What’s More Valuable-a Degree or Job Experience?
I remember taking my last collegiate final at the University of Hartford. I literally walked out of my Entrepreneurial Studies classroom with a smile that was far from scholarly, giving an overtly jubilant high-five to the nearest bystander.
Yet as I would soon discover, there was a lot more than that kid I didn’t know (and still don’t!)
“Go to college,” your high school teachers would say,“get a degree,” they continued, “get a job,” they promised…
More than 65% of high-schoolers who graduated will go to college that following fall semester. One thing I still don't understand is the societal norms that emphasize and push high school students into college. Realistically speaking, a piece of paper isn’t going to pick-a-lock that’s going to open the door that is opportunity. So, what separates you from everyone else in America who is graduating in 2018 and about to enter the workforce?