value of education.

“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin.
Is the cost of education overshadowing its benefits? Some people believe that college is too valuable to worry about the cost because, in the long run, you have received a degree and most likely, have a stable job. But others believe that the little piece of paper is simply that, a little piece of paper. It is hard to imagine spending anywhere from $50,000 - $ 200,000 for a piece of paper with your name on it. So, what is it that the college degree can give you?


They say you can see everything in hindsight. I have seen the value of a good college education in that perspective. Now at age 22, I am struggling to complete a degree that I was due to celebrate in earlier this year. Due to my lack of wisdom as a teenager and nonchalant attitude towards everything, I am behind. I wasn’t necessarily interes...