Mary posed the question, Who is happier? The person who goes to school for a long time and then goes into the workforce, or the person who learns from life?
In my opinion, if a person went to school and got their degree in, for instance, psychology and then ended up not making a successful career out of it and instead was only making enough to live off of or—worse—had to get a job outside their field in order to support themselves, they would not be as happy as someone who forewent school in favor of starting a life and exploring different experiences. That is to say, if you are going to be stuck in a less-than-glamorous job anyway and working just to make ends meet, I think you would be happier having skipped all that time spent in school instead of out in the world.
On the other hand, say you are one of the people who goes to school, gets his degree, and is highly successful in his field and makes a good amount of money and gets recognized as being influential and whatnot. I think that person would be happier than someone who forewent school in order to start living their life and seeking out new experiences and ended up a part of the average working class. The problem is, when we enter college we don’t know which one we will end up being; the one who gets a degree and makes it big, or the one who gets a degree and ends up a part of the working class anyway.
Question in response: Do you think it takes a great teacher or a great student to achieve greatness? That is, do you think a great teacher could make a successful student out of someone who is not interested in learning?
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