Contemporary Literacies
Final Post - 4
THE WORTH OF HIGHER EDUCATION
My first post was about the meaning of Higher Education and the idea that individuals must be willing to pursue higher education voluntarily because if they are being forced, they will never be able to discover the importance of higher education for themselves.
My second post was about my personal relationship to higher education and how my parents have always taught me the importance of education. I also related that post to our course reading, The Other Wes Moore because both Wesess were raised by parents who pursued higher education and worked hard to make sure their children saw school as a priority.
My third post was based on research regarding the importance of pursuing higher education. Since I am an accounting major, I wanted to know the percentages and ratios between college grads and non-college grads. I was interested in finding out what was different about their living standards and if higher education truly is as important as it claims to be.
My final post is to elaborate on the overall importance of higher education using the previous posts that I have written. The worth of education is different for every single person. Some people do not see the worth of higher education, so they stop going to school. Some, see higher education as a scam where people go to pay so much money and get little amount of education in return. Some people see higher education as their biggest accomplishment yet to be achieved. Some people portray higher education as their responsibility to complete (first-generation students or students whose entire family are graduates). The majority see higher education as the key to success.
I know pursuing higher education can be a difficult task, the higher you increase in your academic level, the tougher the workload and pressure becomes. There are moments when I feel like giving up because of the amount of stress I might be in, but no matter what I will not give up. I will not give up because of the endless nights my parents stay at work, working to be able to send me to school. I will not give up because I want my mother to know that although her parents were unable to send her to college to get her bachelor's degree, I will get this bachelor's degree for the both of us. Most importantly, I will not give up for ME. I go to school for myself. I want my children (in the future) to never settle for less and work as hard as possible to accomplish great things in life no matter what they are faced with.
The one question I would like to end my blog with is...
WHAT IS THE WORTH OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO YOU?
