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In the TIME article, it discusses how college degrees are becoming so common and this article was written in 2008. The statistics that it shows on how many students go on to get college degrees was high and I had to keep thinking how that was in 2008. I kept on wondering what the percent would be now because from my own personal experience almost everyone I know went to college after high school. I totally agreed with this article because there are so many people who are getting educated in certain degrees, but that means nothing if you don't have the necessary experience that you need for that career. Employers have so many applications now, that they want the applicants that really stand among the others. In the Atlantic article, the necessity of a college degree is examined. The idea that a college degree may not be necessary for the jobs that are increasing in raises is discussed. I agree with what he mentions in the article about a college educated person and a high school educated person competing for the same job, that an employer may be more likely to pick the educated person. I feel that an employer will look at someone with a college education as being more qualified even if the job has nothing to do with that degree. Though I do believe that in some cases it is better to have a college education because my mom never had one and the jobs that can get are limited because most places really want employees to have degrees. In the New York Times article, they look further into the idea of not being college educated. I agree with this article when it talks about the idea that college degrees can be useful because even if you don't go for your major, a degree looks really good to future employers.