"although education is important, sometimes all it takes is a good idea and some hard work."
I'm not so sure modern "education" is so useful either.
Sometimes the important thing is knowing what to ignore from your professors.
Yep, if you got a good idea and you're willing to work your a$$ off with a little bit of luck.............
My son's best friends all went to Washington State University after they graduated from High School. The day after my son's graduation, he went to Marine Corps boot camp. For four years he was an exemplary Marine. He won honors as, "Marine of the Battalion", serving with the great 3/5. When he left the Marines, he went to work for a company driving a truck. Thirteen years later, he is with the same company, in an executive position, making far more than his friends who went to college to earn their Political Science degrees. So who got the better education?? And today, who is the better man, and father and citizen? I have watched the story unfold. He's my son.