Is a Higher Education Worth the Price?

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remember how to

do a simple fraction. As a soldier in the Armed Services I have come to realize that I have gain

more training and life experiences then I would have as a civilian it took for me to be station in

Italy to broaden my horizons and forced me to learn another language. Making a living is

important. But one major reason we educate ourselves is to prepare us for life outside of the

boardroom. I have to continually read daily news letters on my web page. Every year my job

requires every employee to recertify and remain knowledgeable with the constant changes. In

my family getting an education is priceless. I have always felt a sense accomplishment. Being

exposed to other cultures, languages, views, upbringing, and beliefs live and in person. It help

me to become a well-rounded individual allowing me to appreciate life more.

We might wade into the dispute between those who see education as a means to creating or

sustaining a democratic society and those who believe its primary role is economic, amounting to

an investment in future workers and, ultimately, corporate profits (Kohn, 2003).When I think

about the money I have spent for school I believe that we don’t truly realize how much money is

wasted in student loans, I am speaking from experience. In my post high school career I know I

have changed my major multiple times in the span of 8 years without still having a degree to my

name. As I graduate high school I was a fine arts major, within my first year in college I went

from Graphic design and with a minor in business administration to going to returning back

college. After I returned from my military schooling with a new focus in criminal justice until I

changed my major again into psychology. Since then, I have focused on this major and I have

not again changed my major. I went through all these majors and wasted money and time but the

irony is that even now as a student I can definitely say that I still am no closer to working a job in

which I’m pursing a degree. For that matter most college graduates never do. I have friends who

work in for corporate America with a degree in Mathematics and Astronomy. So with that why

would it not be easier to just get a certification and or for your job to just pay for your training.

To sum up everything up, with the training and life experience I have gained throughout my life

for example, I speak two additional languages other than English that I learned from my travels

and from dating women of other backgrounds. Throughout my job experiences and my military

career, I have learned a lot more than, I feel a classroom could ever teach me so with that being

said. Is a higher education worth the price?

References

Kohn, A. (2003). What does it mean to be well-educated? In Principal Leadership, High School ed. (pp. 24-28). Reston: National Association of Secondary School Principals.

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