<p>it doesn't really seem that necessary
sometimes feel like people only go to college because they want to conform with the rest of society. i heard a lot of the stuff you learn in college is probably useless, same with high school.
Look at Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. They didn't have that kind of education and they made billions.
and isn't experience is always better than education?</p>
<p>Yes, I almost enlisted in the military, then I was given the opportunity to become an officer but it required a college degree so here I am… </p>
<p>I don’t think Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are the best examples, they are geniuses and college probably wouldn’t have challenged their intellectual ability all that much. But we’re not all Bill Gate and Steve Jobs. </p>
<p>Some jobs to not require a college degree but many of the higher paying ones do. Someone who dreams of being a doctor has to go to undergrad. Same with law, psychology, etc. If you want a job that does not require a college degree, go for it. Or become the next Jobs. I think you’re right in that a lot of people go to college just because it is the next step but a lot go because it is the necessary next step to achieve their goals. That, at least, is why I’m in college.</p>
<p>I’m the most non-conformist you will ever meet, I mean Thoreau could learn a thing or two from me. I still want to go to college though. I want the experience, opportunity, and connections that college will provide. A lot of the wealthy businessmen who didn’t finish college were able to achieve their wealthy from the connections they made in college, and the opportunity they received in college. I’ve never considering not going. I mean what am I suppose to do with myself after high school? Work at Walmart, while living off my parents? No thank you.</p>
<p>Sure. For like two seconds.</p>
<p>The state of the economy sucks, so I wouldn’t not go. I can’t elaborate on that because of the rules though…</p>
<p>I considered joining the military or taking a gap year but parental pressure forced me to go to college (which I’m thankful for).</p>
<p>Btw, Bill Gates isn’t a good example of a college dropout. His parents paid for computer lessons, when home computers were extremely rare, he went to the most prestigious boarding school in the US, and went to HARVARD for a year. He’s not the typical college dropout, any more than Warren Buffet is the typical American.</p>
<p>It wasn’t until very recently that people began going to college en masse. If you’re unsure about going to college, I know plenty of people that took a gap year or enlisted in the military. Some just went straight to work. There’s no right answer.</p>
<p>never in a serious light. not for the sake of conforming, but because I think it’ll be good for me. education is important</p>
<p>Gates and Jobs are just 2 people :rolleyes: their success has more to do with than “they didn’t go to college.” not everything they did was a good thing; they’re only human</p>
<p>Yes, only once. </p>
<p>Simply because I felt ashamed that day and I thought about being free from schoolwork after high school and just getting a minimum wage job such as a restaurant employee, straight out of high school. But, I pushed away that thought because it just seems unrealistic to live a good life like that in today’s economy.</p>
<p>Yeah. I felt like I wouldn’t be able to handle the pressure, not graduate, or not get accepted into a university. Now I don’t really worry about that stuff. I’m trying my best getting accepted to a decent university and hopefully go on from there.</p>
<p>Not really. I mean, the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs examples were outliers, as statistically, the average college graduate makes more than someone who lacks a college education, not to mention the lower unemployment rates. The average high school graduates will likely end up working at a low-paying minimum wage job. Especially nowadays with most high school graduates applying to some sort of four-year institution.</p>
<p>I’ve thought about it before, but I don’t want to conform to society, especially considering only about 50% go to college at my high school, and most of them go to community colleges first, and usually only community college, so it’s not really like I’d stand out by not going. I want to get a degree because it’ll open more job opportunities, and I just feel like it’s a good idea.</p>
<p>I could always travel the world training to be batman for eight years, but hey batman went to Princeton before starting his training.</p>
<p>yeah, i thought of teaching english at some foreign school or something instead of going to college if all doesn’t go the way i planned… but you need a college degree for that too.</p>
<p>When I was little yes (I was not a fan of four extra years in school). But then I realized I wanted to be a doctor, so that was the end of that no college plan…</p>
<p>You’re talking about PC and Mac with give us a lot of whiplash. And the Facebook dude too.
Those people were super-smart. They basically took an idea and expanded it 100x time over. In today time and age, the equivalent would be curing cancer or any other major diseases like AIDS or even figuring out how to stop common cold. (those are the biological equivalents, at least)</p>
<p>But to answer your question, yes all freshman year. I thought hey my mom didn’t go to college and she get paid $26 per hours. But then I see her tired and some days simply don’t get up until it’s time to work again. Seriously there is no push for me to go to college. It is more expected of me. Besides I want to get paid waayy more then 30 buck per hours though.</p>
<p>What Philovitist said. For like…a second. Then I realized that me working like crazy for all these years of schooling would have been such a waste, and I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t go to college… It’s basically been apart of the plan since like before I was even born, so I can’t even fathom not going. Also, I really want the experience. I have high hopes for my college years, and maybe, unlike high school, they’ll actually be able to live up to the whole “best years of your life” thing. I’ve considered a gap year though. Maybe study in a foreign country…do a Peace Corps type of thing…but nah, college next year WOOHOO</p>
<p>Basically every day.</p>
<p>There’s always a part of me that just wants to work after high school at my job until i save enough to move out of the country plus one month’s rent wherever I go. or move to a large city and open a coffee/performance house.
I wouldn’t consider it too farfetched</p>