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Is Education Necessary?
It has never occurred to me that there exists any other key to success in the modern world except working hard and getting access to higher education. My perception on higher education, as the key to success in the 21st century, is always fortified by the nature in which modern technology has revolutionized the universe. Consequently, the modern labor market is prompting workers to undertake life-long learning even through Distance Learning in order to stay competitive in the technology oriented market. Many students all over the world are struggling to gain access to constrained resources in institutions of higher learning because many, like me, believe that better and higher education grantees better life. Nevertheless, my believes that working harder in class and accessing higher education could translate into a better job were challenged by the New York Times', Steinberg (2010) who advocated that students could skip college because he believed that higher education was not meant for everyone (para. 1). He implied that there are young people who instead of pursuing higher education, make even a better living through other avenues. Since I read his assertions, I am challenged concerning whether education, in general, is necessary for me.
Indeed it will be of greater loss to give up my comfort at home and come into a foreign land to seek better preparatory education to my future only to end up indifferent or worse than those who choose non-academic paths. For instance, my family has invested a lot in my education but worth is it? Education is indeed a preparatory ground to equip the young minds, like myself, on important aspects of life and how to be successful in life. The 21st century has been dubbed the “Information and Telecommunication era”. In order to reap the benefits of available technologies, higher education is fundamental to inducing new technologie...