ITS DECISION TIME FOR 17 YEAR OLDS: COLLEGE OR JOBS?
Will it be jobs for 17 year olds or college? When you turn seventeen, it is time to start making some important decisions and the biggest one is whether you want to go to college or whether you just want to try to get a job when you graduate.
Seventeen year olds are usually in the 11th grade and that is when you have to start thinking about and applying to colleges. It isn’t fun having to make that kind of decision and it is a lot of work to do all the applying, However, if you don’t buckle down and do it, you will see all your friends leaving town to head off to college with you having no where to go.
Not everyone goes to college and that is okay if it is not right for you. You will need to be productive though and get a job once you graduate. Right now, getting a job is a tough proposition for anyone, much less an 18 year old with little experience.
When you are 17 years old, suddenly you find you have more responsibility than you did before. Your grades start counting more towards college and you have to take tests like the SAT. You are also one year away from having to sign your name up for the miliary draft if that should ever happen (let’s hope it doesn’t). Also, you probably need more money than you did before for things such as dating, clothes, and cars.
Deciding on whether to get a job out of high school or go to college is tough because you are forced to think into the future and figure out what is best. If you aren’t so keen on going to college it still doesn’t mean that you might wish you did someday. But the decision on which path to choose has to start when you are 17 years old and that can be quite a difficult and scary time.