What's the essence of all the hustle and bustle and learning and reading and keeping all the sleepless night? Isn't it all about money?
What if I don't want to go through all these process, don't care if I'm a graduate or not or if I'm good at speaking good English or not buth I'm just focused on how to make the money and end up making the money, won't the end justify the means?
I sometimes feel that some of these ideal process that has been accepted by the majority of the people in the society as a part to be taken to greatness is too complex. I mean, we can just learn how to read and write and focus on how to make money. Those who want to become engineers can choose to do so but those that don't want to pass through those route shouldn't be seen as less of a person because at the end of the day, it's mostly all about money.
Maybe your worldview emphasizes material values rather than existing things that you haven't realized yet. A small mention to Op, have you ever lived in harmony with nature (literally), a self-sufficient life is not easily tied to money. I know many situations where people are stuck materially, they lack satisfaction (enoughness) with life, like I work for money, then money helps me have food, beautiful jewelry, etc. All nuances in life can be misconstrued just because of society's perspective.
I myself had a time when I spent a lot of time making money, but then I realized I was more like a machine than a person with emotions and thoughts, or love,... there are many more different values in life and just like how you understand all means and even money is just a means to help everyone's life end the way they choose. Without imposing too much prejudice on someone, they can worship money, or simply be satisfied and grateful with everything in life.