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http://www.goaheadtakethe...ets-professional-racing/Originally Posted by SpeakUp23
I find myself thinking this way more and more each day. M heart really isnt in school, and I feel like Im here, just because I feel like I have to be, honestly. All the money spent on classes could've went to following my dream of being a race car driver and going to racing school.Originally Posted by shoeking2101
Said this ever since last year...
College is the biggest scam that our society has pulled on us. Our most successful people didn't even go to school. Spend all that money to go to school, just to get out of school and not be able to get a job, and once we do, we have to use part of that job to pay off that tremendous debt, and what not.
Honestly, if it were up to me, If I were lecturing students, and this is taboo, but I would encourage them not to go to college as much as follow their passion, there hearts. You only live once, and there isn't any jobs out here, why not do what you love and want to do?
To this day I haven't found a student who is in college that didn't feel like on some level, that it was a waste of time, and that they weren't really learning everything.
But with college, its hard to see a "decent" life without having a degree under your belt. So its like you're kind of forced to take that route as a safety blanket of sorts.
Originally Posted by shoeking2101
College is the biggest scam that our society has pulled on us. Our most successful people didn't even go to school. Spend all that money to go to school, just to get out of school and not be able to get a job, and once we do, we have to use part of that job to pay off that tremendous debt, and what not.
For emphasis.Originally Posted by scshift
Originally Posted by shoeking2101
College is the biggest scam that our society has pulled on us. Our most successful people didn't even go to school. Spend all that money to go to school, just to get out of school and not be able to get a job, and once we do, we have to use part of that job to pay off that tremendous debt, and what not.
You can't compare the average student to the likes of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs. They have talents and skills many people will never even dream of having.
They didn't go to school because they knew what they were going to do. They had a venture, a product that they were ready to put their entire life into. You think they just said "screw the system, I'm dropping out"? They dropped out because they had something better waiting for them, something many people will never have, whether it's because they don't have the motivation, the drive or the intelligence.
How many people do you know have the ability to form a dynasty like those people? And how many of those people that you know, have the motivation and ambition to do so? Most people don't want that kind of success more than they want to "be cool", or "look fly" or even sleep an extra hour.
I'm not saying that people don't have the potential to replicate their successes. But if you think following their paths without a plan "just because" is a good idea, that will be bad for many, many people. Those people are not average students.
Originally Posted by GrimlocK
I wish college was more like an apprenticeship...skip the rest of the bull crap you don't need to know and get your hands dirty.
Originally Posted by kimahrioftheronsotribe
http://www.goaheadtakethe...ets-professional-racing/Originally Posted by SpeakUp23
I find myself thinking this way more and more each day. M heart really isnt in school, and I feel like Im here, just because I feel like I have to be, honestly. All the money spent on classes could've went to following my dream of being a race car driver and going to racing school.Originally Posted by shoeking2101
Said this ever since last year...
College is the biggest scam that our society has pulled on us. Our most successful people didn't even go to school. Spend all that money to go to school, just to get out of school and not be able to get a job, and once we do, we have to use part of that job to pay off that tremendous debt, and what not.
Honestly, if it were up to me, If I were lecturing students, and this is taboo, but I would encourage them not to go to college as much as follow their passion, there hearts. You only live once, and there isn't any jobs out here, why not do what you love and want to do?
To this day I haven't found a student who is in college that didn't feel like on some level, that it was a waste of time, and that they weren't really learning everything.
But with college, its hard to see a "decent" life without having a degree under your belt. So its like you're kind of forced to take that route as a safety blanket of sorts.
This might change your mind. ^
Originally Posted by SpeakUp23
Originally Posted by kimahrioftheronsotribe
http://www.goaheadtakethe...ets-professional-racing/
This might change your mind. ^
I guess I'm going back to school
Originally Posted by DwyaneWadeOG
Originally Posted by Peja4Prez
When it comes down to it, for the majority of us, a degree is a foot in the door. It's the only way into most top corporations, like it or not.
Originally Posted by 59 Piffy
Originally Posted by DwyaneWadeOG
Originally Posted by Peja4Prez
When it comes down to it, for the majority of us, a degree is a foot in the door. It's the only way into most top corporations, like it or not.
exactly
people dont follow their dreams. how many people do what their passion is?
how many people would become doctors/lawyers if they earned the same salary as garbage men
Originally Posted by carbon16
The way college is set up is a scam. If Gen Ed's were eliminated most students would finish school in 2-3years with less debt.
ThisOriginally Posted by SpeakUp23
Originally Posted by carbon16
The way college is set up is a scam. If Gen Ed's were eliminated most students would finish school in 2-3years with less debt.
Word, I could do school no problem if it wasnt for gen ed courses.
I'm so lucky I took AP classes was able to score high enough to get credit. It honestly saved me two whole years. It really makes me mad because it does not help yet they are charging so much. I had to sit through some Native American class...I enjoyed it but it did not help me at all.Originally Posted by FlacoBey
ThisOriginally Posted by SpeakUp23
Originally Posted by carbon16
The way college is set up is a scam. If Gen Ed's were eliminated most students would finish school in 2-3years with less debt.
Word, I could do school no problem if it wasnt for gen ed courses.