<p>Just curious about your reasons.</p>
<p>I know it sounds clich</p>
<p>I came from a family who has never graduated college, my mom dropped out after having a child, my dad stopped after high school, four of my brothers dropped out of high school and three of them became involved with gangs, only one of my brothers has graduated high school, which was a continuation high school. To me going to college could lead me to escape the life that the rest of my family chose, and I have a thirst for knowledge.</p>
<p>There’s nothing I want to do that can be done without college. Also, it’s fun and puts adulthood off for another 3 years.</p>
<p>@kayceecakess: It’s people like you who inspire me! I’ve known way too many people who dropped out of high school and/or college because of kids or just because of the influences around them that involve them in a dangerous (drugs, gangs, or just lazy) lifestyle. And it makes me a bit sad.</p>
<p>An early congratulations is at hand for being the first of your family in college.</p>
<p>For me, it’s less about how much of an advantage I’d have by going, but more how much of a disadvantage I’d have by not going. </p>
<p>As soon as I finish college, I need a job. If I want a good one, I need college.</p>
<p>It will be an escape for me. This sounds cliche too, but I come from a small town that has nothing to offer me. To me, college is a chance to really explore my interests and find something that makes me happy. I know careers and jobs are important, but it will be meaningless if I don’t enjoy what I’m doing for a living. Money is important, but it’s not everything.</p>
<p>College may well not lead to a better pay for me. I want to study History, possibly going into politics or maybe just staying in academia. Either way, the pay isn’t great for a very long time.
Honestly, I’m going to college because that’s what people do around here. I would guess that less than 2% of my class won’t go, and most of those will go on to drama school or an equivalent.</p>
<p>Because I like to learn, and I like the experience that would come with college life.</p>
<p>Sure, doing it for pay is good too, but that’s not really how it works and you know it. People in Hollywood that never went to college make more money than those that spent years studying accounting or whatever. Heck, drug lords and strippers sometimes make more. You don’t need college to make money.</p>
<p>^
Yeah, but most of the people who try to get into Hollywood don’t make it. And presumably most of the people who try to sell drugs don’t end up being millionaires. </p>
<p>My reasons:
- Learning.
- Being able to get a more desirable job than McDonald’s.
- It’s sort of a bridge between childhood and the “real world.”
- It sounds better than all the other options.</p>