College Education

As we grow up, we turn 5 and 6 and learn what life has planned for us. If you come from one background, you may know that you'll drop out by high school,  join the gang all your family is in and make a living off robberies and killings. If you come from another background, you may know that you'll finish high school, only to go on to beauty school and become a beautician like many of you family members and marry a man with a nice job that will keep your family happy and stable. Or if you come from a background like me, I knew by age 6 I would go to college, graduate, get a job, get married and go on with life. The college part didn't seem trivial, it was just a given. I assumed college would be another stepping stone, 4 more years of high school to make it in the real world. Boy, was I wrong. I had no idea the kind of time and effort college took, or even getting into college takes! I also had no idea how different learning would be. College educations are almost imperative in today's society, and while I am extremely appreciative and grateful for mine, I also do not understand why they are so glorified. A lot of my education so far here, has been below par of what I expected. I had a lot more teacher's I would rave about to my parents in high school than professors in college. It's hard to value your education when so many teacher's stand in front of you and lecture you for 2 hours, 3 days a week, 15 weeks a year and then give you a huge exam to determine whether or not you should pass the class. I found an article about the salaries of college professors which I found interesting : http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/09/17/do-college-professors-deserve-a-living-wage/

Although I believe some professors deserve high wages and great salaries for how amazing they are, others, not so much. I do not say this to be a negative nancy, I just find it sad and scary some people pay so much, go in so much debt, for these college educations and some professors could care less about what they're teaching.