Forget College, start working now!

[Cory1986]

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I agree with Cory1986, I'm also doing this just recently through CitisecOnline =) They have this EIP program where you can start at a lesser cost. If you want to secure your future, I advise investing in the stock market. And I'm sure you'll be retiring as millionaires. Not just depending on your pension.

And I'm only 22 =)

Good for u!! Ako sad! 24 pa sad ko. Para early retirement ni,dba? Kapoy cge work doh! So far nag EPI ko 4 blue chip stocks

[personalmgt]

"Education is a journey, not a race" -An old elementary classmate of mine

[rapido]

Forget College, start working now!<<<< nkaremember ko mau ni ingon sa mga taga UNO.. mu ana pa jud nga kita ray giilad sa ato mga maestra! ahahaha.... dko mutuo oi! para nko gamit ghapon ang education kay atleast naa kay nakat-unan ug dili ka igno.. kanang business makastart man ko ana kng ako lang, bisag layu pana sa ako line of profession.
nginvest sad ko krn sa mutual funds.. ^_^ still young mau dako pa ako maabtan.. hehehe

[Jumperman]

I don't totally disagree with the notion that college has become more like a training ground for careers as employees, especially given the fact that the quality of education nowadays has been wanting. The goal now for more schools is no longer to mold, train and teach the students but rather to obtain more enrollees than the next school. But at the same time, it's also because majority of today's students (us) do not want to be challenged. When we fail a certain subject or course, we simply drop out/switch courses and blame the teachers or the school. It's now more for the 'experience' of college and not what it can do to bolster your career as professionals. Not to sound like a condescending jack-ass but lot of us are L-A-Z-Y. We always want the easy way out, a quick fix.

College, if done right, is still the best way to a successful career. We keep taking success stories like that of Bill Gates' out of context and think that we all can share his fate. Unless you have his intellect, sorry to burst your bubble but that's not going to happen. Unless you are very sure you know what you're doing (like what some of you are suggesting, with the stocks and businesses and others), follow the old NBA commercial's advise: "Stay in school. It's your best move." Even the scions of the wealthy are being sent to school so they can learn more and handle the business better than their forebears. There are a lot more stories of people who grew up poor but strove hard in college and became self-made men than those who skipped college and made their own path to success. Lightning rarely strikes the same place twice, so just because a certain John/Jane Doe dropped out of college and got rich doesn't mean we can all follow his blueprint. There's nothing wrong with starting out as employees. There's a lesser chance of getting promoted if you don't have a degree. Business sounds easy to do but believe me (because I've experienced it), if you don't know how to manage your finances/don't have any business background you will end up consuming your funds and end up burned. It takes talent and know-how.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

(Don't buy Kiyosaki's education-bashing sweet talk. It's good that he's trying to empower people and convince them to start their own businesses but like I said not everyone knows how to manage a business. How do you learn? Simple, go to school! Kiyosaki tells you to stop being an employee, which is easy to say if you charge $200/session per person and sell books which teach you practically nothing about how to manage your own business. As a motivator he's pretty good, but unless he can come up with a How To Get Rich For Dummies that actually works, don't believe the hype. Don't be too gullible. School is still the way to go, that's where you meet people who can help you out in your business venture.)

[burn777]

all i can say is hahahaha!

well, if mo work lang ka ug gamay nga sweldo cguro you can take this as an alternative..

let me put it this way, who earns 200k-250k per month and travels the world for free plus vacation

allowances and bonuses, free hospitalization and other benefits...

you get that by becoming a ship officer and by that you need to graduate college, right?

oh and the figures could go up by what we call upgrading courses a.k.a. advanced education and board

exams which is another form of education nasad..

work your way up the ladder to success coz life is hard, you can't just say

magbusiness lang ko kay di ko ganahan motrabaho.

remember "the life you made is the life you chose!"

[opaxopax]

yeah, nakabasa pud ko ug article ani sa reader's digest. murag ing ani sad ang concept

[kolz]

I believe that article is misguided.

College doesn't teach you to become employees! You go to college to get education and to learn something ... and not for anything else! Eigther you use that education to earn money or play dumb, that is up to you.

I went to college to become an engineer, to build roads, construct bridges, design computers, etc. I went to college with my noblest of intentions of contributing to society ...

Imagine for example if no one would go to college because everyone now is doing business and aims to be rich, who will be our doctors, our accountants, our lawyers, our policemen, our engineers or even priests?

If you're going to college thinking it as a form of investment ... then you are there for the wrong reasons.

If you want to get rich, try a manny pacquiao or rob a bank ... geez!

[kuyabog]

i believe the article has merits..

college instills in us that someday we will work for someone else..

in other words, just become employees for some employer


we should pursue our dreams..

and not waste precious time and resources..

in that time frame called college..

[ocelot]

some people think na running a business is a piece of cake.

you cant build anything with a weak foundation. so stay in school. school is about fundamentals.

[ocelot]

I believe that article is misguided.

College doesn't teach you to become employees! You go to college to get education and to learn something ... and not for anything else! Eigther you use that education to earn money or play dumb, that is up to you.

I went to college to become an engineer, to build roads, construct bridges, design computers, etc. I went to college with my noblest of intentions of contributing to society ...

Imagine for example if no one would go to college because everyone now is doing business and aims to be rich, who will be our doctors, our accountants, our lawyers, our policemen, our engineers or even priests?

If you're going to college thinking it as a form of investment ... then you are there for the wrong reasons.

If you want to get rich, try a manny pacquiao or rob a bank ... geez!

well said. one thing that a lot of people don't notice is that school teaches/trains you how to think. how you attack a problem. the how-to's as just as important as the knowledge from books we learn in school.