Is College Really Worth It?
October 18th, 2008
Dear Jesus,
I’m slowly working my way through school and still have to go for my masters. I just wanted to know from the big guy, is college really worth it?
-Asia
Dear Asia,
That depends on what you want to do. There are many great careers that do not require a four-year college degree, such as police officer, plumber, or CEO. There are even careers that don’t require a high school education, such as rodeo clown, crocodile wrangler, drug dealer, and politician. Even the job of Messiah has pretty low educational requirements, but there aren’t any openings right now.
If you already know what you want to do, then you should know whether college is worth it. If you don’t know what you want to do, then you shouldn’t even be thinking about getting a Master’s Degree. Too many young people these days go to college just because they’re told that they’re supposed to. They spend half their lives chasing degrees they don’t need and wracking up tens of thousands of dollars in debt, only to end up running a meth lab in their basement. Don’t fall into that trap.
If you know what you want to do with your life, then get the level of education that you need in order to do it. If you don’t know yet then you need to sit down, put down the Tommy Chong bong, and find some direction.
Good Luck,
Jesus
P.S. No, I’m not hiring. But I hear Buddha might have an opening somewhere.
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