Is College for Everyone? Over the last fifty years, college has become a necessary element to success. Instead of only a few people of our society being allowed to get a college degree, it now seems that everyone can get one with relative ease. Parents of today often force their children into college. They want their kids to have the chance to make it in life, to be successful and wealthy. But with this growth …showed first 75 words of 784 total…

…showed last 75 words of 784 total…in life. Attending college is no longer the privilege it once was. College has become the natural stepping stone for high school graduates. A high school is no longer the significant accomplishment it once was. The U.S. government pours money into higher education. But instead of spending on that we should first spend it on bettering the elementary and secondary school system. Without doing that we are just digging a deeper divide between Americans.