(04-07-2024, 10:22 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Typically American to believe the only value to an education is in earnings potential.

My mom was the first in her family to go to college and she went to nursing school for her initial two-year degree. In all of my formative years I was never told college was for anything other than to get a degree and get a good job to turn into a career. I was not the college type so I didn't go though I did take classes to be a certified CNA and a phlebotomist. It wasn't until I was in my 30s that anyone told me college isn't to get a job but to learn about and experience things. 

I got paid to learn and experience while in the Army.

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