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I think the issue is that's just the accepted path. Get good grades in high school, so you can get into a good college. Get good grades in college to get a good
by samsolomon 11y ago
I think the issue is that's just the accepted path. Get good grades in high school, so you can get into a good college. Get good grades in college to get a good job. At 18 most people don't have a clue what they are supposed to be doing.
College is an easy choice—especially the stigma around those that don't go to college. There's also that ridiculous fact about how much college-educated people earn over their lifetime. What that doesn't take into account is the entire world changed after 2007.
EDIT: Wrote a bit more about why people think they need to go to college a couple years ago.
http://solomon.io/experience-deficiency/ http://solomon.io/experience-deficiency/
- kenjackson 11y agoWhat happened in 2007? The iPhone?
- Matachines 11y agoI think he means the recession (?)
- pyre 11y agoWhile "after 2007" might be technically correct, most people associated the recession with 2008.
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- ethanbond 11y agoIt's not just that there's a stigma surrounding not going to college (which I think is exaggerated). It's that college, despite all of these problems and the obviously large amount of people getting screwed, is still the most sound investment a person can make in themselves. People have always, and will always, complain about terrible jobs. That doesn't mean they made a stupid mistake which had an obviously better path. It just means they have a bad job.
- everyone 11y agoAlso in college you make contacts in the domain of your subject, which is hugely important. For example I got my current job through one of my ex-lecturers.