Why do grades matter/Education argument thread

[Akio]

cause you need good grades to go to college and you need a college diploma if you want a good job and you need a good job to live comfortably.

there are exceptions but generally that's the way to go

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[e-maxx]

Here in my garage with this uh new Lamborghini here

[Lord Tony®]

cause you need good grades to go to college and you need a college diploma if you want a good job and you need a good job to live comfortably.

there are exceptions but generally that's the way to go

There is a stuff ton of rich people with a good job that never had a college diploma.

[Akio]

there are exceptions but generally that's the way to go

[Lord Tony®]

You can also be a walmart store manager and make about 300,000+ a year. You don't even need a degree.

[Katadeus]

Here in my garage with this uh new Lamborghini here

fun to ride it around here in the hollywood hills

[Trymos]

cause you need good grades to go to college and you need a college diploma if you want a good job and you need a good job to live comfortably.

there are exceptions but generally that's the way to go

there must be a stuffton of exceptions then.
see: specialized IT pays a stuffton no diploma actually needed.
there are a stuffton more jobs that pay extremely well that you don't realize.
apprenticeships and stuff are more likely to net you jobs then college ever will.
apprenticeships actually get you paid while you work, not the other way around like college.
as long as you're willing to do the dirty work at least.

[IkeTheGeneric]

yeah you can strike lucky with a job that suits you but to break into the job market having a degree in anything generally helps

[Jairo]

There is a stuff ton of rich people with a good job that never had a college diploma.

and a stuff ton of rich people without diplomas went to college but dropped out

[MoltenKitten]

There is a stuff ton of rich people with a good job that never had a college diploma.

Because they already knew what college was trying to teach them. These people were also some of the first people to do what they do so unless you have a great idea noone else has and the knowledge to pull it off good luck becoming rich.

[Nonnel]

Become a nihilist and you'll find your answer

[Trymos]

yeah you can strike lucky with a job that suits you but to break into the job market having a degree in anything generally helps

apprenticeships actually give you one of two things more important then degrees: experience
go to an employer and say which would he hire: the guy that got out of college with a degree or the guy with 4 years of experience without a degree who got laid off (not fired)
99% of the time the employer will pick mr experience.

But ofc there's one thing that will bypass literally any job restriction: recommendation from a friend that works there.

you could have none of the requirements but a friend recommendation would still net you the job.

so if you are going to college for the love of God make friends there you seriously don't know how useful that is.

hell apply it to any job not just college jobs.

TL;DR: experience overrules degrees, friend recommendations overrule everything

College just isn't that worthwhile anymore since everybody is going to do it, that's why experience overrule degrees in the first place.

[ultimamax]

I don't honestly believe that someone without some kind of learning disability should be failing high school

Unless you're like being forced to only take AP classes or some stuff you can scale the difficulty of your courses and then with enough studying you should be fine

It's up to you to make sure you understand the material.

I guess if your teachers are just total trash then you might have an excuse. But they're likely fine unless the entire rest of your class is failing as well.

Grades matter for getting into college. That's about it though.

[ultimamax]

You can also be a walmart store manager and make about 300,000+ a year. You don't even need a degree.

It takes a special kind of person to achieve that. Not everybody is capable of being Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.

[Clownfish]

words

when did I say I was failing?
I'm just pissed off I have two c's because I'm bad at teaching myself