College is a waste of time

1. The thesis in this essay is located in the first paragraph. The evidence in this paper come from the third and fourth paragraph. The refutation of opposing view come in the eight paragraph. concluding statement comes in the tenth paragraph. 
2. In the first paragraph the essay the author states "I believe higher education is broken", this is the thesis because this is the center point and argument of this paper. An example of the evidence is " college is expensive", this statement of evidence is showing that students are graduating college with incredible amounts of loans without very much improvement in critical thinking. The refutation in the eight paragraph is saying that since we have the internet people ideas and talents are spread around so easily that there is no need for a college degree to show that you have skills. I believe that the concluding statement of the essay is " We will change the world regardless of the letters after our names", this is because the author is reinforcing the position that college is not important and we will do just fine in the world without it. 
3. I believe that the author appeals to the audience in this essay by giving examples of people being able to make it in the world without actually going to college. Along with supporting the idea of how extensive college is. The author does a good job persuading people that you would have much better luck using the time spent in a class room actually training for the job you want or learning more about that specific position instead of wasting your time and money sitting in a class room that has no relevance to what you want to do.