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I firmly believe that a person who chooses to go to college because they have seen some value in it for their own benefit is a far better student who is more likely to succeed and complete school with generally less time and money wasted. I see a lot of kids go off to school because that is what is expected and spend a few years partying and screwing off because they have nothing but their parents' money invested in the educational process. That just doesn't make sense to me.
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Oops, you already said it.
i am a firm believer in education being its own reward. Although I have a slightly dim view of teenagers clogging up universities getting degrees of little merit and raising the qualification levels for the average, intelligent, hard-working teen who chose not to saddle themself with debt for the sake of a piece of paper.
However, anyone interested in their subject, or needing to study to continue on a career path would get my full support.
In fact we always used to discuss lottery winnings when we were in our cups. One of the topics was charities or foundations set up in your name. Mine was a chain of clean and spacious Study Houses, where young women who were at Uni to staudy and not party could live and work in peace while being looked after by a housekeeper. I would wax quite lyrical about it
People have been very encouraging of my intention to get back into Higher Education. The assumption is that the habit of study is - again - a reward in itself. I think it
is at my age and with a life to fit around it. I think sometimes Uni isn't demanding enough - I've known plenty of students breeze through, seemingly learning nothing about deadlines, forward planning or application of effort.
Then again, some of my favourite comedians met at Uni. I can forgive a few idiots with degrees in Sports Science and Town Planning if it means the possibility of great chemistry somewhere else.