College Education: Life's Toolbox
I will be lying if I told you that you won’t be successful if you decide not to attend college. That’s because there are people whom you may have heard of who did not attend, or who even “dropped out” of college and went on to become successful (think of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg). But if you compare those success stories against the global population, they are but a (very) small percentage. They are the outliers on a graph, and it’s dangerous to think you’ll be like them. I know dangerous is a strong word, but let me explain.The truth is that the rest of us, which is most of us, have to equip ourselves with the right tools to become successful in life. Think of your life as an empty toolbox and receiving an education is the process of acquiring tools. Depending on the amount time and effort you put in, your toolbox can be very basic or completely full with specialized tools. If you are following my analogy: that’s primary, secondary and
By Imran Vaghoo
9 years ago