In many cases, people put off life (learning about business) because it's easier than living it (starting a business). If that's what's going on, most people would be better off skipping out of formal education altogether, as it's just a form of procrastination or a refusal to examine oneself.

I spent 4 years working on a degree in English lit, and while it did leave me with some debt it also taught me a hell of a lot about how to think critically and examine the world. I am someone who loves learning and I adored school because of it. You say that if you love learning than you don't need school, but I think that is dismissive of those who really do use higher education as a tool to further themselves.

At the same time, I'm somewhat befuddled by all of my friends heading back to grad school right now because they really can't think of anything else to do with themselves. This is clearly a waste of money and a way of avoiding the real world.

In the end it's not an either/or between living the life you want to live and getting an education. The two can, and often do go hand in hand. Obviously it's a personal decision, but to just say formal education is useless isn't really any better than saying it's an absolute necessity.

I am a college drop out as well. I was taking chemistry and maths in college because, in order to get a visa to come to USA, I had to choose Chemical Engineering as my major, but the college that accepted me didn't offer it. (go figure)

I dropped out after 3 semester when I got a job at the local Pizza Hut as a dishwasher/delivery driver and was promoted to a Manager Trainee within 6 weeks. I figured I'd make more money as restaurant manager in shorter period of time than as a chemical engineer after college. I guess I was already thinking as an entrepreneur and not know it.

After 25 years of serving the public and enjoying it, I called it a quit. It wasn't fun anymore because rules were more important than customer satisfaction. I still work in and around restaurants, but as an independent business owner who loves to see the smiles on the faces of kids.

If I could only get my son to understand it. I suppose he will have to make his own mistakes to learn his own lessons to live his own life on purpose, whatever he chooses that to be, but he knows that I don't put any credence in the current education system. He is a smart kid, he will figure it out.

Rasheed

It can be somewhat a catch 22. I agree that our education system is almost worthless. If I ever have kids, I definitely want to home school them. But on the other hand, there are parents who could care less about their kids and their kids would fall even farther behind. I am not sure what the best solution is, but the system currently, is horrible. Guess we can agree on that

Dave LifeExcursion