Should you Quit School to make Money?
March 13th, 2007 by 
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Here is an excellent post, akin to mine ( I gathered this from the March 12 2007 edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists, a regular selection on the best articles and blogs about doing business). So, should you ditch school? Only if you think money is everything. There are other rewards in going to school other than your increased ability to make money….
Should You Quit School Because You’re Brilliant? » Silicon Valley Blog About Money
So you’re young with some major street smarts. Do you have a touch of arrogance, high self esteem, and have lecture hall phobia? Have you considered ditching school because you think you’re all that and have awesome ideas to boot?
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March 13th, 2007 at 8:15 am
I think formal school in general has its own pros and cons. I would still encourage my kids to do well in school but not to totally depend on it and be more open to other forms of education.
Me and my college friends used to joke around what if we save all our tuition fees our parents gave and after graduation were all richer from the rest of classmates and we could start our own businesses! haha…:)
March 13th, 2007 at 10:48 am
Is it really true that Bill Gates ditched school to make money?
March 13th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Thanks for featuring my post here!
I appreciate it. Btw, I’m a fellow pinoy who grew up in Manila and migrated to the US 18 years ago. So mabuhay! 
I’ve been to Cebu only once though.
March 13th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Bill Gates did not finish school because he was setting up Microsoft in the 70s.
But gates is a genius, and he is exceptiional, which means he is an exception rather than a rule, and it does mean therefore, that he should not be a rule model.
There are situations, where a heavy smoker lives to be 90, and a person who never studies became a famous writer, but that is precisely it — they are famous because they are exceptions.
for most of us, we follow the generalizations, and rather have the law of averages work for us rather than against us.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:29 am
Well, it depends on how good your idea is, your level of self-honesty, how passionate you are about your idea and making it into a profitable venture, etc. But, of course, money isn’t the only thing in this world that is an indicator of real happiness.
March 14th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I went to school and all along i figured that it would teach me how to make money. i was wrong. it just teaches you have to get a job.
if you’re brilliant you can try something else out, but education isn’t completely worthless and shouldn’t be discounted.