Look around! Have a quick survey on the people you know who are successful on their career as your respondents. Make a quantitative comparison on how many are those who finished college and those who did not. I am quite sure that we will come up with a similar findings. Most of the people who are successful are those who undergone formal education.
There was once a wealthy family I knew who had 5 children and I was amazed that not even one of them get into college. Yes, they have farms, real states and businesses. This may the reason that they were not interested to go to school for they have already what they want. They are so practical on their decisions but still I believe that they missed the important stage on their formal education quest.
Going to school is not an assurance of having a good paying jobs. It doesn’t even make promises to an individual to become rich or powerful. But one thing for sure, it helps develop one’s personality and molds an individual to become a better person. Education widens one’s horizons to discover his/her potentials. It makes everyone smarter on decision making by applying the theories, principles and experiences he/she learnt in schools. Nevertheless, Education is still the best investment so far that everyone need to consider.
I would say, that if I will leave a legacy to my kids, it should be their professions on their chosen fields. Once they will get it, I am confident that they can stand by their own with firmness that they could not be easily topple down on whatever challenges they will meet ahead.
