Did you Graduate High School/College? Has it helped you in Life?

Hailing from a society where animals are given more respect than to women, i knew from the very beginning it was only my education which would help me gain some respect and that my job will give me my own identity. I went for higher studies after schooling. after completing my masters in Business I am working at a middle level in a firm and am quite secure about my life. now i know no man or society can make me their slaves and make me live my life according to their wishes. I would want even my kids to seek higher education once i have them in my life.

My cousin went to college and graduated with a degree in I believe English Literature and she is working at an insurance agency, so that didn't help her at all. My other cousin went to college and graduated with a degree, but I'm not sure what it was. He is now a stay-at-home dad and grades papers at home for a living. I am in college now and I am going for my Bachelor's degree in accounting. I currently have a full time job in the accounting department and everything I am learning is stuff I already do, stuff that I taught myself. My math classes are completely useless becaue I don't need any of that information for what I do, and yet it is a requirement to graduate. So, honestly I don't think college is necessary for some careers. I think a high school graduation would have been all I needed, but I'm interested in other areas besides accounting and thats why I continue to go to school.

i didnt get to finsih high school i had to go to work and make my own way. when i was 20 i went back and got my GED it didnt help as far as work but it helped me as far as how i felt about me. it does depend on what you do with college though. i want to go back as well but it is not in the cards right now. your education doesnt make you though you do. i know alot of people that have not finished high school that have great jobs but that was casuse they sold there self and worked hard to get there. i know peopel that went to college and cant get a job for nothing. then i know some that went and got that great job before they even finished but they are not happy cause it wasnt what they wanted in the end and then some are. it all goes off of you.

I did graduate from college, and as a matter of fact I graduated at the top of my class. I only used my degree for about six months, before I realized that I needed to be home with my children. I am planning on going back for my graduate degree this August, as I prefer to go to school, while my children are young than working full time and never seing them. I have a scholarship for the first year that mandates that I have to be a full-time student, but after that I plan on going part time, as this will give me better flexibility in regards to my children. I am really one of those people, who are torn between staying home with my children, and going to work, but I think this is because my field is children's rights. I did not feel though that I could be a children's rights advocate, if it had to be on the expense on my own children.