Steven Barajaz

The topic I am going to use for my third essay is importance of getting a higher level education. Honestly it is rare to find a career that pays over $70,000 a year, unless you're just athletic enough to play a professional sport or have great entertaining ability. Now if you don't have any education after high school, you're most likely looking at having a dead nine to five job, that will be able to support your family, if you're lucky. In the past it might have been different, where you didn't have to have a college education to get a great job with benefits, but nowadays these jobs are just about extinct. For example, my dad's job, he's been workining there for just about 35 years, he has no college education, but he has great benefits and an even better pension. Now though, I asked my dad if he could get me on there, and he told me that they are gonna start limiting benefits, and taking away pension in the next 5 to 6 years. It is clear to see that without an education after high school, there is a very slim chance that a great career can be achieved.