Letters to the Editor
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Leaving College
I got a degree in writing in college -- had I written a blockbuster novel you're damned right I would have left.
My sister was a physics major. Has Bell Labs offered here a few million to do research there instead of stay in college, she would have left.
My brother is a sociologist. Had Oprah decided to give him millions to continue his research into rural agrarian socio-economies as it relates to water rights, he would have left college.
A business major gets $15M from Trump to start a new business? Gone. A music major has the opportunity to record a hit CD and tour for a year? Gone. A mechanical engineer invests a new WiFi system that covers 100 miles from one point? Gone.
Bill ... Gates.
The difference between athletes leaving college early and others staying to get their degrees is that the opportunity is there for the athletes to make enough money to live on forever.
College degrees are great and helpful, and it's a wonderful time. But it's not the only way to live and grow and become a good person, and we shouldn't pretend it is. Millions of people do not go to college and live wonderful, excellent lives complete with financial problems, happy kids, cranky spouses, little league ball games and jobs for 40 years.