Achieving College Success
When I was growing up, college was always the end goal in mind. Parents and teachers emphasized the importance of getting an excellent education by attending college. They talked about all the incredible opportunities and experiences that would come after receiving a post-secondary education, and several of my peers were told similar things. The discussion my family and I had was never about if I was going to attend college, but when. When I started my first year of high school, I remember the orientation coordinator giving us the clichéd talk about secondary education and how high school was going to prepare us for the challenging road ahead. He said that success in high school would directly lead to success in college. Simple enough, and
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Implementing the aids at a younger age will allow students to use the education to develop superiority decisions while they mature. Even if students do not decide to attend a four-year university, community college or technical school, students still need to obtain the skills to be successful before they graduate high school. Receiving a liberal education at an early age is vital for students to develop the necessary skills to become successful. In the article "Are Too Many People Going to College?" Charles Murray, claims there are too many people attending college. Murray believes that the liberal education gained in college is important, although the education should be taught somewhere else. People should be getting the basics of a liberal education. Providing the basics as early as elementary and middle school will help some students fully grasp these concepts by the time they graduate high school. (Murray 235). He continues to explain that small children enjoy learning and excel in memorization. Hence this is why they should receive the liberal education when they are younger, not waiting until college. He reasons that if the basics are taught in elementary, middle, and high school, perhaps people wouldn't need to attend college. A liberal education provides students with broad knowledge of the wider world as well as in-depth study in a particular area of interest. A liberal education helps students develop a sense of social responsibility, as well as vigorous and transferable intellectual and practical skills such as communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, and demonstrated the ability to apply knowledge and skills in real-world
Implementing the aids at a younger age will allow students to use the education to develop superiority decisions while they mature. Even if students do not decide to attend a four-year university, community college or technical school, students still need to obtain the skills to be successful before they graduate high school. Receiving a liberal education at an early age is vital for students to develop the necessary skills to become successful. In the article "Are Too Many People Going to College?" Charles Murray, claims there are too many people attending college. Murray believes that the liberal education gained in college is important, although the education should be taught somewhere else. People should be getting the basics of a liberal education. Providing the basics as early as elementary and middle school will help some students fully grasp these concepts by the time they graduate high school. (Murray 235). He continues to explain that small children enjoy learning and excel in memorization. Hence this is why they should receive the liberal education when they are younger, not waiting until college. He reasons that if the basics are taught in elementary, middle, and high school, perhaps people wouldn't need to attend college. A liberal education provides students with broad knowledge of the wider world as well as in-depth study in a particular area of interest. A liberal education helps students develop a sense of social responsibility, as well as vigorous and transferable intellectual and practical skills such as communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, and demonstrated the ability to apply knowledge and skills in real-world