Taking advantage of Higher Education

Gabriel Garza

Lucas’ introduction opens your mind and thoughts toward the reality of Higher Education. He’s unique form of opening a discussion about a reality, not criticizing, makes you stop and reflect about a topic that should be in the interest of everybody.
Just by reading the introduction, you can agree on certain critics that he points out. Definitely, these things happen, and haven’t been addressed completely. There are many pros and cons about Higher Education, like John Whittet mentions in his article. The intention of this blog is not to analyze this topic with that perspective; the intention is to look at the positive things that a Higher Education can offer, despite all the criticisms and defects.
The individual attitude and perception of a single student, is worth more that the general facts about Higher Education. It is up to each individual, to appreciate the opportunities that he has, and to take advantage of them. It doesn’t matter if statistics show that 50% of college students don’t graduate, or to what schools were you accepted, or how much do you pay, what do you study etc. If you can, and decide to attend college, you should only worry about your personal goals, and if what you’re doing makes you happy.
Universities offer a variety of things. First, the primary thing is obviously the education. Although some stats say that the education that college students receive is worthless, students should see it as a way of enriching their knowledge and learning new things. The education received in college can be really precious, it only depends on the student to take advantage of that or not.
Also, as Whittet says in his article, college is also used to: “revolve around life skills and the transition between being beholden to one's parents and completely autonomous.” College prepares you for life, and it is up to you to make it a successful one or not.