How important is an education?

In today's society, it's tough to make it without a decent wage/salary, so I think it's really important to get as much education as possible in order to be able to get a job that pays the bills. :)

Doesn't matter. What matters is your drive to learn, persistence and your desire to succeed. Everything else is icing on the cake but if you have the passion to succeed you'll do quite well.

I don't like to judge a girl by how much academic education she has. To me, anyone who has the basics down is acceptable. . I'm more interested in how she is in a relationship, and whether or not we might be compatible as a couple. :-)

I'm more worried about their level of intelligence and responsibility. A diploma is a good indicator but it doesn't tell the whole story.

Good question. although it really doesn't matter, I am working myself so that I can have an easy life in the end at such a young age. I'm hoping to maintain a financially stable business within several years time and I'm only 17 years old. So it wouldn't bother me.
However, the more educated, the better. If it works to a better life, then that's good. But it really doesn't matter.
I would like the girl to have a goal of some sort in life to refrain herself from not working or living out a crap job with rubbish pay that she doesn't even like that much. That's not what I call happiness.

In today's world it doesn't matter if you are in a relationship or not. Getting an education should be a top priority for you regardless. If you mate has a degree and you have a degree then the chance of you having a better life have just increased. Not all people with out an education are dirtbags but I think education of a potential mate should be just as important as anything else you would consider.

Though I said that it really doesn't matter. I would have to say that she needs to be able to keep up her end of the conversation.

I voted for A because that fitted best with my thinking.

I feel that a diploma, weather it is in the form of a High school or collage diploma, or a GED is just a peice of paper. You still can be well educated and smart without holding one of those papers. It all depends on the person and how they carry themselfs. A person can have a great payoing job with out one to help with all the cost of living, they may have to work a little harder to do so but they can still do it.

Now if your talking from a work related train of thought then then can and most likely be a very important peice of paper to have.

If they don't have a high school degree, they better have great entrepreneurial skills! You don't need a high school degree or GED, but as long as you have high goals, then I don't mind. I just don't want to be dating somebody whose goal is to work a min wage job all her life. :D

This is a great question. Although I voted for C, I did so with reservations. My older sister does not have a college degree, but the only person whom I've ever met that was harder to confuse or shake off on an intellectual level is a Latin speaking university professor with two PhD's and three published books. I lean toward the degree, but can't rule out the possibility that a girl could be wicked smart even without it.

The only thing I'm say is if I'm in a relationship and my boyfriend does not have an education there's a problem without an education you can't go nowhere in life you probably will be miserable working in a shoe store getting paid 6 dollar an hour. I mean I don't have to worry about them helping me with car payments and stuff because you can never depend on nobody but yourself

Having your high school diploma is a must. You can do ok without a college education, but not having your high school diploma is going to get a one way ticket to nowhere. Sorry, but it doesn't matter what your mate thinks either. Always put yourself first when it comes to what you want out of life. One day that other person might not be there, and then where will you be? I strongly recommend a college education though.

I voted B, and here's why:
I am extremely academic myself, and I need someone who can appreciate the value of education, because I place such a high value on it. However, if I guy has obviously been well-educated in the "school of life," so to speak, that works for me. As long as we can carry on an intelligent conversation. I'd prefer that he have a college degree, but I'm not about to turn down someone I genuinely like because he didn't go do college.

It would be a bit ridiculous for me to ask a guy to have as much as or more education than me, since I'm going for my PhD in zoology. On the other hand, if a guy didn't even finish high school, I feel as though we're going to be on such starkly different academic/intellectual levels that it would harm the relationship. And without a high school diploma or GED, there's not much available on the job market beyond the minimum wage, and zoos don't pay all that well either. In short, B for me.

Even though I'm just in high school right now and haven't received my high school degree, It's set in stone that I'm going to college. I believe people should be more ambitious. This is your life, you only have one chance, one round to live it. Make the best out of it.

Since I'm a deep thinker I would need someone to think near the same level as me. There's nothing more unattractive, in my opinion, than a guy I can't carry a conversation with.

Shit! I voted wrong! I clicked on C but I meant D :p