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Yes, but her formal education is acceptably 'over'. She can go out and do things without worrying about degrees. (or she can get a grad degree, whatever). Many
by pnathan 16y ago
Yes, but her formal education is acceptably 'over'. She can go out and do things without worrying about degrees. (or she can get a grad degree, whatever). Many choices are open to her that you simply didn't have.
I wish I would have tried to do it.
- chopsueyar 16y agoIt depends on the degree and the quality of institution the degree came from.
- pnathan 16y agoWSU's a fairly decent 4-year school. I live about 15 minutes from it.
- chopsueyar 16y ago"Fairly decent" for a 'genius'?
- w1ntermute 16y agoGeniuses can thrive just as much at a "fairly decent" school as they would at Harvard.
- chopsueyar 16y agoI think she would thrive more at Harvard.
- bugsy 16y agoIt's like with seeds. Plant them 10 feet under the ground as Chairman Mao demanded, and they must struggle to germinate and grow, becoming even stronger and healthier because of the challenge. This is the strength that massive debt of Ivy League out of state tuition would bring our young comrade.
- lurker19 16y agoIvy League students get massive financial aid if they cannot pay out of pocket. No massive debt. Out of state tuition in The UW system is much more expensive.
- chopsueyar 16y agoHarvard costs less. Ivy League tuition is not much different in price from state universities online offerings.
- rick888 16y ago"She can go out and do things without worrying about degrees." Her work life is set, but it still does nothing for personal growth. You usually need both to be successful. I wish I would have learned this earlier in my life. I went to a commuter school and did not get the full college experience.
- asdkl234890 16y agoIs college the best setting for personal growth? What would be some alternatives? Travel? The peace core? The military? A start-up? I wonder if Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, etc, feel they missed out on some personal growth because they dropped out of college?
- rick888 16y agoIt's possible. Owning a company and working at company and living in a dorm/going to college all give you different experiences.
- larrykubin 16y agoMy point was that it was not something to "worry" about or get "over with". Similarly, I could eat really quickly and be free to do other things without worrying about eating, or I could just eat slowly. The options afterwards are the same.
- mburns 16y agoGetting a degree at 16 does not preclude her from growing emotionally and intellectually into her 20s, the institution, or goal post, will just have a different name on it that what you and I had in mind (undergrad degree).