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Is college worth it today?
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2014/09/14/why-going-to-college-is-important/15525805/
I don't doubt that there are alternatives that could also be very valuable, like vocational schools, but the notion that being a high school dropout is somehow just as good as getting a Bachelor's degree because some exceptional people succeed in spite of a lack of schooling is really not how we should engage with a society-wide issue like this.
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All those people saying "Colleges are worthless now" on the Internet were fed some strange narrative not backed by any logic. Are there successful enterpreneurs without higher education degrees? Sure. Do those enterpreneurs represent the population? Of course not. They are extremely rare outliers, people with natural talent and conviction that can get far more by studying on their own, than by taking classes. If people see that Bill Gates dropped out of college and became the wealthiest person in the world and say, "I want to be like him, so I do not need higher education" - by all means, they can go ahead and try, although they should not be surprised when 99.999% of them end up working at McDonalds after going bankrupt and having nothing to show to the potential employers.
The real question you need to ask is not "Is college worth it today?", but, rather, "Does the time and money investment in higher education give the net profit in the end for me personally?" If you want, for example, to have a professional career in boxing, then you are better off spending this time and money on training, then on taking classes that do not benefit you professionally in any way. But if you want to work at Wall Street, or to found a successful high-tech company - then, unless you are one of the one in a million people with the natural talent for these things, you will not get far without higher education or, at least, a proper substitution for it.
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Concerning finances, attaining a standard University diploma is not at all necessary in order to thrive in America, as other options exist in abundance. To briefly discuss but a few, let us focus in on vocational training, real estate, and "penny pinching" while working at the local corner store.
First, consider the route of vocational training. Standard jobs in this grouping include Electrician, Plumber, HVAC Technician, Installer/Repairer, Dental Hygienest, etc. etc., all of which pay $40,000-$80,000 a year on average. As of 2018, the average starting salary of a University graduate is $50,000 per year. Hence, the flat rate difference is non-existent, or even detrimental to the University grad when compared side-to-side. Further, the average University graduate has accumulated $30,000 of debt, which would definitively reveal vocational training as the superior path to succeed monetarily.
Second, real estate provides an individual with the means to generate passive income as well as having their own investments make money for them, unlike a wage/"9-5". Through purchasing property, one can get other people to pay off their mortgage as well as further income that will allow them to purchase further property, that will in turn produce further earnings. It is a very solid, simple strategy that works every time, as long as the individual does not get greedy and take unnecessary risks.
Third, and finally, working at the local corner store and "penny pinching" is yet another very basic, effective strategy for financial success. For instance, take the example of a local grocery store yearly wage earnings. The standard worker will begin at minimum wage, or very close, making approximately $7.25 per hour the first year, with yearly raises that typically go to about $17 an hour, and added benefits for long-standing full-time workers such as health coverage. Then, if a person works 60 hours a week the first few years, they will earn $21,000 up to $30,000 annually as the wage increases. A single apartment can be found for $725 a month rent, low electricity usage, say $35 a month, grocery bill at $225 a month, no cable, basic internet (if desired) for $50, and walk/bicycle to work and bussing for elsewhere (therefore, no car bill nor insurance). Then, even after this initial low hourly wage period, they will be able to save about $35,000. With that money, they can purchase a condo or small townhouse, where the mortgage will be considerably less than rent payment, approximately $350 a month, as well as earning a higher base wage and benefits package (health coverage, possibly tuition assistance programs as well), and will be able to transition over to a 40 hour work week from that point onward and sustain a local lifestyle. Also, a vehicle could be comfortably purchased if desired. As years accumulate, they approach the $17 an hour cap, which is nearly $35,000 per year. Now with other expenses being less than or equal to $1000 a month, this implies they will be able to save $20,000 per year. After "x" amount of years of doing this, they will easily be able to either (a) go down to a leisurely part-time hours, say 10-20 per week (b) work seasonally (c) take "x" years off and "y" on, in order to support their lifestyle comfortably.
In conclusion, we have seen how, in America, if one has a sensible plan, follows it rather than succumbing to the vice of overindulgence, they will be able to monetarily succeed and support a very comfortable lifestyle. A few such strategies have been outlined, namely (a) vocational training (b) real estate (c) local work and frugalness. These are very straightforward, simple, and effective strategies that work every time when implemented inside of the pre-specified boundaries.
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The unexamined thought is not worth thinking.
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