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If someone like our writer here took an unusual road, and made great success, can that be generalized?
I mean, this can't be standardized. So, what message are we delivering? We can't encourage not going to college, and we can't deny the success of some stories. So what do you think?
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I don't think it is controversial. It depends on where you live, how and what success looks like according to society's standards. Also, the generation one comes from, and more factors. I think the author is trying to communicate that there are many paths to success. His was an unusual path in the society he lives in.Hager Salem wrote: ↑21 Nov 2022, 13:32 I've been confused and would love to know what you all think.
If someone like our writer here took an unusual road, and made great success, can that be generalized?
I mean, this can't be standardized. So, what message are we delivering? We can't encourage not going to college, and we can't deny the success of some stories. So what do you think?
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I think it's encouraging to see there are other options. If you fail collage, if you lose job or hate the job you do. That it's not collage Vs minimum salary.
Also it's encouraging for people that want to do something else than college but feel the society is pushing them that way.
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I completely agree with you. The author is only trying to change the narrative of college being the only way to success.Kelsey Roy wrote: ↑01 Dec 2022, 18:51 I think our society has tried to generalize the other way, that college is the only route to success. Rusk simply seems to be advocating for choice. He states in the book that some careers require degrees, and NEED degrees. But simply attending college out of duty or a poorly thought out future isn’t the answer. He seems to be saying, “Hey! You CAN follow you passion and be successful, and that doesn’t ALWAYS mean college!”
You can also make it without going to college.
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Well, I think Rusk is letting someone like that know that they can actually make it without having to subject themselves to unnecessary torture. As long as they have a clear vision.
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