All around the country, teenagers struggle to decide whether to join the workforce or become in debt with student loans. A big  problem in today’s society is that college is too expensive and it discourages people to go to college. Countries in Europe are known for their extremely inexpensive college expenses.  Americans owe nearly $1.3 trillion in student loan debt, spread out among about 44 million borrowers. In fact, the average Class of 2016 graduate has $37,172 in student loan debt, up six percent from last year. College tuition and its expenses have caused people to join the workforce right away or be in debt for a long time.

College is sort of a high risk high reward type system. It’s like that because the risk is that you’d have to pay loans until you are like 35. The reward of going to college is that once you graduate, you get the opportunity to start your career with a good job. The reason  a lot of people decide to skip and go straight to work is so that they can start getting paid and gave money to support themselves.