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How will school make me successful?
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How will school make me successful?

I like school, but there's just a lot of work. I want to be successful in life and financially. But I don't see how school really ties in with helping me financially. I've always thought that we'll never use anything we've learned in school in life. Now that I think about it I can see how understanding Biology can help us understand more about Earth. Algebra can help us manage money. I love learning, but at the same time I don't. I'd like to be smart, I want to learn as much as I can because I know if other people can be smart, why can't I? But I just want to know, I know school can help us more about life, and understand it a little more, but how will it help me financially? My guardians told me going to college shows your employers you have the ability to learn. But I just don't really see how college, or school in general can tie into work to make you successful financially. I mean I can see if you go to college, in most cases I've heard people make more money than the average person. But I've also heard people who have went to college and aren't successful and are still paying off there loans. One of my guardians went to college and they aren't even successful financially. My other guardian quit college. I've always felt like to be successful financially you have to be like a famous movie star, singer, or musician or own a company. You can be successful as like a doctor too. Can someone help me just understand how school can help me financially, please?

But I mean also my teachers, they have a college degree but I feel bad because they say they don't make much. And I think those are the teachers that have been teaching for like three or four years already, but they're really smart.

I want to be good in school. I want to learn a lot. Money has never been something I've thought much about or cared for, but now I'm starting to realize that it is important to be financially successful. When I was younger I would say I didn't want to be rich because I was scared I would be greedy, and now I'm starting to feel like I'm being greedy already wanting to be financially successful. I don't want to be working at a McDonalds.
(This post was last modified: 04-24-2016 01:12 AM by MusicAndFruits1092.)
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