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College is An Outdated Concept Even If 2-Plus Years Is Offered Free
Lessons learned from the perspectives of a Dean’s List student
If you want your first job to be in Corporate America, then get a college degree. If you want to bypass the traditional route and make significant change and impact in the world with your potential abilities, then skip the four years of outdated higher education learning.
Go be an apprentice in an up-and-coming field so you can set yourself up for success in our fast paced, digital world that affects most sectors.
In the Middle Ages, apprentices learned skills and techniques under a master teacher. Had it not been for the Medieval systems, we would not know books that came from the invention of the printing press (and convenient eyeglasses to read them).
Similarly, today we need those new lens innovations in the future world we’re embarking on in uncharted waters.
Deciding on college in high school…
Back in my high school days if you were a high school dropout, then college was most likely not your next step. You could opt-out and get a high school diploma by passing a GED test. Very few did, and I went for the 23-credit advanced diploma taking college courses in high school.
