Low-income students feel afraid of financial insecurity, which leads either to attending college out of fear, or dropping out because of fear. Also, the pressure to succeed leads to enormous sacrifice. Students growing up in a low-income household may be pressured to attend college to get a job with a high salary. Rather than seeing education and college as a good time, lower-social class individuals may feel scared of what would happen if they didn't go to college and pressured to make big sacrifices for education in order live the satisfactory life in America. Low-income students desire to go to college and obtain a stable career was not to have a good time but built on a basis of fear of living as a low income minority permanently. Attending a high school with the majority of students being low income and minorities, has changed my beliefs towards education. I used to enjoy learning for the sole purpose of being open minded and knowledgeable. However, in high school I felt…show more content… For instance, Andy Blevins in the article College Boom Dropout, lived in a small community and was a first generation college student. Unlike other students, Andy didn't go to college to have a good time, he went to get a job after college. Andy become a college dropout because of his fear of paying off debt, sacrificing his well paying job at the time, and his bad grades in college. He felt scared that he wouldn't succeed which prevented him from having a good time in college. Many low class individuals feel more secure at home where they can immediately seek a job without a degree that may seem good at the moment but fails in the future. Low income students may feel alienated from students who attend college for a good time without having the fear financial insecurity and going into debt, leading to college
