First of all, high school students should take a year off before entering college to better prepare themselves for the various challenges associated with growing up and adulthood. Many students upon graduating from high school have never experienced the demands of adulthood from living on their own, paying their own bills, or earning their own money. ... Possessing a job and obtaining valuable work experience allows students to become more independent and more likely to succeed in the challenges they tackle. ... Not only could taking a year off benefit students with preparing for adulth...

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"This skill set is not taught formally but it is imparted through arduous experiences"(Brooks 270). Brooks argues that these are the tough experiences Chua shelters her daughters from by making them bury their heads in their textbooks. ... Patrick Goldstein, a former film critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, talks about his experiences with success in Hollywood. ... Someone can have all the degrees and certifications needed for a task, but fail to complete the task due to lack of personal experiences. ... Personal experience plays a factor in my argument against Chua. ...

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While there is no doubt that through a college education, students will gain an academic growth, they will also benefit socially from the college experience. According to journalist Chris Blake, going off to college will allow students to discover new types of people and experiences, which will ultimately help them, "evolve as a person" as they transition from, "young adulthood," to, "adulthood," ("The Importance of College After High School Graduation"). ...

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They collected data by comparing 27 families with single heterosexual mothers, 20 families with lesbian parents, and 26 two-parent heterosexual families as the child entered adulthood. ... However, both studies from Predrag and Glolobomk observed that children that experience a divorce 1of a parent may feel a sense of loss and rejection, similar to a death of a parent, and may distract them in their studies. ... These experiences motivated the students to perform better for not only themselves, but for others as well. ...

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