How Far Should a Student Go In Terms of Education?

In this week’s edition of Another Opinionated Blog the topic of debate is “Is College worth it?” In a recent article in the Sunday edition of the Plain Dealer many studies and prominent educational figures were quoted on whether college is worth it or not for high school students.

The main topic of discussion in this article was the fact that so many students are coming out of a traditional, four year, residential college in a large amount of debt and in today’s economy debt is not a good thing. Also, the article made a point that not everyone, not every career needs a four year degree in order to be successful. They did however state a point that post-secondary education is necessary. Whether it be a certificate, a two year associates degree, or a four year bachelor’s degree.

In my opinion I agree 100% with this article. Why should someone spend four years and thousands of dollars on an education that they don’t necessarily need? An example in the article was a plumber. Plumbers are essential to society but they don’t need a college education and it would be a waste of time and money for a plumber to go to a traditional four year college. Yes, they need extra, post-high school training but they don’t need a four year college education. Plumbers aren’t the only profession essential the society like this.  Firefighters, paramedics, police officers, construction workers, registered nurses etc. don’t need a four year degree to be successful.

I guess it really depends on what you want to do as a career if you need to go to college. Yes some jobs for sure need a lot of education. Its just people need to take into consideration that they may not have to go to a traditional college to be successful in life.