Quote Originally Posted by MudFu
Well, I don't see why I should waste 5 or so years in collage and end up making $10 an hour when I can go out west to Alberta and make $15-30. School is overrated. You only need it if you wanna be a Doctor or teacher or something like that. Which I get a higher pay then them if I go out west.
not exactly...

sure there are some fields that require college that don't pay shit.. teachers are one, any branch of public service is another. there are also LOTS of fields that require college that pay alot more than $30/hour. its not just for doctors or lawyers. i was in recreation management at my last school, and we got a minimum of $100/hr for the group programs we would run.. minimum group was 10 people, only 1 person needed to run the program.. any more and we would get a couple ppl together to run it and split it up.

what do ya do mud, if ya dont mind me askin?

ya gotta consider everything like longevity, job security, etc... and decide whats right for you personally.

while school is definately not for everyone, and requires some BS classes that you won't use in the real world, it is still far from being a waste of time.

it CAN be a waste of time, if ya pay all that money to go and end up partying too much and failing out... then it's a HUGE waste of time lol. again, it's not for everyone... but it can benefit anyone who wants to go.

my dad has just been promoted to the head of his area.. which is basically the whole state where he works. if he had a degree, in anything completely unrelated to what he actually does, it could be basket weaving or political science or game boy, he would have got that promotion years ago, just for looking better on paper. it's all about the paper, shitty, but true.