<p>Grammar, punctuation & word choice errors aside, are you being serious? I mean, I actually LOLed when I was reading your post.</p>
<p>Equities, here’s where I don’t follow your logic: you stated that school obviously wasn’t for you, and that by ignoring academics and only chasing money, you made money, and then reached a conclusion that therefore schooling is unimportant. What applies to you obviously doesn’t apply for everyone.</p>
<p>Higher education is not for everyone. If you don’t want to go to college and instead pursue your own career, that’s great. Only 1 out of 4 Americans bothers will a Bachelor’s, you’re in the majority here. Eschewing academia is typical. </p>
<p>The reason most go to college is to learn knowledge to apply later to our lives and the jobs we desire, whether that requires a Bachelor’s, Masters, AA, JD, MD, PhD, whatever. Obviously we need trained professionals, whether they’re Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Architects, Marine Biologists, Engineers, Artists, Journalists, Policy Analysts, etc, but most people don’t bother with a degree because they don’t need/want it or can’t get one.</p>
<p>I don’t understand the point of your post - obviously you’re smart enough to realize higher education is needed for certain jobs, most people do fine with just a High School education or Vocational training. I do think HS is important because people need to learn very basic History, Econ, Govt, English, Math, Science, etc, since it would be hard to function in a world of ignorance. You’re lucky you’ve discovered what you want to do at such an early age, most people don’t. </p>
<p>I noticed the kid who thinks capitalism is evil is the same moron who linked business with satan. Business is a buyer trading with seller, whether it’s a Fruit-Vendor or CEO of a corporation. Capitalism is an merely buyers and sellers trading with each other freely, with sight Govt intervention. It’s imperfect, bu the best system the world has seen so far, it’s what keeps the world from sinking into mass poverty…take a History or Economics class, you sound laughably ignorant.</p>
<p>I think on very similar terms as you with the exception of my ambitious nature to become highly educated. The intention of higher education was not initially to inquire debt but to provide opportunities for advanced incomes in which case you will be able to repay your debt. You are essentially paying for opportunities in this world since many higher paying positions require a certification. That is if you enjoy working below someone.</p>
<p>My boyfriend and I are both entrepreneurial and have found great success in simply independent business. I make more in three months then most college graduates make in an entire year. I also have been getting involved in investments and will be purchasing my own home. Most individual don’t plan this until they are in their 30’s; I’m barely even 21, buying my first house and making a six figure income.</p>
<p>Though what you have to realize is not everyone is able to be successful given no structured employment. Innovative minds are relatively rare considering the mentality we are raised under as children throughout our educational lives. I don’t believe everyone has the capability to become wealthy simply by working the system. Besides, not everyone wants to make a career out of investment, equity, business, and marketing. I don’t, even though I’ve found great financial success.</p>
<p>College isn’t for everyone, but there are certain fields that require a degree. If your goal in life is to be wealthy then college isn’t always needed. If your goal in life is to, let’s say, be a lawyer, engineer, or doctor, then college is necessary.</p>
<p>Besides, basic education benefits everyone, regardless of career. Therefore high school should be mandatory.</p>
<p>"the world needs engineers, to build roads, bridges, houses and translators to facilitated inter-cultural communication</p>
<p>where are we going to get training if we ‘eschew academia’? on the street? lol"</p>
<p>well, “the street” IS where the roads, bridges, and houses are, so that’s where I would start…but I guess learning how to build a bridge from a book could work, as long as the bridges are built from books and words…</p>
<p>I agree with the first part of the original post - formal “education” IS worthless in many cases. But unlike the OP, I decided to unschool myself instead of completely failing high school. I find it to be much more productive, but I don’t care about money so I guess I wouldn’t know.</p>
<p>You can’t have a mixture of capitalism and communism because communism is government control over all capital. You can have a mixture of capitalism and socialism though, which is what basically every country has.</p>