Billionaires Attend College

Not All Billionaires Attend College Most high school students automatically decide that their next step after graduating high school is attending postsecondary school, without considering alternative options. Although many have achieved success without enrolling in tertiary school, educators and statistics have strongly convinced students that participation in a higher education is the only way to guarantee a high-paying job. Certainly, the idea of this is ridiculous, as it is undoubtedly possible to succeed without a postsecondary diploma. Furthermore, the financial costs are steep, considering there is a huge possibility of unemployment post graduation. Given these points, postsecondary education is the most overrated route high school graduates

Despit the fact that statistics have shown that tertiary school graduates end up having higher salaries, there are an unlimited amount of ways to become successful. Bill Gates, in particular, is a great example of success without a four-year degree. Gates dropped out of Harvard University to pursue a career in software, and is now one of the wealthiest people in the entire world (“Billionaire College Dropouts”). Students need to recognize that a college degree is not the only path to success. In fact, Gates is not the only entrepreneur to find success without a Harvard diploma. Other examples are Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple; Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook and David Karp, the creator of Tumblr. (Hudson). Also, in an interview with The New York Times, Google's Senior Vice President, revealed that 14% of people at Google had never gone to college, and in fact, many of them were amateurs that started off in their bedrooms (Wilezol). Ultimately, with a significant amount of practice, they had developed enough skills where a degree or diploma to show proof that they can do the job is nonessential, and their proficiencies are proven in the programs and applications they are able to create (Wilezol). The examples given further proves that with ambition and hard work, success is

The belief that a stable job is guaranteed is absolutely foolish. In point of fact, there are statistics stating that 40.7% of young bachelor’s degree holders are “mal-employed,” or work in a job that has no relation to the degree they acquired (Drexel). There is not much of a point to a degree if you cannot secure a job in the field you studied. Brianna Flaherty is an unemployed postsecondary graduate, who entered into college with the belief that her credentials after graduating would affirm her dream job (Newman). In an interview with Susan Newman for the website, Psychology Today, Flaherty declared “I no longer buy into the idea that having a degree will give you your dream job. I see on Craigslist that my Creative Writing degree, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, qualifies me to be a receptionist” (Newman). Sadly, a large percentage of postsecondary school graduates find themselves, soon after graduating, struggling to find a job in their field, or a job at all. Surely, if you are not able to obtain a job in what you studied, or obtain a job at all, postsecondary education is far from