Some students also attend and realize that college is not for them. At this point, they may easily be influenced by peer pressure and show poor judgment. Many students look to their parents as role models to help them decide whether they should go to college on their own. It may be obvious to a second-generation college student the benefits of a college education when they observe the success their parents achieve by being first-generation college students. This is also reinforced when looking at the current job market. “Indeed, after World War II, the difference between the average salary of high school graduates and that of college graduates was small and decreasing. After 1950, however, the trend moved in the opposite direction and accelerated as the demand for highly skilled labor increased (Brock 3).” The degree obtained today has the same relevance that the high school diploma had in the past