New School Year, Old Story: Education Pays

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In a few short years every high school graduate is thrust into a big world, alone, where good jobs are hard to come by. If a proper education isn't provided, your adult life will more than likely be harder than most care to admit. A college education is extremely valuable because you will be paid significantly more than those with only a high school level education and you have the power to influence and change others’ lives. To start off, a college education is extremely valuable because you will make significantly more than those with only a high school level education. In the article “New School Year, Old Story: Education Pays”, it stated that college graduates“… earned about 415 dollars more a week than workers whose highest level of education…show more content…
415 dollars is the world to some people. Being stuck on the other end of that sentence isn't fun, especially when one knows what could have been done to prevent it. In addition to this, “… at 2.4 percent, the unemployment rate for workers with a professional degree was also the lowest of any education level.” (“New School Year, Old Story: Education Pays” 63) Some experts may say that unlucky high school graduates could very well be caught in that 2.4 percent with more debt than they would have had otherwise. And they would be right. However, the chances are quite literally 2 in 100. Those are some pretty good odds. These are the bare minimum of examples in which it shows how a college education is extremely valuable due to earning significantly more than those with a high school level education. In addition, a college education is valuable because you have a better chance of positively influencing and changing others’ lives. In the speech “Americas School Children” by Barack Obama, the president stated “Don’t let your family down or your country down. Most of all don’t let yourself down.” (Obama 71) This is Obama's way

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