College right after high school

As children we are taught that education is a necessity. In secondary school we learn the basics tools to understanding, communicating and expressing our opinions and the opinions of others clearly. We learn basic methods to analyzing our environment and the world around us. We begin to understand a little bit of who we are, and sometimes who we want to become. Post secondary education is what I believe allows us to grow as individuals just when we are at the pinnacle of our being. In college you grow an even more broad view of who you are and how to analyze your world through furthering your education.   While in school we are told about the level of difficulty and responsibility that each grade level brings. The bridge from high school to college is perhaps the biggest of them all; a time where you become an adult, responsible for yourself and for your own education. Some graduates are ready for this change while others aren’t ready just yet.

There are multiple factors that play in a person’s decision to not further their education past high school. Possibly they’ve found a job that they love already or maybe they takes to get a valuable education understanding the world around us school we gain the discipline it takes to get a valuable education. We are influenced by our teachers as they instill in us methods to learning and analyzing the world around us in ways other then strictly academic. It is up to us as students after we graduate from high school that we decide if we will further our education and build on what we have previously been taught. Some choose to stop; others choose to take time off for various reasons. Others like myself who are dedicated and fortunate enough to get a valuable education go on to further their education in college. I personally feel that there would be so much time and knowledge lost or wasted by stopping right when I’m at the pinnacle of my success and education. Education is important and the very bases to our success as a people. As students we are pushed and gain the discipline it takes to get a valuable education. I personally feel that right after high school is the best time if any to go to college. I have come this far and feel that it is best for me to continue on my journey without cease. Also, being someone who has a job, and might be getting another one this upcoming semester and already having had the opportunity to travel often and even out of the country, I don’t feel the necessity to take a break after graduating this year. Research in the United States suggests that taking time off can be detrimental for eventual completion of a postsecondary credential in that many youth who take time off simply do not return.

A recent six year national student survey from Stanford Universities Bridge Project on school education showed that 88% of students nationwide intend some postsecondary education. A secondary education is important, especially in today’s society because simply having a GED is not enough anymore. A Bachelor of Arts degree is required for simple everyday stores we go to run errands in each day. The demand for a broader education has gone up from what it once was. I know that if I want to get far in my career of choice and be successful I need a valuable education. Thus, I intend to go right into college after high school.