Not All College Majors Are Created Equal Summary
Melissa Munoz
Jones
English 99
19 January 2015
Outside Essay #1 What’s Your Degree Worth?
In “Not All College Majors Are Created Equal,” Michelle Singletary tells the reader that people go to college with their majors in mind but don’t have a clue about what actual jobs are available to them according to their education and on the job training level if any. She says students spend 4 to 6 years just studying for a certain major and not knowing what job would even accept the degree, and resulting in students having huge amounts of loan for a degree that never helped. Singletary also explains how a college education is not necessarily investing in a student’s future if they’re taking out huge loans or not finding out which fields are creating good paying jobs now. I do agree with what Michelle Singletary says about how some students waste their time and money on college. I also agree that college is worth attending, but only if you’re not left with uncertainty. …show more content…
Singletary says “Many aren’t getting on-the-job training while they are in school or during their semester or summer breaks. As a result, questions about employment opportunities or what type of job they have the skills to attain are met with blank stares” (Singletary 255). I do believe that we as students spend most of our time with our heads in a book or memorizing words for that big test and forgetting them right after. All of that doesn’t necessarily benefit us all that much for the real world because all we know how to do is read out of a book, but lack the most important gaining experience and
Jones
English 99
19 January 2015
Outside Essay #1 What’s Your Degree Worth?
In “Not All College Majors Are Created Equal,” Michelle Singletary tells the reader that people go to college with their majors in mind but don’t have a clue about what actual jobs are available to them according to their education and on the job training level if any. She says students spend 4 to 6 years just studying for a certain major and not knowing what job would even accept the degree, and resulting in students having huge amounts of loan for a degree that never helped. Singletary also explains how a college education is not necessarily investing in a student’s future if they’re taking out huge loans or not finding out which fields are creating good paying jobs now. I do agree with what Michelle Singletary says about how some students waste their time and money on college. I also agree that college is worth attending, but only if you’re not left with uncertainty. …show more content…
Singletary says “Many aren’t getting on-the-job training while they are in school or during their semester or summer breaks. As a result, questions about employment opportunities or what type of job they have the skills to attain are met with blank stares” (Singletary 255). I do believe that we as students spend most of our time with our heads in a book or memorizing words for that big test and forgetting them right after. All of that doesn’t necessarily benefit us all that much for the real world because all we know how to do is read out of a book, but lack the most important gaining experience and