Topic:People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences,career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university?Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. People attend a college or a university for the following reasons, to acquire knowledge which isnecessary for a career, to contribute to the society, and to experience life. Firstly college education is a necessary step for a person who wants to start a career in scienceand technology areas. If a student wants to become a scientist, it is important for him to go to ascience school; if he wants to be an engineer, an engineering school is the best place for him.There is no other place than a college where a student can get sophisticated education in order tobe qualified to become a professional in a specific area. Secondly, a college education can benefit both the society and the student. By attending collegeone can get himself prepared for and contribute to the society, which seems to demand advancedknowledge more and more. One the other hand, as knowledge plays a very important role intoday’s economy, it has also become the capital and asset of the person who owns it: a collegeeducation can bring wealth not only to the society, but also benefit the individual who processesit. In addition, college education is a wonderful experience in one’s life. Only in a college one can betaught by the finest scholars and meet with the most intelligent people in the nation. Educationcan also bring happiness to the student. When a student has conquered a difficult mathematicalproblem, he savors the joy which learning has brought to him, and feels that he is the happiestman in the world. Of course, learning in a campus does not mean as much for everybody, but it does mean a lot tome. I was brought up in a knowledge-respecting family. My farther is an engineer and my motheris a teacher in a primary school. They are both university graduates. My father, being the mostinfluential person in my life and the son of a poor Chinese farmer, did change the destiny of hisown by learning hard to earn a university degree. Therefore he firmly believes that “knowledgecan change one’s destiny and university is the best place to achieve one’s goal”. Of course thisinfluenced me. I strongly believe that attending university is the best choice for me. I do not havea bit of hesitation to attend a university. belgesi-2553