Is College Really Worth It - Great Things Come With Patience

Yolanda Melville, author of Is College Really Worth It? (2013), explains that a college education will help you succeed with patience and work. She explains that you should get the most out of your education being active in school organizations and don't expect to start at the top when entering your new career. Start at the bottom and work your way up. Melville's purpose is to bring awareness in order to raise the hopes of a better result. Yolanda Melville is speaking out to students using her own life experience after graduating.

In some aspects I agree with Melville that a college degree will lead to success with patience. Obtaining a college degree broadens the knowledge of our minds as well as setting us apart from someone that doesn't. There are careers that can only be held by someone with a college education, in completing your degree will provide you with better odds. On the other hand, with the economy in the condition that it is in, we as students can't afford the financial burden after graduation while we wait for that big break. Starting our new career at the bottom will barely pay the bills but there is the addition of student loans too.  After high school, college is the first step into adult life and becoming independent. But once you graduate some have to go back and depend on their parents or family again. That being said, I feel if you play your cards right everything will work out.

Spoken by our President B. Obama "college isn't just one of the best investments you can make in your future it is the best investment America can make in our future". Although America as a country is in a financial crisis that is affecting all aspects of our lives, we still need education and educated individuals to help keep this country and its business running. College can help in different ways in your career; teaches you the skills you will need and a way to sell yourself. Melville argues “Twenty years from now, your history classmate could work in the human resources department and your resume might come across his desk”; befriending him during school could help you get the job knowing who you are and how you work. Socializing at school you will meet a lot of different people; you never know they may be that link to a great opportunity in your future. Yolanda Melville also argues not to expect to walk into your new career making big money and where you want to be. “Your first job may not offer $100,000 staring salary, but consider the position you might be in without your education”. Life is not about free handouts. You have to work your way through college to get what you want; the degree stating that you have graduated and succeed in learning the skills you need. Now you find the job that you can gain experience and that can get you to the top if you work hard. Don’t give up on your dreams. It may be a rough road to get there, but when you are there it will all be worth it.