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Originally Posted by Soukus
I don't mean to single you out, but this story is too common.
First, would you have had the money to buy all those homes as investments when you were 18 yrs old? If not, then you really didn't have the opportunity to make millions.
2nd- Were you assured a $50K/yr job at 18 yrs old? If not, then college was the right decision.
Finally, why did you choose poli-sci? Were you going to gen a law degree after? How was a poli-sci degree going to make you $50k/per year back then? This is the big problem with college and what kids and their parents don't realize.
You are not guaranteed a job after college. It was never like that,meven in the 80s. Chosing a "useless" degree and wasting 4-5 years of tuition and time was not the fault of the colleges...it was the student's and the parent's fault. Some parents are tickled silly over the thought of their child going to college, but don't about think nor appreciate the bigger picture...
Basically, if you don't have a career plan before college and you chose a degree that can't be marketed and will not be in demand in 4-5 yrs, rethink college.
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Graduated from HS in 1982
US Army Military Police 1982-1985
Job Offer from Los Angeles PD in late 1985 (easy 50k per year in late 80's). Went home to Cincy instead. U of Cincinnati 1985 till 1990. Your right, should have attended business school instead of liberal arts. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid...Graduated 1990
Drove 914 2.0 back to SoCal in 1990 for Cop-Job.
Immediately started working lots of overtime and saving money...bought first house in 1991. Married a RE agent. She became a RE Broker. Started Property Mgmt Company...
I wasted 5 years in college.