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Yonatan Ramirez

Mr Canek

Political studies

29 September 2018

Our senior year is coming to end and we are going to need to decide on what college

want to go to not go to college. Having an education higher than high school is very beneficial in

many way. A college education is important because it helps you succeed in life, it can help

close the racial wealth gap, and it helps reduce unemployment in the economy because when

college graduation rate increase unemployment rates decrease. I am going to speak on the topics

that can influence our community.

​College can help you succeed in life​. Going to college can not only help you be

knowledgeable and be aware of the issue in the world and the history of the U.S but also have a

successful career. In The Book For Iasias one of the character quotes ​“ He believed that a

university degree would always help a person find a job”.​ (48) In the book, both parents of

Mariana got a very high education in Mexico that somewhat helped them in the US. The mother

and the father worked in a company that ran a chain of franchise restaurant. One of them in the

construction department and another in a restaurant. It just comes to show if you have a degree

you can look for a well-paid job or at least have a good knowledge.

Having a higher degree is very important in many ways.​ It helps the economy in a way

where college rates increase and unemployment rates decrease.​ People have a mindset of going

to college and finishing school right away. In an entry document from the value of college, it
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shows a chart where they have unemployment rate percentage and the what degree helps us

college students be able to win a fair amount of money and not be unemployed. ​And according to

the Washington post a college graduate make 500,000 more than a non college graduate.​ And a

college dropout makes more than just a high school graduate with not college whatsoever.

Having more experience and more knowledge in school sets the stress level high but knowing

that success comes with it helps the stress relief.

People might think going to college is getting yourself in debt for life and not being

worth it so right after high school they decide to do something else with their life. A high school

student that does not go to college does not get into debt. But, a student that does go to college

gets them self in debt. In an article called “Yes college is worth it,” David Ezekiel states,

“College graduates at the low end of the wage range earn a median annual wage of $57,000

compared to to just $39,000 for workers with only a high school diploma.” People are a certain

age consider $39,000 a lot so they would rather work and earn that yearly. But then again going

to college and getting in debt is only helping you for your own future and making more in a

lifetime. In a recent activity I did research on lifetime earning considering that the retirement age

would be 65. The difference were extremely apart and it made me realize the sufficient of going

to college and having that high education. High school graduates makes about 1.6 million and

someone with a bachelors makes 2.6 million. It’s a million difference and the monthly and

weekly earnings are apart dramatically.

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Works Cited

Connolly, Daniel, ​The Book Of Iasias​, St Martin’s Press, 2016

“Employment Projections.” Bureau Of Labor Statistics, March 27 2018,

https://www.bls.gov/emp/chart-unemployment-earnings-education.htm