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College graduates should get paid more. College prices in Texas alone are up 6 percent in the past year! Most college students come out of college deep in dept and need that income to repay loans.
Yeah i agree to some extent about the lone parts. How could you disagree with Derek? You'd have to be crazy, or just flat out a democrat.(just kidding, i love democrats too) But, im not all that concerned about having a surplus of money. Having alot of extra money only makes you think of what you dont have, you become contempt with yourself and only strive to get more money. Happiness does not come out of wordly things or material posesions..but thats just me, I guess i dont fit the American image, atleast the current one.
I also agree with derek and kelly because it is true that college is getting more and more expensive each year. If someone is going to pay for themselves or someone else(in the case of scholarships) to go to college and put in atleast four years of work, they deserve to make more money than someone who does not. There are many possibilities for people in the United States who cannot afford college to get scholarships, thus it is truly up to the individual to determine their salary through their choice to attend, or not attend, college.
I understand that everyone wants more money when they come out of college, but if we increase the salary of college graduates, then the same must be done for those coming from grad school i.e doctors, lawyers etc. now we can do that, but that extra money has got to come from somewhere. if the person does not have a federal or state job, then their salary can really only increase if the company they work for makes more money. how can you make more money if you are say, a doctor or you provide a service of some sort? an increase in clientèle or an increase in prices, which puts you back to square one, because what good is a higher salary if everything costs more? so before jumping in and everyone saying that all college graduates should get paid more think about how many people graduate each year from all the colleges in the country and where we are going to get the money to pay them more from.
I think it is right to award s college graduate with a higher salary because they put more time and effort into extra education and schooling, and although not everyone has student loans, those that do need the extra money to pay them off. Also, the fact that college grads pay with their time, by studying and taking classes, it becomes difficult to work and make money for about four years. I agree with the salary distributions.
I agree with what pretty much everyone else has already said about college graduates deserving higher salaries than people with only a high school diploma, but I think it's not so much that they deserve a higher salary as it is that they have the ability to receive one. I think college graduates shouldn't get paid more just for the sole reason that they are college graduates, but I think that if they use their degrees and the things they learned in college to provide a service that a high school graduate may not be able to do, then they are deserving of a higher salary.
I agree with Kate. I think that college graduates have more of an opportunity to receive a higher pay because of how hard they worked to get to a higher level than those who did not go to college. However, I think that this "reward" of a higher salary should not be automatic just for completing college but an incentive to keep working hard with whatever degree that student has chosen.
Its perfectly logical that college students should earn a higher salary than high school students do. They have more responsibilities and definetly more financial needs to be met than your average high school student. As high school students, we dont have to wory about paying for school, or our textbooks (and possibly paying rent) until after we recieve high school diplomas.
I agree with Kate, they should recieve more for what they can contribute to a corporation, or a community. They should not only be rewarded for having gone to college, but rewarded for returning something back to which they have taken(society).
This kind of goes along with what we talked about in class today - how hard work and an effort to attain and refine certain skills that set you apart from others will lead you to success and, ultimately, money. Surviving high school doesn't set you apart from anyone. Going to college requires more effort and work on the student's part. Companies should definitely pay college graduates more, as even coming straight out of college, these people are a step ahead of high school grads. Companies hire people who surpass average knowledge and skills. College grads can do everything high school grads can and more. Assuming that they prove themselves above a high school diploma, they certainly deserve to be paid more for their skills.
This kind of goes along with what we talked about in class today - how hard work and an effort to attain and refine certain skills that set you apart from others will lead you to success and, ultimately, money. Surviving high school doesn't set you apart from anyone. Going to college requires more effort and work on the student's part. Companies should definitely pay college graduates more, as even coming straight out of college, these people are a step ahead of high school grads. Companies hire people who surpass average knowledge and skills. College grads can do everything high school grads can and more. Assuming that they prove themselves above a high school diploma, they certainly deserve to be paid more for their skills.
The chances of getting a good job with a high school degree are astronomical. The American Dream is too be wealthy and the perceived way to reach that goal is to go to college. Therefore, one really has no other choice but to get a degree and join the working class.
People in the real world look to hire college graduates because they have achieved a higher level of education that will be useful to them in the future. It wouldn't be fair to college students, after studying their butts off for four years, that a high school student would beat them out of a job. Think about it. High schoolers do not have to think about where their next meal is coming from, if they paid the rent on time, etc. because they don't have to. College students are living on their own under a lot of debt trying to pay for their education to become successful later in the future. So, college students should get paid more to basically give back what they owe, in a way.
The bonus wages appear to be increasing at a fairly rapid rate. While it does make sense for the rewards of college to increase along with the higher cost of getting a degree, it also seems to inspire thoughts of an oncoming plateau where wages don't increase much for an extended period. In addition, the graph does not indicate whether the job types were similar, as college graduates obviously have more job opportunities. As such, it is unclear if jobs open only to college graduates are paying more or if companies are paying college graduates more compared to high school graduates for a similar amount of work.
The sole purpose high school students decide to go to college is to learn about what they want to do in life and then be great at it. They are expected to be paid higher because they went to college and majored in their field and should be good at it. I believe they should be paid higher than high school graduates because of there higher level of education. However, they still should have to work at it and not just receive it right away.
I think college graduates should make more money than non-graduates. They put a lot effort, work , and money into getting their degree in hopes of getting a good job.
It is basically a known fact that a college graduate will discover a better paying job, or will have ABILITY to discover a better paying job, more likely than the highschool student with the minimal education. There can be rare exceptions like Bill Gates who have the ability to make a living easily without a college education, but these people are rarities. Yet college tuition is constantly rising so students might be able to get a higher income when they leave college, but they will most likely have to spend alot of it paying off college loans to protect their credit. You also have to pay attention to the fact that the graph is adjusted to years of working experience and shows generally an average of cases. I know that the general average salary of a multimedia animator just out of college with no previous experience other than his school can be around 30 to 40k but a person who proved themselves through numerous ways (Working on modded games, winning contests etc,) will earn much more money and up to 50k. This graph basically poses an average and doesn't allow you to see the people who are entrepreneurs and throw off the graph or those exception who try their best but can't really get that far ahead.
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