In the article titled “College Is a Waste of Time and Money‚” Caroline Bird argues that students are in college for the wrong reasons. Bird talks about how people can find professional success without attending college. According to Bird‚ “In fact there is no real evidence that the higher income of college graduates is due to college… No one who has wrestled with the problem is prepared to attribute all of the higher income to the impact of college itself” (221). This means there is no research
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Sorayah Vuningoma Professor Scott English 101 Rough Draft College is a waste of time and money In Caroline Bird‚ “College is a waste of time and money‚” Bird discusses why college is not necessary for everyone. She states that many college students are in college not because they want to but because they have to. Bird came to realize that college students don’t feel needed. They are led to believe that getting a college degree is important because it’s a way of getting higher chance of
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2011 Caroline Bird’s essay “College is a Waste of Time and Money” explains her beliefs on why‚ for some people‚ going to college is an ineffective and inefficient use of their time. She states that many students do not belong in college because they are there for the wrong reasons and they are not happy learning. She also gives evidence to suggest that going to college and getting a degree does not actually allows a person to make more money in their life time. Her final claim is that college does
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College Is a Waste of Time and Money 1. Affluence- Abundance of money‚ property and other material goods Permissive- Habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something‚ as social behavior or linguistic usage‚ which others might disapprove or forbid Elitist- A person having‚ thought to have‚ or professing superior intellect or talent‚ power‚ wealth‚ or membership in the upper echelons of society 2. The time and money put into college are not balanced with the return rate
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October 10‚ 2013 English Dr. Polster College Is Not a Waste of Money In the essay “College is a Waste of Time and Money‚” by Caroline Bird‚ Ms. Bird explains her beliefs that college is a waste of time and money and how people only go either because they are told to‚ or because they are not ready for life. She believes college students are all living in sadness and if they would invest money for years‚ instead of getting an education‚ they would get more money than if they were to build a career
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In her article "College Is a Waste of Time and Money"‚ Caroline Bird attempts to pursued her readers that colleges are overflowing with students who don’t belong there. Her article first appeared in Psychology Today (May 1975). Since this material is outdated‚ I find it hard to believe that most of the responses by students and parents quoted in the article still hold true. The author has set out to pursue the readers that college is a bad and unnecessary choice for today’s youth. Yet the author
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Terra Davis English 1301 Dr. Ann M. Pearson April 9‚ 2014 “College is Not a Waste” In Bird’s article‚ “College is a Waste of Time and Money”‚ she approaches the topic of higher education as‚ “a ticket to the big show”‚ rather than the continuation of education in a chosen career field culminated with the tools to hone oneself socially and professionally. Furthermore‚ it would seem that personal accountability counts for naught‚ as she assigns the blame to societal values that
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College Is a Waste of Time and Money In this essay that came from Caroline Bird’s book “The Case Against College”‚ she claims that most students that are in school not because they want to be‚ but because it is now the thing to do or to get away from their parents. (Bird 647) She also goes on to say a little later essay that she notices when she goes on campus that the students look sad. She says‚ “I have been overwhelmed by the prevailing sadness on American campuses”. (Bird 469) Birds has very
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College is Worth It In the essay “College Is a Waste of Time and Money‚” Caroline Bird argues that college is a complete waste of time and money for people. She argues that most students are unhappy and unsatisfied with attending college. She believes that they go to college because it has become the thing to do or because of getting pressure from their parents or societies. Furthermore‚ she thinks that college is not a good financial investment because career financial success depends on other
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Television‚ a Waste of Time And Money Television has become increasingly more popular through the years since it was first invented. In fact it is so popular that almost every home in America has one or more television sets. TV started when Edwin Belin‚ an English man‚ held the patent for the transmission of photographs by wire as well as fiber optics and radar‚ which demonstrated a mechanical scanning device that was an early ancestor to modern television. With TV sets almost everywhere in sight
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