After reading a bunch of articles about a debate topic "Attempting college is impact to a man's good life", I found a most persuasive article for myself. "Numbers Favor Top Schools" by Richard D. Kahlenberg, there is a quote somewhere in his first paragraph, he records down there was a girl whose name is Esther said that "Dad, we're not here for those classes," she replied,"we're here to meet each other." Esther was graduated from Harvard, and by the time her dad asked her why she did not do her homework, she proved that to go to elite school is not to learn-- is to meet more rich friends in order to ask for helps in the future.
Richard's response to that is "The richest colleges require students on average to pay just 20 percent of the total cost of college, compared with 78 percent at the least wealthy colleges. At selective institutions, a student is surrounded by talented and high achieving peers." I agree with Richard's view of what the girl said. A person is always effected by his or her friends, families and the people who are surrounded by. I think friend could help a person to be success, or to put a person into failure. Therefore, paying a high price to attempt an elite school not only could get a better education, it also connects to some important friendships which will easily impact a person's life.
Anyway, I think this one is really depending on what you think about a good life is. For example, if a student just finds out that he has a cancer, and he just has 10 days, why would he go to an elite college to waste his 10 days and his life already has no hopes? I am not saying that college classes are waste of times, but I feel like if you want to make more money, you probably would choose to go to college and graduate.
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