Feeling this way high school graduates feel forced to go to college just so people won't criticize them. We live in a society where having a college degree is a big deal now and not having one means you won't get anywhere in life. Charles claims that society is the reason this happens. “Today, if you don't get a college degree, many people think it's because you're too stupid or too lazy. And all this because of a degree that rarely has any substantive interpretable meaning.” (Murray 253) I agree with Charles because it is true that society forces people to go to college even if college is not the best choice for them. For example, I took a year off from school right after I graduated high school. During that time, my family members, like cousins ​​and aunts, would ask me if I was going to college, what did I want to major in, and why wasn't I going to school? I was always afraid to answer those questions because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do yet and I didn't want to be judged if I said something they didn't approve of. Not going to college only made me feel guilty and ashamed because of my intrusive family. They think that just because someone doesn't go to college they are automatically on the wrong, narrow path. My family reinforces the example of Charles Warren