ASA 002-A02
#3
How important is education really? At what cost do minorities approach higher education with such reverie that they forget to look at practicality? A lot of studies have shown that their is a high correlation between college degrees and higher income levels. However many minority parents sometimes have such a strong and blinding faith towards higher education that they forget to communicate with their children effectively to figure out the best path for them. Pursuing higher education without a plan isn't a viable method because the degree that their parents want their children to obtain may not be the most suiting. Many students go through college only to switch majors multiple times and some become so disillusioned afterwards and being a failure in front of their parents that it is a serious detriment to their psychological health. This problem is clearly highlighted in the eastern Asian countries such as China, Japan, and Korea. The strong emphasis on good grades and succeeding in school that it forces a binary system of success. You either do well in school and succeed in life; or you fail in school and thus fail in life. This ultimatum has caused such a large surge in suicide rates in Japan that it is alarming yet ignored.
Just because college degrees are highly correlated to success, does not mean it is the only choice but minorities are bottle necked into college because there is no other viable option. Which begs to question, what other routes are there to take for a minority without a college degree?
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