will guarantee a sucessful career? You still, have to work and produce, and that comes from motivation, if your arent motivated enough to get into college on your own, what makes you think you will be motivated enough to actually keep a real job?
2007-02-09 09:17:20 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
nah college doesn't guarantee anything but debt!
i never went to college and i am more successful and earning more money than friends of mine who wasted 4 years of their life and tens of thousands of dollars!
if you ask me-college is for suckers unless you want to become a doctor, lawyer, etc.
2007-02-09 09:24:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
College is good if the person knows how to use it to thier advantage. Motivation is key getting thru college, but also if your one goal with college is to increase earning power it for the persuit of material gain it will backfire. Community, Compassion, work ethic, those things a college cant teach.
Some people are better off without college because they can put in at age twenty put in 3000 a year in 401k or roth ira for thirty years at 8% return person would have close 1.5 million dollars.
In economics , thier oppounity cost, and if oppounity cost going to college for something you have no passion is your wasting time. Its a fine balancing act, but society now is too materalistic and that is sad?
Happiness matter more money, but money is important to a certain level, but once you from making 50k to 150k the level of happiness is not 3 times higher its called diminishng return. "Be happy with what you have than what you want." Most people in the world make 3 thousand dollars a year or less, so all of us are lucky
2007-02-09 10:04:33 · answer #2 · answered by ram456456 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very true. A diploma, really, just tells an employer that you know what you're doing; you have to do all the work to ensure that you live up to that claim, during and after college.
I'm not so sure about the part "if you aren't motivated enough to get into college..." Speaking for myself, I'm not too keen on the idea of colleges, at least the way they are now. I love learning, but I don't feel particularly inclined to do so from a college or any type of school if all I'm getting is a political indoctrination. (An awful lot of the most prestigious colleges offer only that.)
2007-02-09 10:03:04 · answer #3 · answered by Richard S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about a B.A AND an M.A. and no job at all. Instead, I'm on disability. But the fact is that I have no real employment potential because I decided to get into education, got the credentials (also) but the principals wanted me to do their job too (and read their mind). So here I am, unemployed and unemployable, expecting a miracle from God. Yep. That whole "get an education thing" was a big boondoggle. But it gets better: I traded a job with computers to stay in college and get my degree in English.
2016-05-24 02:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by Bibiana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What?
Maybe you are a special case was lucky to find a good job that was willing to train. What are you looking down upon who do go to college or something? get a life and move on. you're no better than the rest of us and have no right to judge us.
Oh and btw, college is not torture. It's not all about money and career. It's about meeting the right people and learning social skills that are needed in jobs.
Some people actually go to college to learn something to give back to their community (like myself) and not just get a job and make money for themselves.
The historian who goes to college may want to become a teacher. The engineer may want to improve the quality of life. The same goes with every other major.
2007-02-09 09:24:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love how many jobs won't even look at you if you don't have the degree. I have worked full time - usually multiple jobs and have gone to school...some day I will actually get the degree completed. Drives me crazy how many complete idiots get good paying jobs cause they have a degree while the actual real world smart folks get shafted.
2007-02-09 09:23:25 · answer #6 · answered by crayziegirl75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a good degree from a reputable school can get you jobs, pay, benefits and promotions that would not be as readily available to someone exactly like you without a degree. It's not a magic wand, but it definitely helps those who have it and hurts those who don't.
2007-02-09 09:22:07 · answer #7 · answered by Lowa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know many people who have spent 2-8 years in college, and still make the same I do with no college. Great point. Hard work pays off.
2007-02-09 09:29:13 · answer #8 · answered by koepnick012787 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Having a degree is no guarantee of success. Nor is not having one a guarantee of failure.
But the odds of success go way up with one.
2007-02-09 09:21:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
you still have to work
but a college education opens doors to better careers and higher paying jobs
no guarantee you'll be successful, but average-wise, it guarantees a better career
2007-02-09 09:28:42 · answer #10 · answered by Go Blue 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not a lot of people think that. Believe me, I knew plenty of history majors who knew their degree didn't amount to much. But they loved learning and loved history, so they did it anyway. They knew there is more to life then a career.
2007-02-09 09:21:27 · answer #11 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋