In the essays by Bird and Staples, we learn that many, or atleast quite a few, people
             believe that college is a waste of everyone's efforts. I, on the other hand, believe that not
             to be true. In today's world you need to have a decent college education to really get
             somewhere in our society. Sure, Einstein never past a math class, but that doesn't mean
             that people that do go to college are just wasting their time and money. In order to get
             even a decent blue collar job today you will need at least some training in a higher
             education place or in a vocational/tech. school, but you still have to pay for those. No
             matter how one looks at it, a higher form of learning is necessary. What if i tell you that
             you'd even get paid better when you graduate than you would if you never went at all?
             Bird says, "The premise- which I no longer accept- that college is the best place
             for all high school graduates grew out of a noble ideal." Yes, when America has no use
             for high school graduates they tell us to go to college. And it is here where we learn to
             "make something of ourselves". But that doesn't mean that we don't learn anything or
             actually find our spot in the world while we are here. If we don't try when we are in
             college then when are out in the "real world" we don't know what we can accomplish.
             College is like our first attempt at a video game, but we can only mess up once and still
             have enough life to get us through the rest of the level.
             Why waste your money on going to a high priced learning center? Well, to do
             just that, learn. If you don't want to learn then don't go, but keep in mind that you might
             be the one who stays behind while another friend, who went to college, gets the job that
             you've coveted for the last four years. I know you can't force someone to learn but what
             are you doing in college in the first place, if that's
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