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Is Higher Education Worth The Price?

  On the internet, this topic has many bipolar opinions. Just like my brain, I couldn’t figure out what to write about this topic until I peeped into what was going on in my life. I am in the process of transferring and this is probably what makes my mind so confused about this topic. I’ll hold on to my opinion for now and I’d like to share some public opinion about this topic that I found on Reddit. Opinion 1: “Higher education is no longer about learning; it is a perceived means to climb the economic latter that has, by this point, been debunked relatively (college graduates still earn on average more than non-college graduates but the loan-to-income ratio no longer suffices).” Opinion 2: “As long as there are financial burdens attached, people will always seek income instead of learning for themselves, which is a vast, vast majority of people, even many “smart” people choose a major that can bring in the most income instead of what they are truly interested in.” Opinion 3: ...