Summary Of New York Times By Freeman Hrabowski

Freeman Hrabowski’s article in the New York Times explains why a person should attend college. Initially, Hrabowski establishes credibility on the topic purely through his title as the chair of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Because he has been given this title by past president Barack Obama, the reader automatically identifies Hrabowski as a person who they will be able to trust.
Secondly, Hrabowski starts his argument with a small personal anecdote and a rebuttal. He explains how witnessing students wearing a shirt that said “College Is for Suckers.” (Hrabowski, 2013, 259) was extremely common because of their lack of knowledge on the true benefits of college. The typical arguments of not
He tries to integrate anecdotes and facts by professional officials that the reader will recognize and care about to ensure his credibility of his argument. Many people who have went to college and gotten their degree become wealthy or at least financially stable. According to study.com, people with a degree tend to earn eighty-four percent more money than people without a degree. That means, more money for your children, more opportunities, better financial stability, and a better education or more knowledge. Many of the people who don’t go to college have a plan for their future, but not many have back-up plans. It’s always important to have multiple plans, in case one, two, or even three of them fail. The difference between professors in college and teachers in high school is that college professors teach you using “real-life” situations or issues that you or many other people may experience. Also, if you further your education, then you will have more knowledge than others who did not further theirs. At least that’s what the statistics from https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=77 show. For young adults ages twenty-five to thirty-four who worked full time, year