If you trade up for an SC, you
can be a "Dr."
I’m one of those uneducated, self taught, common sense guided though life kind of guys. Admittedly, the only hard knocks I went through was the ones I made for myself. I always had the opportunities to be involved in what ever I chose, including college, but I chose to “do it my way”.
I gave up in school around 7th grade, by 10th I wasn’t even making the effort to show up half the time. If I happen to be there on a test day I wouldn’t take it, even if I knew the material. When I turned 16 I asked my dad if I could take the CA Proficiency Exam and he agreed knowing that it would either be that or I’d end up dropping out. The Proficiency Exam was supposedly based on the state’s projected knowledge level of the upper half of a 12th grade graduating class. This tells me that the level between 7th grade and 12th grade is the same since that was when I stopped learning from the school system. Sad. I took some college classes, but really wasn’t ready to be in an environment that mirrored HS, and that didn’t last long.
In hindsight, it would have been easier to suck it up and get my degree. The issue isn’t money, it’s doors, the number of opportunities that are available grow exponentially w/ the level of education, regardless if the person is an absolute moron when it comes to performance or common sense, w/ exceptions.
The ability to make money is influenced by both, I have done fairly well but I will never be rich and that’s fine w/ me. You can go far w/ intelligence and hard work, but the opportunities are still limited in our highly educated society. An education won’t make you rich either, unless you have a lot to back it up w/ and the motivation to work your ass off for it, exhibit A- my wife.