A smart person knows when education is necessary or not.

Here's what I thought was an interesting question.

Does "everyone" really "Need" an "advanced" education?

I am inclined to think the answer is "no".

As a society that has knowingly created artificial boundaries and "classes, we seem to love to create hoops that people must jump through to "prove" they are worthy of recognition that do not necessarily have anything or much at all to do with what might actually be necessary to have comprehension of.

First of all, not everyone aspires to be an accountant, Doctor, IT Specialist, etc.. and so on.

Some folks just don't think along those lines, other folks simply aren't capable of thinking along those lines.

As a matter of fact, education has become so synonymous with intell8igence that as a society, far too many people believe that an un-educated person (meaning formally, in a school building) is also un-intelligent as well.

Intelligence and education are two different things though.

Personally, I think we have far too many educated idiots wandering around getting paid to look smart and act smart without actually being smart. Simply educated.

At the same time, there are countless people in the world who accomplish incredible things with only the things they have at hand and the people around them willing to help.

The things we value the most, like leadership skills, integrity, courtesy, problem solving, relating to others, etc.. are things that are learned but not necessarily taught in a classroom. These are things learned by experience, observation, and practice.

Sadly, unless we have a piece of paper saying that certain people at a certain institution recognize that you paid to learn these things from them, most people refuse to acknowledge it.

The piece of paper is about money and class-ism. You can change your "class" by making more money.

I say, don't climb the class ladder. Stay as far away from it as possible.

If you want and find you have a need for advanced education, it should be there for you and you should be able to pursue it if you want.

If you don't have such a need, then don't feel bad or guilty or somehow less than anyone else about not having said advanced education.

The American dream was never about making more money, it was about being who you want to be. It has been corrupted and co-opted by people playing the class-ladder game.

The American dream is about opportunities. About making choices for yourself and not forced to live by the rules of a group, religion or government.

ONE of those choices is the ability to accumulate wealth, IF that is what a person desires. If you are one of those people, fine,so be it, pursue your wealth and I hope you enjoy it by (I also hope you obtain it legally and ethically).

There are so many other choices we can male in our lives, for our lives that don't necessitate the accumulation of wealth. Those are viable choices as well.

Don't allow the one choice of wealth accumulation to be the standard, the measuring stick against which all other choices are made.

Money is not why one should choose advanced education in their lives. Goals, life pursuits, those are what should be your primary motivations, for wanting an advanced education.

You don't need an advanced education to be "smart" or intelligent. You were smart or intelligent without that education. Education only gives you more information, more tools to use as an intelligent person. Education isn't what makes you smart in the first place.