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SpaceCadetJones | 9 years ago

"I did it, so anyone else can"

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throwanem|9 years ago

Not at all, though I think many more can (and do) than are given credit for being able to. But I'm enough to disprove the overheated "get a college degree or you'll die!" stuff that's flying around right now.

SpaceCadetJones|9 years ago

Fair enough, I'm definitely with you on the point of people not giving themselves enough credit. Unfortunately society tends to beat independent thinking out of us, and where I grew up it was definitely hammered into your mind that you "need" to go to college. I once had a teacher though that took a good 15 minutes aside one day, to lecture us how while this mentality came from a good place, we should really assess our future for ourselves and consider things like trade schools + apprenticeships.

gozur88|9 years ago

Oh, I agree. People should understand their place in life and not be encouraged to strive.