The officail "who needs school thread"

[banditbdl]

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To enlighten, to see where my views stand against others, to gain knowledge and information. To put a number on success and education. In no way was it a way of convincing myself.

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The numbers detailing the bump in average yearly income that come with extra schooling are pretty staggering if you check them out.

[JGalt]

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If you are truly convinced you learn better on our own, than you do at school than you either are taking the wrong classes or you aren't cut out for schooling. Just reading things on your own and learning them yourself has a nasty habit of giving you some general principles but leaving you lacking any true mastery of the subject. Than you end up thinking you know more than you do if you aren't required to put your knew knowledge to use (although this certainly isn't always the case). I learned much more from my professors and their lectures than I ever did from reading my textbooks, and I did in fact do a lot of reading.

I think the bigger problem is taking classes where mastering a subject isn't truly getting you anywhere. In my case I had to master subjects in college in order to build the type of academic resume required to move on to my next goal. If you don't have a goal in mind and you can't see how mastering a subject is going to help you accomplish anything you want, than motivation is inevitably going to be a problem.

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I agree, very good post. I left high school at the age of 16 and went to work. I worked in jobs that were related to the same field over the years. I went to college at 26 for classes related to my field of work. I did very well, but it was already information that I knew or information that just doesn't apply in the real world. My experience working in the field taught me more then I could have ever learned in the class.

[JGalt]

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The numbers detailing the bump in average yearly income that come with extra schooling are pretty staggering if you check them out.

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There is no doubt that education will get you more money. My point is that not everyone needs formal education to make money and that those who have the drive and ability to, can succeed without it and do just as well or even better then those that are educated.

[PokerCat69]

I don't know. Tonight I tried a new poker site. 24hpoker.
Won $88 Euros in 3 hours.
This is playing 4 50NL tables at once.

That equals: $141 Canadian. or $47/hr. A good job in Canada (meaning school was required) pays like $25/hr.
However a good job is more secure in my opinion. What if online gambling becomes illegal in 5 years?
There will be land based casinos, but what a grind that would be.
I'll say poker is about 10000000000000X better then school short term, but long term is another story.

[JGalt]

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The officail "who needs school thread"

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I can think of 1 person immediately.

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I get it. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[Sponger15SB]

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Won $88 Euros in 3 hours.
This is playing 4 50NL tables at once.

That equals: $141 Canadian. or $47/hr.

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Well, clearly you should quit your job immediatly.

[JGalt]

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Are you suggesting that I need school? If so please enlighten me as to the reasons I would need school, instead of a half assed comment.

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Put your clothes back on, J. I don't think she meant any offense. She was just pointing out the irony of the mispelling in your thread title. It was funny.

-2kF

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My clothes are back on. I just figured it out, all on my own as well. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] And I apoligize for my rudeness.

[rusty JEDI]

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The numbers detailing the bump in average yearly income that come with extra schooling are pretty staggering if you check them out.

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There is no doubt that education will get you more money. My point is that not everyone needs formal education to make money and that those who have the drive and ability to, can succeed without it and do just as well or even better then those that are educated.

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I am just guessing here but i think the people making a lot of money without an education work a lot harder than those who make a lot of money with with education.

Im not much for hard work, so i'll get mine the easy way.

Also for much of college its just a big hoop to jump through to prove you are willing to put in the time and effort and have the ability to learn. That way when they hire you they know you are trainable and willing to work.

rJ

[MasterShakes]

Your poll questions just beg more questions. The answer to the first question is that it depends on the person. The other two questions depend completely upon what "education" means. Arguably, people can get an "education" without ever setting foot inside a formal school at any level.

[daryn]

by the way did anyone point out that this guy spelled 'official' wrong in his title?