College/University??

[MrRubix]

Originally Posted by bender5

The problem that I have with people is they refuse to believe someone can be educated without formal education.

I've learned so many trade secrets from the best of the best, and when I'm in California I'm going to share as many as I can to the world, so that people become smarter, better people.

You guys just live off of random internet arguments, it's ridiculous.

Nobody here is saying that it's impossible to be educated without formal education. But you'd have to be crazy to think that the two situations are statistically comparable. When you're enrolled in school, you're surrounded by resources, faculty, peers, and opportunities that you just can't get anywhere else.

Granted, you're probably jumping at the screen now, "BUT WHAT ABOUT DA SKILLZ FROM THE STREETZ!" -- alright, there are certain "soft" attributes like networking skills, teamwork, eloquence, articulation, persuasiveness, etc, that are difficult to teach directly at most institutions and are best learned through experience or extensive classwork/projects/extracurricular activities. It's hard to know how to run a business well unless you've actually done it before.

But just because you decided to skip the "educational investment step" and jump straight into business doesn't mean you can crap on everyone else who hasn't had a chance yet to enter that stage of their lives. It's like that kid who turns 15 and suddenly discovers sex and brags to everyone else how much 15-year-old ass he scored last night. Fast forward 5 years later, and that kid is likely an STD-ridden high school dropout with mutated junk and a generous heaping of cold sores where lips once existed.