Freeman Hrabowski's Colleges Prepare People For Life

College: The key to Success
The cost of earning a college degree pays off with consistently higher lifetime earnings, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Earnings for those with college degrees averaged about $20,300 more per year over the past four decades than for workers without one, Mary Daly, the bank’s associate director of research (Kearns, 2015). Does college prepare people for the real life? Freeman Hrabowski “Colleges Prepare People for life” hooks a reader quickly with acknowledging that people can obtain more than just a college degree. Freeman starts his essay by stating that “the fastest growing job categories require at least a college degree.” This quote Hrabowski stated fully accepts and agrees with claiming

His reasoning behind it is that people complain about college and if it is worth their time and money without even knowing what they are initially going for. Freeman says, “Students need strong counseling to identify the best possible option” (logos) (Hrabowski, pp. 261). Lack of counseling is one reason that fewer than 10 percent Americans from the lowest quartile have earned a college degree by age 24, compared to 80 percent of those in the top quartile. In Maryland, Baltimore many of Hrabowski colleagues spend countless hours advising prospective students where to, while others are formulating a list of places that are not so best fitted. That type of counseling Hrabowski describes is critical, but it is time consuming and expensive for both colleges and high schools. He efficiently and effectively uses logos throughout this whole entire argument being nothing but logical reasoning to move and become more successful in life throughout college. Mr. Hrabowski walks past the statue of the late Walter Sondheim that stands in the heart of the campus (USMBC) that reminds him the power of education each day. Sondheim graduated from college but had no idea what else he wanted to do. Fortunately, college given him a strong grounding in liberal arts and the ability to think broadly. This man that was filled with uncertain ended up being a young man who became the most admired civil leader in Maryland. The moral of the story Freeman is trying to portray to the audience of students is that getting an education is important no matter if there is no clue of what to do afterwards because he says “This college degree will bring you further than without having one at all” (Freeman, pp.