Its 2018 and I still have similar problem.

The real education began for many of us after our undergraduate studies. I came to realise that I'm the master of my own fate. That if I'm to become anything, I shouldn't depend on someone else to make me...

This view however if spread or understood wrongly has the tendency to further create desperation and survival of the fittest mentality in the society, thus leading humans to lose their humanity and sense of social responsibility.