Go to college and you'll get a good job, that is what we are told, but is it the truth? Millions of students graduate every year with a variety of different degrees and an increasing number of them cannot seem to find work. Was going to college a good decision for them? Some of them graduate and they end-up getting a job that earns them something that they could've easily earned for themselves regardless of the formal education.
But there are many reasons why someone might want to go to college, whether for the experience or chance to play professional sports, meet new people, or travel and live in a new place in the world, but is college for everyone? Could many people perhaps be much better off if they instead made the decision to go to work rather than load themselves with tens of thousands in debt?
I have heard the lie many times that you cannot be successful if you don't go to college and also that you cannot become successful if you are ever a college dropout. Of course, many successful people have proved that not to be the case. For example, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates, are just a few of the people whose lives turned out okay despite them dropping out.
There are many wealthy people in the world who were able to construct a life for themselves without having to go through the post-secondary education experience. Not everyone is going to benefit from doing so and in fact many people will be much worse off when they are finished, saddled with worthless degrees and seemingly inescapable debt.
Students invest a lot of time and energy into school but for many it's possible that they could have a much brighter future if they invested that time and energy elsewhere; perhaps in starting their own business?
Outstanding student loan debt for students in the USA right now stands around $1 Trillion. And it's fair to say that they aren't doing so well considering a growing number of young adults continue to live at home.
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