Questions:

• When thinking about your post-high school plans (which might include working or going off to college), what are the major reasons that you are choosing your path? 
• Do you think some of the reasons given are "better" than others? Which ones resonate most with you? 
• Do you think those who are surveyed would have a different answer about why they went to college twenty years after they graduated? 

Here's the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.

Behind the numbers (Hobsons):

Carried out by educational consultants Hobsons, it questioned 62,366 students from 65 universities around the world. Of these, 27,955 students were considering studying in the UK...

Students were given a list of factors and had to list their top three reasons for going to university. The top reason was revealed as being passionate about their subject, with the continuation of learning and development coming in a close second.

Just over 9 per cent of respondents stated that they wanted to go to university because everyone around them went to university, indicating that many students wanted to go to university of their own accord rather than because of peer influence. 

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About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.