Favian Sagastume
English Period 6
04-02-15
Turn $2,000 into Millions

People always use the excuse that college is too expensive as a reason to not go, but with new programs to help pay for college and even some that pays for everything for college, money problem is not an excuse anymore. According to Source D”Many colleges are not expensive, once financial aid is taken into account. Average net tuition and fees at public four-year colleges this past year was only about $2,0000.” which comes out to about 5 dollars a day for an whole year. Which to me doesn’t seem to expensive for a education that in the future will pay off.

Another excuse people will use is that even if they graduate from college the chances of them getting a job in there are low. Which unfortunately is true, but according to Source D it states that” bachelor’s degree pays off for jobs that don't even require one and Source F states that “ Adult who graduate from a four-year college believe that, on average, they are earning $20,000 more a year as a result of having gotten that degree.” so even if by chance you are one of those unfortunate ones that don’t get a job in the field you wanted and end up getting a different job the degree you got can still help you get more money than you would without it.

Another plus about going to college is that it prepares students for the real world with programs like liberal learning.What liberal arts does to prepare students is that it’s “Education