/college_guide/all/article/283050/Why-You-Should-Go-To-College/

going to college will help you in the long run, you will find a nice job

the schedule is different from high school.

you're learning to be a young adult and handling your own responsibilities.

its not all about freedom this will help you and your family when the time comes

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All through your high school career you have always been told to go to college. You take all the classes you are supposed to take to get in. You work your entire school career for college. You try to get into the best college there is, but do you kno