Is College the Only Pathway to Success? NO!
College is not the only pathway to success and HERE’S WHY!
Camille and Jade disagree on the topic of college
October 3, 2022
It seems as if we were told for the majority of our childhoods that college was the best or even the only way to become successful. Just recently, with the help of a new generation ushering in new ideas, we’ve realized that we don’t have to take on tens of thousands of dollars to become accomplished. Harley McKittrick, a student at Hillcrest High School, shares these same sentiments stating,
“Even though throughout primary and secondary school, kids are told that the only way to succeed is through college or university, I disagree. There are many careers where you only need a license, GED, and transportation. So, it does seem that the school system’s main focus is pumping out kids who will then take out loans and go directly to college after graduating.”
And Harley is correct. There are many career paths that don’t need a college education, such as maintenance and repair worker ($40.8K a year), flight attendant ($59K a year), community health worker ($42K a year), firefighter ($52.5K a year), restaurant cook ($30K a year), and the list continues.
Kaitlyn Wheeler, another student at Hillcrest High, thinks a little differently. She says,
“I think college is a great way to get more education so you can be in a more advanced level of your career if that makes sense.”
“Do you feel that this is the only means of obtaining a successful career?”
“College is definitely not the only way to become successful. Some other ways are going straight into jobs that don’t need a college education. You could also make and sell your own products without having a college education, and in some cases, it has brought success”
It is an interesting experience to live out your adolescent years in a seemingly new world filled with new ideas. And one of those new ideas is not to take the college route as many have done before us.
Many people that attend Hillcrest have differing opinions on if college is needed to become successful, but I am most excited to read about what Jade, another faculty member at The Ram Page, has to say on this topic! We do disagree, after all.
