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<p>T.I. My favorite rapper. Love that song.</p>
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<p>I’ll admit, I didn’t read the whole blog, but outside of that, your state school, especially if it is a big one, can still get you good employer connections. Maybe not as prestigous as HYPS, but…</p>
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<p>Money is the all mighty king.I think it is is incredibly naive of college students to go for the “follow your dreams/heart gig”.</p>
<p>I think it is equally naive to insist that “money is the all mighty king.” SURELY there must be a balance here somewhere.</p>
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<p>You are right. Happiness is king, and happiness derives itself from life stability and fulfillment. Life’s stability (and in some cases, fulfillment) derives itself from money, so hence, money is king.</p>
<p>Money is but one way to find stability and fulfillment. You can manage both of those things with very little financial means, I already have.</p>
<p>^ Me too. My whole life that I’ve lived with my family, we’ve been poverty/bordered poverty. I don’t remember really an unhappy time in my life. It’s all about making due with what you have, even if you don’t have anything :). </p>
<p>Money buys things, not happiness. If you need things to make you happy then I feel bad for you.</p>
<p>Would you rather make a fortune doing something you hated and had to slave your life away to? Or make enough to live doing something you loved? Easy choice for me.</p>
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<p>Money may not buy happiness, but it can buy things that can MAKE you happy. ;)</p>
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<p>Not necessarily things but experiences. I couldn’t imagine a life where I couldn’t go to the cinema, couldn’t take my kids to the theme park, not be able to travel the world, etc.</p>
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<p>Yes, but you still need some money, though right?</p>
<p>I agree, we are all slaves to the system, but until some revolts against the current order and creates a new one in which scarce resources are suddenly less scarcer, then money will remain king. </p>
<p>Money and material things alone to do not create happiness, that is true. Spending money on experiences, like travel, etc; those things generate true happiness because they can create memories for you.</p>
<p>You can go to the movies or theme parks and travel without making $300,000/yr. </p>
<p>And I don’t think anyone is saying ya don’t need money. You just don’t need enough to buy a small third-world country to be happy.</p>
<p>Also, look at the Beatles, they made a ton of money and their lives post-Beatles weren’t necessarily stellar.</p>
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<p>Maybe not 300,000, but if you want to be able travel, go to theme parks, send two kids off to private school, as well as live in a decent house, have a decent car, etc, you are going to need more than $40,000/year.</p>
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<p>Yeah, well considering John Lennon got shot, Paul McCartney went through a nasty divorce…I guess. But they managed to have a well above average lives.</p>
<p>Celebrities can be pretty miserable people. That alone should say something to those that feel money can buy happiness.</p>
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<p>Back on topic…the fifth statement is tough to confront. Whether some people like it or not, studying something obscure or impractical is simply making it tougher for one’s self. There’s a reason students with technical degrees have less trouble finding jobs; their expertise is an something that can contribute to humanity directly.</p>
<p>“Maybe not 300,000, but if you want to be able travel, go to theme parks, send two kids off to private school, as well as live in a decent house, have a decent car, etc, you are going to need more than $40,000/year.”</p>
<p>The only problem I see here is the private school issue, which I really don’t think is necessary. I went to public schools for my entire education and appear to be doing okay! There were periods in our lives where we made 40k or less, and we still traveled plenty and even went to theme parks. If you can’t manage your money or if you’re unwilling to save for things you want, then yeah, you’re going to need a lot of money.</p>
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<li>You’ll meet so many new and exciting people.</li>
<li>No offence but a lot of guys are dicks, but you learn how to find the nice guys :)</li>
<li>Everyone hates the person who always has questions at the end of the lecture.</li>
<li>Everyone hates the person that constantly moans that they’ve done awful on an assigment only to get really high marks…EVERYTIME.</li>
<li>You’ll get at least 2 colds a year :(</li>
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<p>I am from an area that has some of the worse public schools in the country (graduation rates are only around 60%). I went to a college prep school for high school (transferred from a public middle school). I graduated with only a 3.3 and was perhaps in the middle of the pack. </p>
<p>Then I came to college and met all these kids with these stellar GPAs, were valedictorians, and the stars of the public school. They all bragged about how smart they were, how they had 3.9s, and were this-and-that though they couldn’t write a decent paper to save their lives. Many of these kids ended up on academic probation, one was even dismissed, and another got knocked up. </p>
<p>The quality of their education was poor in comparison, and too many were ill-prepared for college. One acquaintance of mine was valedictorian of her school, took college courses, and got a full-ride. She is now on academic probation with a 1.5 GPA. </p>
<p>My kids are going to college prep school. My school prepared me so much for college, and it is obvious that my 3.3 GPA meant more than their inflated 3.9, 4.7 gpas.</p>
<p>Well, I guess I am lucky enough to come from an area with great public schools and affordable housing. And if I didn’t, I’d move.</p>
<p>In my first class at Umich, it was poli sci 300–big lecture hall class, our professor had us raise our hands if we went to public school. When more than half the class raised their hand people actually gasped. It was hilarious. Without fail in every social science class I take, there are at least 5 people who are completely flabbergasted that someone from public school could get to a “real college”, and that it’s possible to live on less than 80k a year. I’d like my kids to be a little more worldly than that!</p>