Henig's 'What Is It About 20-Somethings'

Most parents stress that important it's getting into college after high school because degrees look good on your résumé, and it can get you further in your career. School isn’t for everyone though school is claimed to be a necessity to being “successful” most young adults can do without. Here’s to show you can have a “successful” life right after high school without college; the options students have during high school, less spending money and more making money, starting your career sooner.

And with the help of subsidies, from state governments that go to the school, they can boost the pay of college graduates with a four year degree and even those who don’t have a degree at all (Rampell, Catherine.). But in recent years the subsidies haven’t been catching up with the cost of living in America which forces the colleges back to having the students pay most everything they do on campus (Rampell, Catherine.). Moreover for the poor of America who can’t afford to go half ends up still poorly. Giving the stone cold truth college is not a choice anymore. That if people want to move up the ladder to a decent paying job where they can support themselves and their family college is the only true means of doing

Additionally, in “First-Generation Undergraduate Students and the Impacts of the First Year of College” Ryan Padgett (2012) explained that students whose parents went to college scored higher on cognitive and critical thinking test than a first generation college student (p. 259). The study finds that the student begins college at a disadvantage than their counterparts because with no prior knowledge of their new surroundings, causing longer time to adapt. In addition, Ryan Padgett (2012) found that first generation student seems to be more unprepared to interact with faculty upon entering college than students whose parents went to college (p.261). The disadvantage a first-generation student faces upon entering college is due to the lack of contact with individuals who fall outside their parent’s social

In “The Matthew Effect,” Gladwell explains that in sports, as well as education, children born closer to the cutoff date are more likely to succeed (Gladwell 15). He states that in education, the teachers “are confusing maturity with ability,” so they put the older kids in the higher levels (Gladwell 29). While there is a difference in the level of development between children’s brains at just five years old, that does not prove that the teachers are selecting the students based on their birthdays. For example, I was born on April 17th, almost the end of the school year, but I was chosen for the gifted program from the start. On the other hand, my sister was born on December 7th, giving her a four-month head start, but she didn’t get into gifted until second grade.

It also instills crucial skills like organization, self discipline and the ability to complete tasks from start to finish. In other words, college helps mold you into a more professional individual. Some may fear that they will attend four years of college but won’t graduate. In the article “Why College Isn’t for Everyone,” it’s simply stated that “...more than 40 percent of those attending four-year colleges full-time to fail to graduate...” (“Why College Isn’t for Everyone” 78). Often times it’s not necessarily what you study, but the fact that you studied something at all.

In his Essay “Are too many people going to college,” first published in a 2008 issue of AEI, Charles Murray explores many insights onto the topic of furthering education as well as exploring various other options to pursue after high school. Who exactly would think that too many people are going to college? Well with more and more students flooding campuses at the end of every school year and less and less going into trade schools, a shift in the job market is just beginning to be seen on the horizon. Charles Murray’s essay “Are too many people going to college” shows that not only are there other avenues to pursue a potential life long career, but that much of the time pursuing these avenues may offer better results for some wanting to go to college. Throughout the essay, Charles Murray stresses the idea that college is the wonderland of finding oneself and to find the career that one would want to follow for the rest of their lives.

Bill and then in their old age they used a lot of the social security leaving the next generations with very little comparatively. Products targeted at baby boomers might be things that are more high price or leisure like pet grooming products, boats, expensive cars, houses etc. Generation X is still very much family oriented just like their parents so products marketed to them may still be very home oriented. However, generation X does not have the same big budget as the baby boomers so the products may be something like low cost homes, cheaper cars, etc. Millennial’s are prone to buy things like computers, tablets, and phones because they grew up in the rise of the Internet age.

Have you ever wondered what you would be doing in 10 years? I have recently given it much thought and realized some things I never thought of before. We usually just think about the present time and never think about the future and what it will take to get there, but now though this assignment my goals are much clearer and will be much easier to obtain. In ten years, I will be 23 years old in a body that is more fit than I am today, in college working on a career towards the military and working part-time to help sustain life essentials. As a 23 year, I will be a young adult able to say good-bye to baby fat and hello to lean muscle and height that I do don’t have now.

Education has never stopped becoming a matter of concern to the community. That’s why the issue of whether or not high school seniors should be engaged in taking a gap year has sparked a heated debate. Some peoples argue that having some fortifying experience is conducive to a teenager’s learning and self – development. Others, however, prefer the traditional way, committing to attend college after graduation as the wise choice. To initiate, the concept of “gap year” is known as a time out to travel between life stages.

They use that time to take time off from school and responsibly and just live in the moment. American Teens should take a Gap Year between high school and college, because it will give them a chance to travel the world, discover new things about themselves, and help them perform better in college after a year. Many high schooler’s dream