Research Paper Freewrite

In recent years, Americans have assumed that once a teen graduates high school the only option to choose is college. As a college student myself I see the importance of a college education. However, I discovered that there are some advantages in entering the college atmosphere at an older age. Thesis: The world we live in is always advancing. In order to stay on the cutting edge of technology American colleges send millions of workers out into the real world every year. But resent research has shown that there are advantages to entering the work force immediately after high school.

I have a few online articles and essays written by authors with great ethos. One very useful article is written by a Harvard graduate that gives an account of a time where he struggled to socialize with an average Joe Blow. He later goes into detail about how he questioned the necessity of entering college right away. I expect I would need more statistics to back up the evidence that I find.

One obstacle that I keep thinking about is running out of credible sources. This challenge made me question if I should continue further into this topic. However, I realized that in order to get around this problem I must begin research and finding sources as soon as possible. If I ever run out of credible sources I might have to take an unorthodox approach and interview different points of view on the topic. By doing this I can beef my paper up more and take a less bias approach to writing the paper.

Advantages/Disadvantages of Going to College

https://webspace.utexas.edu/hcleaver/www/330T/350kPEEBeckerHumanKtable.pdf

This is an essay on human capital. The essay argues the positives of going to college and states that in the last decades students that go to college earn significantly more than high school graduates without degrees.

http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/blog/is-college-necessary

This article notes  successful entrepreneurs/celebrities that have made a decent living and did not complete college. This article would be useful when I need examples of successful college dropouts.

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/09/02/opportunity-cost-college

The article is from a Columbia student and uses the economic term opportunity cost to argue the pros and cons of attending college. Overall college is the better choice for high school graduates to choose but there are significant advantages of perusing a career first.

http://www.mendeley.com/research/education-pays-benefits-higher-education-individuals-society/

This is an abstract from a paper that only argues the benefits of going to college. If im going to argue that college is not necessary right away; im also going to need evidence stating why going to college is beneficial.

http://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/

This article speaks of the social disadvantages of going to college. Although most college graduates have the capability to speak in a scholarly manner they lack the down to earth techniques to talk to average everyday people

Research Paper Ideas

What to do after high school?
In today's society all students that graduate high school are expected to go straight to college. But with college being more expensive than ever I believe there are advantages for those that choose to enter the workforce. There are some people that do not thrive in a learning environment and would do much better in college if they entered at a later age. This topic interested me because I met a girl that was an amazing dancer with great grades, but decided she wasnt ready for college.

Is jail always necessary?
This topic would be interesting because when most people see a person in jail or prison they assume the worst. But in some cases these people receive the short end of the stick. Prison also takes people that are convicted for petty crimes and puts them into a population full of even more dangerous people. I have always questioned the prison system because I have seen it change nice people into someone they were forced to be.

Images

Campaign for Real Beauty

Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty presents a strong ethical appeal that would attract any consumer. Like most companies that sell beauty products Dove found itself guilty of presenting images that only represented a small percent of the population. In a world that strives to become skinny and is obsessed with being beautiful, many women found themselves with low self-esteem and a perception of beauty that was not accurate. By creating images of women that don't normally fit the mold for a beauty product model, Dove gains a large amount of appeal from average everyday women. Consumers that view these images realize that the ads are not what they see in most commercials. The question arises, what is true beauty? Flaws that once made a person unique now make women feel uncomfortable with their body. With the help of ethos Dove uses the flaws of normal people to create appeal to the majority of the population that does not have the perfect body or skin. Orbach stated that today’s culture makes young women feel insecure and this insecurity is caused by images and propaganda that shows “perfect” women. Dove knows if they are able to sell a product that meant for women of any shape or size that sells will go up because the images are of ordinary people.