College Drop-Out In Nigeria

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Argh. I feel as though I'm starting an argument I neither want or believe in. I rescind my comment about "crooks" for the sake of world peace. However, according to this list:

5 of the 15 richest people (33%) inherited their money (or the money that sign. helped build their fortune)
2 of the 15 are college grads (13%) (Arnault & Buffet)
2 of the 15 (13%) did I do not believe we can judge b/c their countries were involved in WWI & WWII at the time of their youth & college was not the primary means of getting ahead in society at that time

That leaves us w/ 4 of the 15 richest people in the world dropped out (notice, I distinguished this from not enrolling) of college. 26%.

I think if you go down the list you'll find more of the same. My point? Well dropping out of college is certainly not the end of the road. I was going to drop out but I couldn't afford it.  However, dropping out isn't something we should romanticize either. It doesn't make the person more noble, honest, wise, secure, successful, or anything else. My previous posts were just meant to highlight the falseness of presuming that men create Billions by themselves. If you go past these men, to those lowly millionaires, you'll find a few Oprahs but you'll find even more Donald Trumps, men who were bank rolled by their daddies and rich god fathers. ***Bill Gates is also from a very wealthy background. He could afford to drop out of college. (Now, I can feel someone asking (rhetorically?) "isn't it okay to help your son?" the answer: yes.) But for those of us who are not in that position it is best that we don't feast on the fantasy. Man can not live on bread alone. This was my intent in the last few posts. Perhaps I am preaching to the choir. No matter. Skidoc & nightrider, if you read this far, I see your points exactly.

*bows graciously*

I don't look down on anyone, least of all you, well, only those who cook their rice w/o rinses it first, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!    but since I have no intention of being rich, we will never be competitors, so alls good, abi?

@Chinani

I think you are making some outrageous statements here. Many Billionaires did not inherit their wealth. Bill Gates Founder Microsoft,Warren Buffet Founder Berkshire Hathaway, Larry Ellison Founder Oracle, Oprah Winfrey Founder Harpo Productions ETC. Actually a lot of them made it from innovation not inheritance. Other than the waltons, and the Arab Sheiks, most American Billionaires are self made.

And in the USA, u can have a job without a degree and still be above the poverty line. I have a degree myself and i think it is overrated. I make money from my other skills i learned not from my degree. Many people work on things they are really good at, not always on what they studied. So please make sure that you have you facts right before you make blanket statements.

@ Old Glory

From your post I can only assume that you haven't my post or have misinterpreted it. I was not trying to exaggerate and I already mentioned that lost of millions/billions did not inherit their money & stated the very same names. Your post was not news to me so I am moving on. Thanks.

I am glad you have a degree. I am glad you think that people w/o a degree live above the poverty line. You're right. Some do. Now, go the us.gov website and look at the statistics of people who live BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. I am not talking about those who live above. Kindly re-read my post. I am saying that if you look at the statistics (also known as facts) they reflect that IN AMERICA if people who live below the poverty line are "under educated" or w/o college (and sometimes h.s. degrees). Would you like to debate this? You are welcome to it. But, please don't come at me w/ what you "think" I mis-stated, present some facts and I will *happily* change my mind & admit my fault (as I did above, if you were reading)!

Adieu.

If you have a college degree then you have reasonable resources to make money.
If you drop out of school, but have a marketable skill then you have resources to make money.
After all that's why we go to school to get some skill

comparing yourself to bill gates, and branson won't cut it. Their society is set up in a way that even if you were born poor, with dedication and hardwork, one can become rich.  Let's not forget where we come from. Nigeria is not set up like that.

So my point is unless you have some marketable skill which the world would pay you for, go get a degree if you can.

you guys better leave seun alone

You're the one that said one needs a marketable skill.  My point is that there's a difference between marketing your skills and applying your skills.  There's a difference between learning Java so I can get a job - because Java expertise is marketable in the employent marker - and learning PHP so I can use it to build my site.  Is it clear now?  Just replace the word "marketable" in your early statement with "useful".

There are some consequences to not having a degree.  Opening a simple domiciliary account at a bank is a challenge; they think that I must be a 419er to be making money from my bedroom.

- If your product or service is in demand by customers, it is marketable.
- If your skill or qualification is in demand by employers, it is marketable.

Customers do not purchase or demand your skills.  They purchase your products or services.  Those who purchase skills and qualifications are known as employers.    I am urging unemployed Nigerian youths to consider creating their own marketable products and services instead of merely working on skills/qualifications and hoping that employers would need those skills.  I hope you see the distinction now.  I'm not just arguing semantics.