Topic: If being a graduate is the key to being wealthy, why are there poor graduates? - page 8. (Read 2713 times)

It’s not a fact that drop outs do better and if there ever was a theory stating so, I would likely disagree with that theory.

Admittedly, people drop out from school for various reasons. One likely reason is having lack of financial support to continue your education. But then people have dropped out for lesser reasons and due to their irresponsibility and lack of focus on their studies.

People that dropped out due to carelessness and irresponsible decisions.. how then can such people do well in life when they can’t gather enough motivation and focus to finish what they started.
And without having relevant educational qualifications to make him more relevant and wanted for employment purposes, he’ll be majorly overlooked as his chances would be slim or next to zero.

I dont agree with the "drop-outs" do better - because here you are looking at only the famous ones who actually had a vision to pursue. There are so many college drop-outs, if that was the case they would be ruling the working class, but they are not. Its called survivorship bias.

Just to make it clear, people who were school or college dropouts, such as Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, knew how to code and that is a skill that not everyone had during those times. It's a skill, and having such a skill or knowledge can lead you somewhere at least, fortunately for them, it leads them to extreme success. So it's not like they were illiterate dropouts but they were skilled individuals from the beginning, it's just that their skills weren't what they might have learned from school or college.

What this proves is that you don't need formal education to be able to gain success in your life but it's all about skills and knowledge because you can only go up the ladder of success if you show the world that you have something in you.

Education is valuable, but it's not the sole determinant of wealth so being a graduate doesn't guarantee wealth as wealth can be achieved through various path like, investment and entrepreneurship, If you are fortunate to secure a job after graduation then that's just luck and connection. I believe that being a graduate only shapes and molds you to present yourself positively and guides your path as most wealthy men in the world today like mark Zuckerberg were school dropouts, but the little education he had helped and molded his mindset to become whom he is today.

It wouldn't be instantly better that's for sure, but it's a lot better than being some random bum out there who doesn't know jack. At least, said education can open up a few opportunities for you, especially with the lot of short courses that most people can get nowadays.

Graduates doesn't guarantee you a good living and job to work on. It depends on how the person to use the skills to fulfill the job criteria and how well they are in society. Sure the grades are useful for the front-criteria but just imagine with that score and your skill doesn't meet the criteria for the job, that must be really shame and it does happens in here regularly with low skill people with high graders don't do anything.

First off, I must say that Education is very good and i don't dispute the fact that it's very vital and necessary for human development, it can put you in a position to be successful no doubt but being a graduate is not a 100% guarantee for one to be very wealthy, one can be very sound academically but lack some basic skills of acquiring wealth. Also one can still have some good knowledge of certain skills but if there's no zeal or self confidence in earning a living through it then your education on those skills can be said to be a waste since you ain't making effort to earn from it.

 Also I've heard several people complain about having good grades, being 1st class graduates but find it difficult to secure good paying jobs, imagine someone struggling to achieve good grades in the university but find it difficult to earn a living and at the end settle for minor jobs while there are many dropouts with good skillsets as well as being creative and think outside the box, and are bosses of big organisations and companies.

 Well it's not basically about being educated or graduating with the best grades that makes you wealthy, it's about determination, being consistent and also persistent cause success and wealth are not achieved in one day or immediately after graduating. In as much as you have good grades, you must still improve your skills, not only job skills, marketing or management skills but your critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Right you have valid points on the reasons why there are still graduates that are not wealthy since to many factors need to look and not all people destined to get rich. Also want to add that certain obligation to family what also make those graduate to lose a lot of opportunity since becoming a breadwinner on the family leaves you no choice but to accept whatever job available for you to take, that's why other choose to get those job which is mismatch on their qualification since they don't have any choice as they need money to support their family immediate needs.

They just read to much success stories of those some billionaires became so successful after they drop out on college.

There can be many reasons for this:

1. The got a degree but into something that was forced upon them, they dont like it and they cannot put their innovative strength into it and thus they cannot land up a job.
2. They flunked the college or university and eventually came out as a low quality educated graduate. They peers might be landing jobs but they are not.
3. The degree that they got into is a well saturated field. However the phrase is relative and those who have a proper vision will be able to desaturate the market in no time.
4. The job might be need some years of slogging before getting a "wealthy" income. So give them time.

I dont agree with the "drop-outs" do better - because here you are looking at only the famous ones who actually had a vision to pursue. There are so many college drop-outs, if that was the case they would be ruling the working class, but they are not. Its called survivorship bias.

also certain degree does indeed contribute to its students to be adept at certain and specific knowledge, for example is being a doctor, definitely you need to be within the standard of being a doctor and this kind of knowledge only found in university that have that faculty.
the point of university in the first place should be just for learning skills and being certified for learning one, thats it, people thinking college can somehow magically make them rich are just dreaming.
because we all know that whether to be success or not entirely depends on ourselves, the world doesn't owe us anything.
but in the other hand we need to carve our ways and path to be successful and its not going to be easy, so many competitions out there, are we sure that we can stand out or instead just gonna falls behind we don't know for sure.

Well it's not basically about being educated or graduating with the best grades that makes you wealthy, it's about determination, being consistent and also persistent cause success and wealth are not achieved in one day or immediately after graduating. In as much as you have good grades, you must still improve your skills, not only job skills, marketing or management skills but your critical thinking and problem solving skills.

School is essential but most times there are people who are too carried away with their degree or certificate and they are too boost about themselves. When you rely on your certificate you get loosed and keep waiting for white scholar jobs but those who made lower credit or second class can actually rely on their skills. Skills is what keep those that doesn't have a good certificates or those who doesn't go school, that is why you see them putting more efforts to work hard to make sure their skills pays them off than their certificate since they can't use to secure a credible work or what can put food on their table.