Is a college degree necessary in today's world?

在今天這社會(huì)大學(xué)文憑是否必要？

Because a 4-year college education requires a large commitment of time, effort, and money. Many high school graduates decide not to go to college. They enter the work force immediately, or decide to go to a vocational or trade school instead of college. Is a college degree really necessary these days? Despite the expense and delay in entering the work force, I strongly believe that a 4-year college education is necessary and desirable in today's world.

因?yàn)樗哪甑拇髮W(xué)教育需要有時(shí)間，努力，和金錢(qián)的保證。很多高中畢業(yè)生決定不去上大學(xué)。他們馬上成為勞動(dòng)大軍，或決定去技術(shù)的或者貿(mào)易學(xué)校而不是去上大學(xué)。現(xiàn)在大學(xué)學(xué)位真的是必要的嗎？盡管需要花費(fèi)而且延遲進(jìn)入勞動(dòng)力市場(chǎng)，我堅(jiān)信四年的大學(xué)教育在今天這個(gè)世界是有必要和值得的。

One major reason to go to college is that college provides necessary academic background for a career. During four or more years in college, students have time and resources to explore many different areas in the humanities人文學(xué)科, social sciences, science, and professional fields such as business and engineering, and to take a variety of academic courses that will provide important background for particular careers.

上大學(xué)的主要原因之一是因?yàn)榇髮W(xué)提供了必要的職業(yè)學(xué)術(shù)背景。在大學(xué)四年或更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間里，學(xué)生有時(shí)間和資源去探討各種領(lǐng)域的人文學(xué)科，社會(huì)科學(xué)，科學(xué)以及各種專(zhuān)業(yè)領(lǐng)域如商業(yè)和工程專(zhuān)業(yè)，并參加提供對(duì)特定職業(yè)重要背景的各種學(xué)術(shù)課程。

A second important argument for the value of college is that people with college degrees have better job opportunities and higher income level than people who have only a high school or vocational school education, so college means a better quality of life. Job opportunities and starting salaries are generally excellent for people with college degrees while the employment outlook may not be so cheerful for those with only a high school diploma.

上大學(xué)值得的第二個(gè)重要的理由是擁有大學(xué)學(xué)位的人比那些只有高中或職業(yè)學(xué)校教育的人有更好的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)和更高的收入水平，因此大學(xué)意味著更好的生活質(zhì)量。就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)和起薪一般對(duì)擁有大學(xué)學(xué)位的人更優(yōu)越，在就業(yè)前景中那些只有高中文憑的人可能沒(méi)那么樂(lè)觀。
Also, college tends to provide a labor force with a certain knowledge and skill, which is beneficial to the advancement of our society. Students who exercise their minds and develop strategies to deal with hard problems over four years of college are likely to graduate with many skills and strategies that can be transferred to dealing with tasks later in life, both on the job and in their personal life. This will surely contribute to the progress of the world.

同時(shí)，大學(xué)傾向于提供具有一定知識(shí)和技能的勞動(dòng)，那是有利于社會(huì)進(jìn)步的。經(jīng)常用自己頭腦去發(fā)展處理大學(xué)四年難題策略的學(xué)生，畢業(yè)后更有可能獲得許多有利于處理工作和個(gè)人生活的技巧和策略。這將有助于世界的進(jìn)步。

In summary, there are many good arguments in support of the value of a 4-year college education. Moreover, the benefits far outweigh the problems and expense. I firmly believe that everyone who wants to have a bright future should go to college。

總之，支持四年的大學(xué)教育價(jià)值的論據(jù)有很多。而且?guī)��?lái)的好處遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)大于存在的問(wèn)題和費(fèi)用。我堅(jiān)信，每個(gè)想擁有光明未來(lái)的人都應(yīng)該去上大學(xué)。