This article makes absolute sense
to me. The reason some folks are against higher education is because they look
at the cost only. Skeptics thrown around names such as Mark Zuckerburg, Steve
Jobs and Bill Gates to try and make a point that they dropped out of college
and became Billionaires. The reason they dropped out is because they felt
something in their gut. They knew exactly what they wanted to do, and how they
could do it, or they at least knew their heart was in another place.
The purpose of college isn’t to
obtain a degree. The purpose is to refine your-self as a human being. College
is a quirky, stressful renaissance of education and growth and to put yourself
through it you’re doing yourself the largest favor. College is a time when we
come into our own. We start discovering what we want to do and what we don’t.
At the same time, we’re becoming more educated and therefore, useful
human-beings. As the article states, College graduates normally do find more
success in the job market. It’s not just their degree, it’s who they’ve became by
getting that degree.
This fall I’ll be attending
Columbia College Chicago. The tuition there happens to be a bit pricey but when
compared to other schools of the same nature, the cost isn’t bad at all. In the
future I plan on working in the television industry, possibly a little
journalism on the side. Entertainment is my passion and I’d be wasting my time
entering a different field. I’m following my strengths and dreams.
In my opinion, the world we live
in has become far less about the strength of the group and more about the
strength of the individual. The way I see it, a group is only as powerful as its
people and how well they collaborate. It is time more than ever where we must
focus on ourselves and what our strengths are. Follow your passions, follow
your heart and you will find success.
Original Article:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/print/2012/03/whats-more-expensive-than-college-not-going-to-college/255073/
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