Analysis Of A Persuasive Speech: Does College Pay
“Does College Pay?”
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that a mandatory life skills class should be added to the core curriculum of all colleges.
Central Idea: With college being an expensive lifelong investment, I want to graduate equipped with tools I need for the best possible professional success. And, so should you!
Introduction
College is expensive. However, 70% of high school graduates choose to invest in education to get their dream job. On average, graduates from public colleges have approximately $30,000 in student debt by the time of completion. So we must ask ourselves… Does college really pay off? One of my biggest concerns, being a college student, is that I will walk that stage still being unprepared to face “real world” challenges. According to a survey done by the Center for College Affordability, 36% …show more content…
On the contrary, college students are graduating unprepared leaving them degree equipped and underemployed for a majority, if not all, of their professional career.
A. OurFuture.org reports that one in eight college graduates are currently underemployed, according to an analysis of the 2015 graduating class.
1. Even eight years after the end of the Great Recession, that “good job” remains to be out of reach for many college graduates.
a. The underemployment rate is much higher today than it was before the last recession.
b. The underemployment rate is now 12.6 percent this year compared to 9.6 percent it was in 2007.
B. This problem leaves graduates for life after college and, as a result, could make the graduate lag behind in his/her professional career.
C. It could affect them personally in a situation in which they couldn’t solve a problem that is encountered in daily life, such as establishing good credit or effectively preparing for a job interview, although they were a graduate of
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that a mandatory life skills class should be added to the core curriculum of all colleges.
Central Idea: With college being an expensive lifelong investment, I want to graduate equipped with tools I need for the best possible professional success. And, so should you!
Introduction
College is expensive. However, 70% of high school graduates choose to invest in education to get their dream job. On average, graduates from public colleges have approximately $30,000 in student debt by the time of completion. So we must ask ourselves… Does college really pay off? One of my biggest concerns, being a college student, is that I will walk that stage still being unprepared to face “real world” challenges. According to a survey done by the Center for College Affordability, 36% …show more content…
On the contrary, college students are graduating unprepared leaving them degree equipped and underemployed for a majority, if not all, of their professional career.
A. OurFuture.org reports that one in eight college graduates are currently underemployed, according to an analysis of the 2015 graduating class.
1. Even eight years after the end of the Great Recession, that “good job” remains to be out of reach for many college graduates.
a. The underemployment rate is much higher today than it was before the last recession.
b. The underemployment rate is now 12.6 percent this year compared to 9.6 percent it was in 2007.
B. This problem leaves graduates for life after college and, as a result, could make the graduate lag behind in his/her professional career.
C. It could affect them personally in a situation in which they couldn’t solve a problem that is encountered in daily life, such as establishing good credit or effectively preparing for a job interview, although they were a graduate of