Analyzing the Worth of College Education: Six Graduates' Views

This essay examines the value of a college education through the lens of six recent graduates, addressing the question of whether college is worth the financial investment. The essay begins by exploring the role of colleges in preparing individuals for careers and societal interaction, emphasizing the development of communication skills and the application of knowledge. It presents the varying perspectives of the six graduates, some of whom view college as highly valuable due to the connections and opportunities it provides, while others express reservations. The essay also delves into the debate of whether college primarily benefits those who need help the least, discussing the role of colleges in career exploration and the development of free will. The analysis considers the financial implications of college education, the importance of mentorship, and the skills students acquire. Ultimately, the essay aims to provide a nuanced understanding of the worth of college, considering both its advantages and disadvantages in preparing students for their future careers and lives.

1.
College is the confluence point of the career and the culture prevailing in the society
In order to understand the goals of college education in the life of a person, it is important to
understand the roles of schools from the point of view of a psychological trait which is “social
inhibition.” The preschool pedagogies take a lot of care to induce certain elements that can
remove social inhibition from a child (Russell, 2012). Middle levels of the education impart
discipline in the life of a student, where he learns to follow the schedules set by the others, it can
be considered as training for living a better life. The school education at the middle level
promotes the culture of the public speaking or giving away some controlled expressions. College
is the third level in the series; it gives selective freedom to a student where he can interact with
society in accordance with free will (Topham, 2012).
College completes the circle of communication associated with the learning, it is also important
to understand the fact that career is not different from the society in which we are living. Career
is something that we offer to the world and earns a livelihood so that we can also get services in
exchange. Career is a part of life; we interact with society and negotiate with the day to day
needs of life with the help of a career (Cal, 2012). This is why colleges should act a place where
an individual can learn this art of communicating with society to fulfill the financial and social
needs of his or her life. The education processes associated with the college should accommodate
certain modules where they can teach about the application of knowledge in life.

2
The answers given by six college pass outs can be presented in an essay form because they form
a trend line of conflicting opinions. Five of the respondents consider colleges worthy enough,
whereas one respondent was against it. This primary data gives the structure of an essay. We can
explore the testimonies of five respondents to establish the fact that youngsters feel that colleges
are worthy. The sixth opinion can be used to present a rebuttal to complete the ideal structure of
an essay (Denolette, 2018).
A clear hypothesis can be developed to unify the opinions of the six respondents. This hypothesis
may go asunder.
The hypothesis
Apart from formal education, college life is equally about exploring the personality of an
individual while moving into the society to pursue a life and career, however, this condition is
not applicable to the freewill thinkers and radical thinkers.”
The primary assessment of the opinions of the students gives us an idea that the individual
pursuing a course in dentistry is not happy with the worth of the college education because he
was sure of his destination right from the age of 12, entrepreneur Ashwin is also not happy with
the worth and patterns of the college educations.
We can gain a detailed discussion on the coherence among, career needs, social needs and role of
the colleges, in the form of classroom activities and other extracurricular activities, which can be
discussed while considering the cases of six respondents. The systematic representation of the
opinions can give us an opportunity to develop a section dedicated to the recommendations

where certain gaps in a college education can be addressed. However, the compulsion of
proving a hypothesis true or false can introduce a bias in our observations. For instance, under
the heading of conclusion, we can establish the fact that the hypothesis made by us was true and
corroborate it with the examples of the college dropouts who made it big. But this corroboration
can kill the generalization of the topic (Pell, 2019).
3
College Merely Helping Those Who Need Help Least is a partially true statement and has
relevance for a minority of the students. Colleges are acting as the lab of life where students are
experimenting with their career choices and developing the art and virtue of free will think. The
above-mentioned statement overshadows the capacities of the colleges to act as an ideal and
versatile place of learning for the youngsters.
Colleges allow a student to go for a trial and error associated with their convictions of life, the
presence of a mentor always guides them and creates the interface of “ sweat in the ground
instead of bleed in the field.” The above-mentioned statement comes across as a contrived
statement covering the opinion of the masses about some gifted and talented students (Heckler,
2018).
Many individuals can explore the above-mentioned statement on the merits of the economic
issues associated with the college fee. However, we cannot deny the fact that in spite of this
college fee, colleges are creating a homogenous ground for all the aspirants where they can
polish their skills ahead of other social and economic barriers to develop excellence in any given
field.

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