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Say I want to go to school not for a career but just to learn whatever I want. If I did the same thing here I ask what I really want to know and I can get answers It don't matter if my answers are fake someone’s mind game or supportive B.S. for an attempt to get points I still always have received feed back on every dumb question I have ever thought of. I just think College is retarded and a complete waste of our time. I believe if you can dream it up and wish for it then it already has be done before - Why follow when anyone can lead?

2007-01-28 04:07:15 · 2 answers · asked by waterzone 4 in Society & Culture Other - Society & Culture

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Maybe you can see if Yahoo will issue you a diploma at the end of it all...

2007-01-28 04:16:41 · answer #1 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0 0

I vividly remember sitting in an accounting course in college and thinking to myself that the professor teaching the class had never run a business in her life and if she had, it must've failed because now she was teaching. I stuck it out and got a BS but the opportunity cost was staggering. I lost future income in the form of student loans and what was more important, I lost time. Time I could have been out building my empire.

You are correct that anyone can lead. Few will. It's a lot easier to get a job (and if you want to be an employee, you better have a college degree). If you want to be wealthy, start a business and hire people with the degrees you need. Leveraging other people's time and student loan investment is MUCH better than sacrificing it yourself.

Finally, when I say a business, I mean something that you work for a few years until it produces passive income (so you can go create something else). Remember, if you have to be there you don't own a business, you own a job. The trick to being wealthy is to learn a formula that produces income, set it up to run without you and then go learn another. The problem with employees (even those who are educated) is that they only know one formula - work hard and spend everything they make plus all the debt they can finance.

At the end of the day Y!A is no substitute for college BUT neither will teach you what you really need to know to be successful in this world. What will? Trial and error. And here's the good news. According to SBA 9 out of 10 businesses fail. That means you'll need to start 10 to find one that works. You'll need three or four that work to achieve financial security. You'll have plenty of opportunity to make mistakes for yourself. As long as you are responsible about the risk you assume in the pursuit of your real world education you acquire the knowledge you need to increase your chances of success with subsequent endeavors.

Good luck. This was a good question. I encourage you to get started.

2007-01-28 12:37:27 · answer #2 · answered by Goofy Foot 5 · 0 0

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