Biggest DIfference Between Going to College and Having a Job

mpnsoft
Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:31:40 +0000

At this stage of your life, it’s likely that a job limits your options down the road. A college education expands them. A degree – any degree – is considered mandatory for many types of jobs (whether or not you actually need it to do the work). Which is easiest depends on the job vs. the course load.

But let’s suppose the job is easiest now & that what I said above is true. When I started my career, I worked long hours for little pay. Two decades later, my job allows me much more freedom than my college age daughter has.

A colleague’s daughter refused to go to college & got married directly out of H.S. over a decade ago. She now has three kids, lives in a house with no hot water, and is in the middle of a short term medical nightmare with no insurance & no savings. She’s finally back in school (at night) while she works full time at a job that doesn’t pay well enough to support a family. Why? Her job options are very limited. And your choice may have ramifications that last well past the four years it generally takes to complete a degree.

And finally, you can stay local & do both. Many people work full time and go to school simultaneously. Of course, that probably doesn’t fit your definition of “easiest.”