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In reply to the discussion: The problem I see with our country is that we have lost the capability to delay gratification…. [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)Or not. If you do work, you get an education. If you don't work, you don't get an education. It is that simple. And no, no state requires that you show up for school, your parents require you to show up for school. If they want to keep you home, home school you, they can.
And getting an education is not delaying gratification. You learn to read, and can immediately go out and discover the joy of literature.
And how didn't that education work out so well for the 99%? That is one of the fallacies that I hear around here a lot, that if you get an education, you should immediately get monetary wealth. Education is not about enriching your pocket book, but rather your mind. Sometimes that leads to monetary wealth, sometimes intellectual wealth, sometimes spiritual wealth.
I am a well educated man, but certainly not rich. However I would not trade what I know, the education I got for all the money in the world.