College as a Waste of Time & Money

Bird argues, just as the title states, that the years and financial cost of college are not justified by the return which college gives to the student and society. She uses a number of measuring sticks in making this argument, but none of those measurements provide strong support for her conclusions.

Bird gives three fundamental reasons why college is a waste of time and money.

First, she argues that college is a waste of time and money because most students do not want to be there and because they do not want to learn.

Second, she argues that college is a waste of time based on the premise that college does not provide the students or society with the results with which it is supposed to provide them.

Third, she argues that college is a waste of time and money because liberal arts is a religion rather than a path to success in the real world.

Bird's first argument (that college is a waste of time and money because most students do not want to be there and because they do not want to le

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gnores the fact that more and more college students are not just out of high school but are older and wiser citizens who do indeed want to be in college and want to learn. Bell also fails to note that in most situations in life, most crossroads (in this case, the crossroads of going to college or not going to college) involve mixed motivations. Any enterprise which requires effort, dedication and long-term determination to persevere and succeed will bring with it doubts and the consideration of alternatives. Bird provides no basis for saying that students are in college "because it has become the thing to do or because college is a pleasant place to be; because it's the only way they can get parents or taxpayers to support them without working at a job they don't like; because Mother wanted then to go." These are not premises based on evidence or reason, but are personal attacks on the intelligence as well as the integrity of all college students. Even if she provided evidence for such claims with respect to some students, she would still be guilty of gross generalization in extending that finding to "most" students. Second, she argues that college is a waste of time based on the premise that college does not provide the students
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