Informal Writing #6

Elizabeth Eisele

Kimi Howell

Tara Nahodio

Kevin adame

Jeff zander

Haoyun Yang

Informal Writing #6

Our group is debating the question “Is college the best path for young people?”. The people that are debating the Negative Side are Kevin, Tara and Jeff. Kevin is completing the opening and closing statement, Tara is partaking in Argument 1 and Argument 3, and Jeff is partaking in Argument 2. On the pro side Kimi is completing the opening statement and closing statement, while Elizabeth is discussing Argument 1 and 3, and finally Haoyun partaking in Argument 2.

As for the information that our group knows about the topic there are several points. One main point is that most of the group member’s parents attended college which somewhat pushes all of our attendance to college. For this point we also know that not everyone is able to be successful without college. These days you need a degree to get anything because the job market is so competitive. During hard economic times having a degree may be the only way to get a job. On the other hand though there are many successful people who didn’t go to college and still were successful. This includes sports players, musicians, and many entrepreneurs. The experiences that we have include being in college as students currently and seeing the successes that our parents have had with attending college. All of this information entails the extent to which we know the topic.

The main arguments that we are debating include the pro side in which college is the best path because it allows you to get a degree and a higher paying job where on the other hand the con side argues that there are many successful people that are making a lot of money including famous people, athletes and musicians. Given the articles from class and the readings we can use some of that information towards the arguments that we are making. Using articles that are for and against the arguments we can assure that our arguments are clear and supported.

The information that we are going to need is statistics including those on the average amount of money that you make with a degree and the amount of people that are successful without going to college. This will include real life examples, and scholarly articles. We will also need studies about the number of people that go to college and the amount of people that have jobs without going to college. In addition we will need further information to bolster our argument, which we have not yet explored. The philosophical questions that we need in order to better understand our topic are, What is the impact that is made by either going to college or choosing a different path? How do we measure success? What are the reasons behind attending college? With all of the given information and the further research we will create an argument that is fully supported and clearly stated.