Motivation as the only element to college success (discuss)?

Well this involves two things: the weight of meaning we ascribe to motivation and the politics involved in financial aid.

First off I just want to say I do not agree with that statement. I think placing motivation as the only factor for success at the college level is too one dimensional. There are so many other aspects of being success that one must look at. Yes, motivation is definitely a keep player. However, it is not the only player. But I digress.

The purpose of financial aid is to help aid those who are not financially equipped to go to college. It is a sad fact that there many who cannot afford all the fees that come with attending college. Being financially equipped is a factor that is partially out of one's control because there exist forces, social and political, that bar certain people of certain backgrounds from attaining those funds on their own. I am sure you've heard of the theory that states that bureaucratic works in a way that keeps those who are ill-equipped financially to remain ill-equipped financially. This is true to an extent for if you really consider have a certain number of people that are poor is a necessity. For success to exist necessitates that failure exist as well. In other words if you have the rich there must exist the poor. If there are those are barley making it to those who have barely made it with that they have.

So in the end motivation isn't a strong force here. Note that I said it "isn't a strong force". I am not arguing that motivation doesn't play any role, I am just saying that the role it plays isn't a big one.