Twelve Years Does Not Cut It
High School is a big part of every person’s life. It is
where you have your first love, your first heart break, you play a sport you
love, and you make some great friends. When you
are a senior, you have mixed emotions on whether you are so ready to graduate
or you are not ready for the real world. You have
so many decisions to make about what college and major you want or if you even
want to go. That is where the problem comes in;
should high school graduates take a year off
before college?
Out of the two arguments, I believe that
it is not intelligent to take a year off because you might not want to go back.
I know you are ready to be done with school, but a
high school diploma is not going to get you a real job. If
you end up not going back, you have nothing to go off of but your high school
diploma. Without a degree, you will never be
eligible to get paid higher than minimum wage; therefore, making life a little tougher without a stable
financial background. Also, taking a year off
does not make you the universities top priority anymore. They
are looking at the kids coming straight from college, and you are their second
option.
The first side is taking a year off.
Some people believe that when you graduate you
should not jump into anything right away because it might not be what you want
in your future. Some people claim that you are
still too young to make a decision that is going to affect the rest of your
life. Taking a year off gives you time to really
think about what you want to do for the rest of your life, and what makes you
happy. It also saves you money if you decide that
college is not the way you want to go. Money is
an issue for many people in this day in age; although, if you want to better your chances of being
successful you will find a way. If you jump into
college right after high school and decide that you do not want to do it
anymore, you have just lost tons of money. This
happens to many people each year. Be sure of what
you want before you go, and remember it will be worth it in the
end.
The other argument is weak, and I do not
agree with it at all. You should not take a year
off before entering college. Taking a year off
could make you not go back because you do not want to, or do not have the time.
Going to college right after high school is the
ideal thing to do so you could get it all done at once. You
have been in school twelve years, what is four more going to hurt? Going to college and getting a degree in something broad could
give you many great job opportunities. If you don
not go to college, you will not have all the job opportunities. A degree like Business Management for example, gives you a
wide variety of jobs to choose from. Most of those
jobs paying better than minimum wage, which is what you would get if you didn’t
choose to go to college. Taking a year off, in my
opinion, is a young and dumb mistake that someone with “senioritis” would make.
When thinking about college, do not think about
the present; think about your future. Taking a year off is not thinking about your
future.
All in all, people still do both options.
Some people take a year off, and some people go to
college right after high school. People can skip
out on college for many reasons. In the end, it
is your choice whether you accomplish it or not. Even though there are many reasons why you “cannot” do it,
there are always ways around them. Not enough
money? You can apply for financial aid, and after
you graduate and get a superior job you will be able to pay for your student
loans. You do not want to go? Quit
being selfish and thinking about the now, you are not going to like it when you
are working at a fast food restaurant for the rest of your life. Either way you go, I still believe that taking a year off is
not the way to go and people usually do not just take a year off. College is something that should be done right after high
school. The experience and outcome will benefit
you in the end.
where you have your first love, your first heart break, you play a sport you
love, and you make some great friends. When you
are a senior, you have mixed emotions on whether you are so ready to graduate
or you are not ready for the real world. You have
so many decisions to make about what college and major you want or if you even
want to go. That is where the problem comes in;
should high school graduates take a year off
before college?
Out of the two arguments, I believe that
it is not intelligent to take a year off because you might not want to go back.
I know you are ready to be done with school, but a
high school diploma is not going to get you a real job. If
you end up not going back, you have nothing to go off of but your high school
diploma. Without a degree, you will never be
eligible to get paid higher than minimum wage; therefore, making life a little tougher without a stable
financial background. Also, taking a year off
does not make you the universities top priority anymore. They
are looking at the kids coming straight from college, and you are their second
option.
The first side is taking a year off.
Some people believe that when you graduate you
should not jump into anything right away because it might not be what you want
in your future. Some people claim that you are
still too young to make a decision that is going to affect the rest of your
life. Taking a year off gives you time to really
think about what you want to do for the rest of your life, and what makes you
happy. It also saves you money if you decide that
college is not the way you want to go. Money is
an issue for many people in this day in age; although, if you want to better your chances of being
successful you will find a way. If you jump into
college right after high school and decide that you do not want to do it
anymore, you have just lost tons of money. This
happens to many people each year. Be sure of what
you want before you go, and remember it will be worth it in the
end.
The other argument is weak, and I do not
agree with it at all. You should not take a year
off before entering college. Taking a year off
could make you not go back because you do not want to, or do not have the time.
Going to college right after high school is the
ideal thing to do so you could get it all done at once. You
have been in school twelve years, what is four more going to hurt? Going to college and getting a degree in something broad could
give you many great job opportunities. If you don
not go to college, you will not have all the job opportunities. A degree like Business Management for example, gives you a
wide variety of jobs to choose from. Most of those
jobs paying better than minimum wage, which is what you would get if you didn’t
choose to go to college. Taking a year off, in my
opinion, is a young and dumb mistake that someone with “senioritis” would make.
When thinking about college, do not think about
the present; think about your future. Taking a year off is not thinking about your
future.
All in all, people still do both options.
Some people take a year off, and some people go to
college right after high school. People can skip
out on college for many reasons. In the end, it
is your choice whether you accomplish it or not. Even though there are many reasons why you “cannot” do it,
there are always ways around them. Not enough
money? You can apply for financial aid, and after
you graduate and get a superior job you will be able to pay for your student
loans. You do not want to go? Quit
being selfish and thinking about the now, you are not going to like it when you
are working at a fast food restaurant for the rest of your life. Either way you go, I still believe that taking a year off is
not the way to go and people usually do not just take a year off. College is something that should be done right after high
school. The experience and outcome will benefit
you in the end.