The Importance of Community College In the article “Two Years is Better than Four,” Liz Addison states that community colleges offer students the opportunity to start with the belief that anything is achievable by simply following all the steps provided. Community college tuition is very affordable for students compared to four-year college where students have to take out huge amounts of loans to pay tuition. Addison also says how important community college is for students who haven't finished high school. Community College allows various types of students to begin or continue their studies. Additionally, community colleges mentally prepare students for higher education in the future. Community college offers students time and opportunity“The first is that they could be the most powerful tool the nation has to improve the opportunities of less privileged Americans, giving them the chance to take advantage of a rapidly changing job market and build a society fairer and more inclusive for students. all of us,” Porter said (page 1). Community colleges make students important to society because they can go to school, work, and be available for their family at the same time. Students can save thousands of dollars while attending college and working. It is also easy for students with fixed-term jobs to pay their tuition fees with the help of the payment plan. For example, I came to the United States five years ago and got a part-time job. I started school at Truman College and my counselor told me I could transfer to a four-year college in the next two years. Later my advisor explained to me the tuition fees for four years of which I was not a citizen at the time. Then I asked my advisor what would happen if I stayed more years at Truman to graduate since I work and stay with my family. Then my advisor told me that it was a good idea since I work and at the same time I can afford to pay for the lessons. These are the benefits a student can gain from going to community college. Community College makes life easy for students to study and take care of other responsibilities. However, such an argument completely ignores the fact that community college teaches students how to be successful in life. “'College is the key,' writes a young African-American student for yet another tortuous revision of his college essay, 'as is hope,'” Addison said (page 2). Many students change majors in the first two years of school, which makes sense because it is difficult for a student to plan their life and what they want to do. Community College will give you all the time in this world to choose a major by taking general classes like math, English, and other general subjects most of the time. For example, when I started school at Truman College, I wasn't sure what my major was. Therefore, I started taking general classes like math, English, and music just to stay in school until I decided on my major. Community college gives students time to learn more about college before choosing what to major in; which makes it easy for more students to enroll in credit courses and succeed in life. Compare to university where a student needs to know what they want to major in; otherwise, it will be a waste