College has always been thought of as the key into the world of work. High corporate jobs look for a college education because they know that you have the experience to work. However, in reality that is not the case. When it comes to preparing students for the world of work, it is not the colleges primary function because it is really the experiences outside of college that prepare you the most.
Many people think that college teaches you how to work in the real world. Yet, when you really look at the situation carefully, it is easy to see that experiences that you encounter outside of school are the things that shape you for the working world. Internships are specially designed to prepare you how to succeed once you get a job. Without internships, it would be extremely difficult for a newly graduated college student to get out in the working world and try to be successful. The only thing that the student would have with them is the knowledge but that student would have any clue in how to use that knowledge. Basically, his or her time in college would be a complete waste of time. Colleges are made for you to spend about two or more years focusing on information that you are not going to really need for your major. These classes that students spend half of their college career on is called General Education (G.E.). G.E. is required for students to take in order for them to move on and take classes that focus primarily on their major. As much as students and teachers agree that General Education is a waste of time, universities still force students to take G.E. courses before they can do anything else. These classes have no focus at all on preparing students for the work world. Already two years of college show no primary focus on helping out students for the working world. I see a primary focus on not preparing students for the world of work but a way of receiving a nice amount of money every time a semester rolls by.
