After reading this article, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/weekinreview/16steinberg.html?pagewanted=2&sq=Plan%20B:%20Skip%20college&st=cse&scp=1
my opinion has changed about college a little. From the moment we were able to comprehend words, it has always been pounded into our minds that in order to succeed in this world, you need to go to college and get a degree. As proven by this article, this is very untrue. Of course, a degree is usually a good idea and will usually make one more eligible for a specific job. But there are jobs where degrees are unnecessary. The article gave the example of mail carriers and how some of them have degrees. Instead of getting that degree, they could have the same job with a lot more money in their pockets by not going to college. Depending on what you want to do in life, a college degree is not completely necessary to be successful.
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