Everyone Go to College?

Some people seem to think every high school graduate in America should go to college. I disagree. Every one of them should have the right; some will have the opportunity; but some may need to make their own opportunity. Government should not give them a free higher education. If everyone went to college, standards would drop to levels incomparable with those of other countries. They are already overtaking us, so why make the score worse? Many graduates never learn to do real study in high school. Most of those would likely soon drop out of college. Money wasted. Some prefer not to mix with what they might call “the elite,” if they knew that word. They already feel inferior; why play it up on a level field? Even if they stuck it out, many would barely make it through.

Many think a C grade is satisfactory. I do not. Colleges need the A students for our country to compete and lead the world. Yes, for us to lead the world. Some country has to lead, and the USA, as I said before, is the only benevolent country with the means to do so. But if only one person prefers catching butterflies for a scientific lab he knows nothing about, that is what he should do, and he need not read Greek to accomplish that dream. Let us not push people into college; let them walk in on their own volition and with pride in their ability to handle it.

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