http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-question-youre-not-asking-should-you-go-to-college/
this (i thought) was a good read. your thoughts?
this (i thought) was a good read. your thoughts?
should you go to college?
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It all depends on what you want to do, most careers require a college degree, most careers nowadays require a masters and beyond sadly. For some people I agree that college is a waste of time and money, but for me theres no way to even have a chance of getting a job in the field Im going into without a degree. I'm a bio major (conservation biology) and I see so many kids in my major that are going medical and do not have nearly enough passion or smarts for it, some I feel shouldnt even be in college, those are the ones that college is not for.
Well I deffinately agree college is not for everyone and is by no means a right of americans I would point out that he has a flaw in his argument. He states that employment is not a gaurentee of education I would only sight that last I heard on NPR while driving home a month ago that college educated people had a quarter the unemployment of non college educated individuals. So while national averages are bouncing around the 10 percent mark the unemployment amoung non college educated is something like 15-20 percent and unemployment for college grads is between 2-4 percent.
I still agree college can be a total waste of time and money for many fields and life styles and is in no way a indication of success or more importantly happiness. But just calling him out on a misconception he was promoting.
I say realize what you wanna do, pick a direction and follow it. Some goals will require a college degree but alot won't and in many cases you could more quickly achieve that goal by skipping college. Start saving earlier in life and retire earlier.
I still agree college can be a total waste of time and money for many fields and life styles and is in no way a indication of success or more importantly happiness. But just calling him out on a misconception he was promoting.
I say realize what you wanna do, pick a direction and follow it. Some goals will require a college degree but alot won't and in many cases you could more quickly achieve that goal by skipping college. Start saving earlier in life and retire earlier.
I find it amusing when some people go to college to get a degree that is completely unnecessary to getting their desired job, and they even admit that getting said degree doesn't help set them apart from other applicants or guarantee that it will help them get the job e.g. musical theater degree (heard this directly from someone in said major).
You should pursue a college degree only if you are passionate about a certain field and willing to commit, something which doesn't happen very often at an early age. If not, it's better to wait or do something else instead of wasting money. I believe this pursuit requires full attention (going to school and working at the same time is not exactly the ideal scenario).
In my experience, one of the biggest benefits of going to college , beside the degree itself, was being around intelligent, articulate people of the same age, which helps your intellectual growth as an individual.
In my experience, one of the biggest benefits of going to college , beside the degree itself, was being around intelligent, articulate people of the same age, which helps your intellectual growth as an individual.
I dropped out of college to start my own business. you dont need a degree when your, your own boss =)