Comments on: Questions To Ask Someone Before Dropping Out Of College http://studenomics.com/current-students/questions-to-ask-someone-before-dropping-out-of-college/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:02:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Studenomist http://studenomics.com/current-students/questions-to-ask-someone-before-dropping-out-of-college/comment-page-1/#comment-6342 Studenomist Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:13:30 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=1087#comment-6342 @Kris Thanks for sharing your opinion. I just want to clarify that I meant that if a college student were to drop out they would have lots of free time. This is indeed true because college takes up at least 6 hours of a day. By "many" I meant that life is not over if you drop out of college. Sure only a few college drop outs have been as successful as the names mentioned but "many" have prospered in the sense that they found work in another field that provided them with a decent income. I would also like to take a moment to apologize for the post and kindly ask you guys to read it again. My girlfriend accidentally posted the wrong post and this post was not ready to go live. No problem and once again I would like to thank everyone for keeping Studenomics alive while I'm away. @Kris Thanks for sharing your opinion. I just want to clarify that I meant that if a college student were to drop out they would have lots of free time. This is indeed true because college takes up at least 6 hours of a day.

By “many” I meant that life is not over if you drop out of college. Sure only a few college drop outs have been as successful as the names mentioned but “many” have prospered in the sense that they found work in another field that provided them with a decent income.

I would also like to take a moment to apologize for the post and kindly ask you guys to read it again. My girlfriend accidentally posted the wrong post and this post was not ready to go live. No problem and once again I would like to thank everyone for keeping Studenomics alive while I’m away.

]]> By: Kris http://studenomics.com/current-students/questions-to-ask-someone-before-dropping-out-of-college/comment-page-1/#comment-6283 Kris Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:53:24 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=1087#comment-6283 I don't think that the amount of free time is "too much for a young person to handle." I think that's really condescending, actually. It's different at every college, but where I go, everyone has a job. Lots of students work full time. They have zero free time, and the decision to drop out of college is so they can work to earn more money to go back to college. They always think it's "just a break." Second, I'd be careful saying that "many" college dropouts go on to be successful. The ones you see are successful, and there's plenty of those who don't. Every person thinks he's special, he's the Bill Gates, but statistically he's not. I think you mean "many" as in "many in number" but people think "many in percentage." By your usage, many people have won the lottery, too. I'm not in favor of everyone going through college or everyone dropping out, I'm just in favor of everyone having a job. I don’t think that the amount of free time is “too much for a young person to handle.” I think that’s really condescending, actually. It’s different at every college, but where I go, everyone has a job. Lots of students work full time. They have zero free time, and the decision to drop out of college is so they can work to earn more money to go back to college. They always think it’s “just a break.”

Second, I’d be careful saying that “many” college dropouts go on to be successful. The ones you see are successful, and there’s plenty of those who don’t. Every person thinks he’s special, he’s the Bill Gates, but statistically he’s not. I think you mean “many” as in “many in number” but people think “many in percentage.” By your usage, many people have won the lottery, too.

I’m not in favor of everyone going through college or everyone dropping out, I’m just in favor of everyone having a job.

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