Is a College Diploma really worth it?

[Stegura]

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[Stegura]

This guy has a really good string of videos.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V11kQSg33TI[/youtube]

http://www.youtube.com/user/DontGoToCollege

[Tabiti]

Here it's worth for finding a job. However, all young people now have college diplomas, so it depends on the university. If you ask me, education is nothing these days, at least the affordable for middle class one.

[Imperivm]

Here it's worth for finding a job. However, all young people now have college diplomas, so it depends on the university. If you ask me, education is nothing these days, at least the affordable for middle class one.

I see you are from Bulgaria. In September I should be coming to your land to study at one of your university's (english speaking). What is your word on them?

[Cail]

It's a pass to earning more by working less.

[nisse]

Here most people go to uni because they've got no other ideas of what they can do after graduating high school (god forbid they should go into the work force/to college and end up with a "lowly" job of say a plumber ...nevermind that plumbers are in great demand, are very "useful" to society, and make a tonne)...Some don't finish uni, but even the ones that do, just end up with shitty administrative jobs for the most part (unless they get a professional degree)

[Loki]

Most good jobs have certain minimum educational background requirements. So yes, it is very valuable most of the time. It won't necessarily help you become rich, but without it life will be a lot harder, and you will have to work harder to prove yourself if you want to make career progress.

[Eldritch]

Here most people go to uni because they've got no other ideas of what they can do after graduating high school (god forbid they should go into the work force/to college and end up with a "lowly" job of say a plumber ...nevermind that plumbers are in great demand, are very "useful" to society, and make a tonne)...Some don't finish uni, but even the ones that do, just end up with shitty administrative jobs for the most part (unless they get a professional degree)

If I could have my time again I wouldn't even go to high school. Just elementary ---> trade school to become a plumber, carpenter, electrician, mechanic, whatever ---> then by the time I was 19 I'd be earning as much or more (and have much more job security) than humanities students who don't graduate till 26, 28 or 30. By that age I'd probably have my own small company with a few employees/apprentices set up and be, well, if not rolling in it, probably doing pretty well at least.

[Sol Invictus]

College is worth it. It opened up a whole window of opportunities for me. I've had the phone ringing off the hook from private security firms in the city wanting to interview me and have me work for them. Right now I'm working for one of one of the giants in the industry, enforcing property, traffic and city by-laws in downtown Toronto. I strike up tickets which earns revenue for the city I live in and give people a sense of security in amongst some of the roughest neighbourhoods. I just finished a 12 hour overnight and clearing 20 dollars an hour and I owe every bit of it to my education.

[Rachel]

I have An AA and will have a BS at the end of 2012 and i am hoping that my college dipolma will mean something. However in America it's starting to be a way to hook new and innovative teachers into really shitty schools. By giving students money for their education while their in college they must then return the favor by working in a low income school district. So while one has job security for four to eight years.this option may not be the most convinent for teachers.

There are other programs that offer school money in exchange for work for a certian number of years. So if you really like your job great if not,then you just sold your soul to the devil for an education.