College: The Final Frontier
Ask any competent-looking person walking down the street if they graduated from a college or university and 99.9% of the time the answer will be yes. Now, why is there even a need for a university? What is the purpose of a university? Simple: to prepare youth for the real world.
Paglia argues that “college education…is doing a poor job…for life outside the professional class.” I strongly disagree. Colleges and universities are meant to provide the young with information, knowledge, and the skills necessary to fit in with society. I agree with her on the notion of universities not offering the required skills for a specific trade outside of the professional class; however, universities do provide individuals with the information necessary to be successful with their career goals.
Students who have graduated from a college or university have more than enough experience and knowledge to achieve greatness, for they should have learned how to be responsible and independent; in other words, how to be successful.
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