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Originally Posted by Jib
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27, Should I be ashamed for working for 5 years instead of starting school right away? I did quite a bit of different lines of work in those 5 years and saved a decent amount of money in the end.
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It's never to late to go back to school.
If you are in your 20's or younger college in pretty much REQUIRED in this day and age. While it is possible to make a living by forgoing college and working straight out of highschool you are going to be in for a long and arduous life. My father was a general contractor and owner of Williams home improvements, we lived in a huge house in an affluent neighborhood, went to private catholic schools and got whatever we needed as kids. My pops paid dearly for all these things though by working 13 hour days and had his body literally give out on him by age 50 from all the years of hard physical work (He needed a knee replacement, broke his arm and countless fingers, arthritis in his hands and knees and had a disk removed in his back). If you are content with just getting by and sacrificing your body then you don't need to go to school (or if you have a large amount of money to spend after highschool to invest which most don't). If you want a 401k, Stock Options, Retirement Plan, Health Insurance and security within your career then you need to get your ass in school. Barclays aint gunna be hiring some 18 year old schmuck who lays bricks, u feels me?
The mistake some may make is getting a useless degree. Do NOT major in liberal arts or history and expect to get an actual job after you graduate. Engineering, Finance, Computer Science, Communications, Nursing and teaching are some solid examples of degrees that will always be highly useful.
I mean who wouldn't prefer working an 8 hour day at the office and coming home to your family with actual free time to spend with your kids and still have the energy to bang your wife at night?
06-19-2014, 12:38 PM
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