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I joined the Marine Corps after high school and while I took some college courses at night when I got out (while I worked during the day), I never obtained a proper college degree. That never seemed to hurt me in the workplace however and I have held a steady job now for over 30 years. I do not know what it is like to be unemployed and I also don't know what it is like to not have money. Ever since I left my home at age 18, I have always had ample money in my pocket and my bills have always gotten paid.

I believe that unless you are seeking a specific profession (i.e. Law, Medicine, Engineering), college is a total waste of money.

Now does that mean I do not value education? Absolutely not. I've been a voracious reader since I was a child and even to this day, I have a habit of visiting the public library every Saturday morning where I load up with 4-6 new books every week. Now I don't read every one of those books cover-to-cover but I have discovered some rather fascinating and informative paths of learning over the years.

I would say that aside from maybe mathematics and foreign languages, which quite honestly are two subjects that bore me, I have a wealth of general knowledge greater than the majority of those who spent $100,000 or more obtaining a piece of parchment to frame and nail to the wall because many of them never pick up another book after those four years and spend the rest of their lives watching television or playing video games in their leisure time.

I guess I would have liked to have gone to college for four or maybe six years but the circumstances of my life dictated that I earn a living for myself at a relatively early age. In retrospect, I don't think I missed out on that much. I was able to begin my career free of college debt and my current salary compares well with my peers who have had college degrees.

If you enter the work force a motivated self-starter and establish yourself as a "can-do" person with excellent command of the English language (both oral and written), you will go far in life and will likely not find yourself sitting on the street in a puddle of your own filth chanting empty slogans like those over-educated and over-privileged losers in the OWS movement.