Posted by Rajiv on October 17, 19102 at 09:21:08:
People attend college/university for a variety of reasons.Some join college with a definite purpose while others join simply because they would like to go through the experience.
According to me,people join college for any or all of the following three reasons:career growth, pursuit of knowledge and for gaining a new experience.
Most people join college for career growth.Higher education definitely gives a boost to one's career.Graduation/post-graduation degrees enable one to command higher salaries and positions in the work place.
Pursuit of knowledge is also one of the main reasons for attending college.After all, emparting knowledge is the basic purpose of a college or a university.It is here that we spend our time studying,experimenting and expanding our knowledge base.
College life also offers us a unique experience. Living on the campus and participating in the various activities enrichens us as human beings.It is here that people live in harmony and the barriers of age,sex,religion,country etc seem quite irrelevent.Not to mention that most marriages take root in college itself.
Whatever be ones' reason for attending college, it would always be one of the happier times in one's life.