Adam Herzog

Mr. Blanset

English 12

9/25/16

College and Why I Want to Go

After I graduate from high school I want to join the United States Army.

I want to join the Army because I always saw myself enlisting. While in the

Army Im going to job search and find a career I enjoy, and enjoy the benefits

such as the G.I bill. After my time enlisted I plan on riding the G.I. bill into

college. I see college as a place of opportunity and place to grow. I would like

to go to college to further my education on the career I started in the

military, to get a degree in my field of study, and to increase my salary.

In the military I am prone to fail so it is important for me to understand how

to learn from my mistakes. In the article Want to Get to College? Lean to

fail, the author Angel B. Perez, states that The lessons of failure cant be

taught in a classroom they are experienced and reflected upon, Because in

life you will fail but if you want anything bad enough you can achieve it,

(4). I believe this to be true because in life you need to first fail to succeed.

Once I can learn to fail and overcome i will be able to get farther in any

subject I set my mind to. This would allow me to further my education in

college.
In the Army I plan to job search for a career Im good at and also enjoy. Right

now I believe that it is something to do with engineering. Figuring out

engines and how motors run has always interested me since I was a small

child. In the article Hidden Intellectualism the author, Gerald Graff says a

person would be more prone to take on intellectual identities if we

encouraged them to do so at first on subjects that interest them rather than

ones that interest us, (5). This states a subject that interest a person will

engage the student grabbing their focus and therefore teaching the student

more. Since I will be continuing a career I enjoy and have experience in, I will

be inclined to continue studies until I get a degree in an engineering field

and not drop out like too many other students do. Continuing a career I

started in the military into college with very much further my education and

make it easier to get a degree in my field I would like to study in.

Another valuable reason I want to go to college is to increase my salary.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau a person with just a high school diploma

will make around one point two million dollars over an approximant forty

years of work, while a person with a Bachelors or Masters Degree make

average of two point five million and two point five million dollars

respectively over a forty year work life. This shows how the higher degree a

person achieves in college the more money they are going to make over

their lifetime. a person with a Masters Degree is expected to make one point

three million dollars more than a person with just a high school diploma. That

is double the expected work life salary of a high school graduate (17).
Overall I would like to go to college to earn a degree and in turn earn more

money.

In the article Not Going to College is a Viable Option by Lawrence B.

Schlack, the author asked the question can you list your strengths, talents,

and aptitudes? Can you name four or five careers you realistically aspire to?

Can you describe where you want to go and what you want to do in life? Do

you really need college to get where you want to go, Then follows it up with

if you answer is, Im not really sure what my strengths are or where I want

to go in life, then deferring college is the better choice, (13). To me this

statement is wrong. I plan on finding myself and a career, then furthering

myself and my education while studying a career in college.

After my time enlisted in the Army I will end up going to college. College will

be a place for me to grow, develop my skills, continue the job I started in the

Army, increase my earnings, and get a degree in my field of study.

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Why go to College. How 2 Choose, University of North Texas. 3/23/2010. Print.
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