Motivation for college: education or salary?

[kılıç_mehmet]

My motivation is to get a degree with whom I can earn enough money to provide my future family with reasonably well-off life standards. My current girlfriend, whom I hope to marry in the future thinks of getting a degree in Turkology, something that is an impractical branch when one wishes to earn money, unless you move up academically and publish books and journals about the subject, so I'm committed to support her during her career, however I do respect her branch, as it requires devotion and of course love towards the subject.

[NoraBrimstone]

I couldn't afford to go to college.

I'd have loved to go just for the education. Thanks fuck for libraries and the internet! lol

[Psykhronic]

I wish I could go back to college for the sake of an education in itself, unfortunately that door is likely shut for the rest of my life. I would have been okay for college if I had the meds I have now - it's awfully distracting when thoughts and emotions are wild.

[Walking Void]

I couldn't afford to go to college.

I'd have loved to go just for the education. Thanks fuck for libraries and the internet! lol

That angers me. Everyone deserves an education where money is not an obstacle. Living in Canada I still have to pay for my schooling. Nobody should.

[NoraBrimstone]

I couldn't afford to go to college.

I'd have loved to go just for the education. Thanks fuck for libraries and the internet! lol

That angers me. Everyone deserves an education where money is not an obstacle. Living in Canada I still have to pay for my schooling. Nobody should.

Meh. I'm still free to pick up a book and learn whatever I want for free at a library. It's not a big deal for me. You can't have everything.... And what would a degree be worth if everyone had one anyway?

[kılıç_mehmet]

I couldn't afford to go to college.

I'd have loved to go just for the education. Thanks fuck for libraries and the internet! lol

That angers me. Everyone deserves an education where money is not an obstacle. Living in Canada I still have to pay for my schooling. Nobody should.

Neither do we in Turkey. But if education and health is turned into profit, you know that there is something wrong with your society.

[Walking Void]

That angers me. Everyone deserves an education where money is not an obstacle. Living in Canada I still have to pay for my schooling. Nobody should.

Meh. I'm still free to pick up a book and learn whatever I want for free at a library. It's not a big deal for me. You can't have everything.... And what would a degree be worth if everyone had one anyway?

Not just a degree, Nora! The facilities of different educational departments can carry instruments not available or budget-friendly to any individual. As such, my past high school has an executive deal with a chemicals industry that allows them to cheaply and quickly order more sodium, lithium, and what have You unseen by a middle or low income person.

And I hate to admit it but many employers (of any industry) determine your value to see how much or not of a time-waste You or I would be. When I searched for available occupations on the internet I kept seeing demands for the person to have some type of recognition of intellect/skill whether it be a degree in calculus, programming, physics, arts, IT, etc.

As much as I agree with You, jobs are much more cold to a person without some kind of educational merit.

That is not to say that these feats are impossible to those without merit, that is not true. Bill Gates did it without much educational merit.

[fr0d0]

if education and health is turned into profit, you know that there is something wrong with your society.

It feels very wrong this happening in the UK right now.

We trust these institutions from our past which I think makes it worse. We just don't understand when schools 'doctor' their results to make themselves look viable, for example.

[Minimalist]

I know I will be enjoying myself at work.

No one enjoys themselves at work anymore. It isn't allowed.

[popeyespappy]

I couldn't afford to go to college.

I'd have loved to go just for the education. Thanks fuck for libraries and the internet! lol

That angers me. Everyone deserves an education where money is not an obstacle. Living in Canada I still have to pay for my schooling. Nobody should.

These days a four year degree from a public university in the US is going to run about $40 to $50 thousand for an in state resident. If you plan to live in student housing you can double that to $80 to $100 thousand. A PHD would cost at least as much again. A private school could be more than twice that amount.