PROJECT: DOES COLLEGE PAY OFF? Have you ever played the board game called The Game of Life? As you advance on the game board, things happen to you
(for example, you get married) and you react to them. It is a fun game that is really a lot like life, except that, hopefully, in
life you are more self-directed than simply reactionary. Anyway, your assignment is a paper-based, academic version of
that game. You will develop a chart by exploring different jobs, types of education and living expenses. Your assignment
must be neatly typed in full sentences.
The assignment: Find out the answer to the question "Does college pay off?" You will need to do some Internet research
for this one and to cite the URLs from which you got the information. Choose to research three jobs: (1) an entry-level job
that requires no college or job experience; (2) a job that requires a bachelor's degree; and (3) your dream job. You will
need to find out how much income taxes and Social Security would be taken out of each paycheck. Then you will need to
research annual living expenses, or the amount of money you need simply to live in a year. For this, you will need to look at
apartment listings or houses for sale to find out how much they cost to rent or buy; how much cable TV costs a year, and
how much a cell phone would cost for a year. Using all this information, click here and fill in this chart, being sure to cite the
URLs you used. When you have completed the form, save it to your desktop so you can upload and submit it to your
instructor, using the upload box below. (Please be sure that you are saving this file as a .doc or .docx so that it can be
uploaded successfully.)