Comment on Will Dropouts Save America?parentComments−andrewflnr14yI guess it was taken too far, but the main point is that school doesn't teach you a lot of really important skills you need to succeed.I have no intention of dropping of school until I get a degree, but I also know that I will have to learn a lot of things that school won't teach me.How many schools are actively teaching how to function in a post-industrial economy? Not many, I'm guessing.−bennesvig14yMy 100k college education didn't teach sales...which is kind of everything. If you can't sell yourself or your ideas, what good is your education.
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I guess it was taken too far, but the main point is that school doesn't teach you a lot of really important skills you need to succeed.
I have no intention of dropping of school until I get a degree, but I also know that I will have to learn a lot of things that school won't teach me.
How many schools are actively teaching how to function in a post-industrial economy? Not many, I'm guessing.
My 100k college education didn't teach sales...which is kind of everything. If you can't sell yourself or your ideas, what good is your education.