Sounds like you opted for the torture. If that's what you want, then you do the time.
As for my views of college? As a person with a degree, I wouldn't send someone to college unless absolutely necessary. It's often a waste of time and money for most young people. Unless you need for some kind of license or special certification, is it barely acceptable.
A lot of young people go into life long debt that is a house payment level payment for 20 or more years. That's dumb. Many degrees are absolutely worthless and many profs use college as a way to push their dumb political platforms. There little contribution to try to change the world and have their students pay for it.
There are so many other vocation programs that can have that student graduating in less than 2 years, a fraction of costs, and many come out making around $100k a year. Many of the college kids are graduating with all kinds of debt and a $60k salary. Many assume they will be making way more money later on, but many are still 20% of their starting salary 5 years into their career. Is it really worth it?
Most grads have to get new jobs every four years to get a real promotion. That is okay, but in all those years they never get well vested in a 401(k) or get vacation time racked up bouncing around. It usually takes 10 years before you get better 401(k)'s, and often 20 years before many get a full four to five weeks of vacation.
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It depends on what you want to do in your life. I have a bachelors degree in criminal justice because I thought that would make sense for someone to have who wants to become a law enforcement officer. Also, I’m interested in the subject matter so the initiative to learn more about the subjects on my free time was made easier. I think if you are interested in something, naturally, you’ll become better at it due to more and more exposure and interaction with that something. I can’t say I liked let alone LOVED going to school in any part of my academic life, but at the same time I didn’t find it necessarily torturous and knew for what I wanted to do a degree would be a good decision. Of course, in law enforcement, you don’t need a degree, as things like certificates and job experience can suffice. At the time though, my college was already paid for by my parents and it just made sense to seamlessly go from high school to college instead of other avenues. I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do, but at least I can think about that while I’m talking my general education/associates degree which all undergraduate majors need to take.
I remember as a child my dad teaching school all day, and then attending night school to improve his career as a teacher. He hated night school, but he knew he had to continue night school to provide for his family. My dad eventually became the Director of Education, and made a really good salary. My mother didn't work, because my dad made enough money to support the family. Therefore, grad school is worthwhile. Education is the only way out of poverty, and miminal paying jobs. Good luck to you. 🇨🇦✌
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It depends on what your goals are. I earned a MS in Mechanical Engineering and I feel like I wasted a lot of my youth considering my goal was financial stability. I make more money off of my entrepreneurial ventures than my W2.
Being a W2 debt slave is a trap and the working class are taxed the heaviest. If you want to become wealthy, then you need to invest into assets. Creating a strong base of capital, and then moving into passive income strategies has been my approach. Real estate gives you the ability to leverage with minimal risk, so it’s a good start.It depends on what you want for a career. It took me three tries to graduate from college and then I went to grad school immediately after. I wanted a career in IT and probably taken a quickie certificate course but I wanted to differentiate myself from everyone else by having a Master Degree.
I was hired to be the technology director at a school district and later my boss told me that there were other people that interviewed for the job that had more extensive resumes and more experience but he was impressed by the fact that I went to grad school and saw it through to the end.I am enrolled in a masters program but will drop it because I already have a high paying job and decide the rest of the classes are not worth it for me.
There are only a few careers were you actually need college.. That's STEM fields Lawyers, and Doctors.. And maybe some other professions.. But for most careers you don't really need them.. They are literally just trying manipulate people into thinking college is needed for most people.. There are plenty of careers that make good money that don't need bachelor's degrees..
Depends what you wanna do. I’m in a career that pays upwards of 200k a year without it, but that’s rare
Wait, you hated school but are choosing a career that requires you to spend a significant chunk of your adult life there?
Waste of time under these situations: undecided for too long, only interested in partying, selecting majors with lowest employment prospects, and the like.
Necessary under these conditions: if a job you’re after requires such a thing, if it’s anything STEM, if you’re more into book smarts, and the like.Depends on what you want to do. Going to college and coming out with a useless degree that can’t get you into a high paying job is a waste.
Depends on what you want to do, many things you could just go to trade schools to learn and its much cheaper but some although not many things require college
48% of college grads never use their degree to find work. its only useful if you pick a very specific set of majors and only then if you can do it without loans
Strictly depends on your profession. College is a must if you're aspiring to become a doctor, lawyer or any career that demands a College degree.
It depends on what career you want.
Necessary for some people, yes
It depends on what you want to do
Depends on what you're planning on going into
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