To graduate or not to graduate? It’s a treacherous dichotomy based on a false premise.
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If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library. ~ Frank Zappa
The world, which is to say books, blogs, news sites, social media, your friends, and the stranger at the grocery store, is full of people with an opinion on whether or not a college degree is worth the investment of time and money.
I’m not going to join in that endless debate here. I’m just going to say this:
There are lots of people who got an education in college. And I’m sure there are plenty of people who got laid by going to the library.
While Zappa got a chuckle (even from me) and I hope that was his intention, if we suppose that everyone who self-educates is smarter than those who go to college, or that everyone who goes to college only goes for the social and sexual opportunities, we do a disservice to colleges, libraries, and everyone in them.
In fact, college (like pretty much everything else in life) is never either/or, it’s yes/and — you can go to college AND get an education, and you can also go to college and get laid. Same for going to the library.
It’s your desire, your intention, and your choices that matter, not your location.
So you decide whether a college degree is worth your time and money — for yourself or for your children. But make the decision based on what you/they want from their education and career path. Set an intention for getting what you/they want from whatever education path you invest in. And check your choices against that desire and intention.
You can get laid AND get an education — at college, at the library, or at the college library — if that’s what you desire. But don’t blame me if you get arrested for public nudity, or don’t get the job you want even though you have the degree or because you skipped college all together. You are accountable for your choices, no matter what path you pursue.