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What’s your opinion on school? (US) (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Smokescreen69@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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Hi guys,

So I got a question what is your opinion at school. Online I often see entrepreneurs bashing school saying stuff like “A students work for C students” and stories about how people are making million dollar businesses being high school or college dropouts and school sucks and it does nothing for you and yada yada. However in my real life I’ve noticed the most successful entrepreneurs tend to be people who gone to school and who give it at least some value.

Personally, I’ll admit I just love learning and I did pretty well in high school ( like top 10 percentile on SATs wel) and experimentation on concepts. I also had really good teachers to help me out who gave me a lot of wisdom, so I might be cheating a little but I never felt that school was as bad as people made it sound. I’m not saying school is perfect or doesn’t need and hell I’m uneven an entrepreneur ( yet ).

But I’m curious do you buy into the school sucks garbage or is it just an online thing only?

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[–] Apprehensive_Yak_276@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I went to a good private school and have a Bachelor's degree, and as a result, I've been able to create a platform for employment and a safety net from severe poverty. So school essentially helps you build cushions for when and if you want to take yourself to the level of business owner.
Will academic achievement alone help someone achieve entrepreneurial success? No. Not in isolation. I've read a lot of sales and marketing books since college, and to put it simply, there are people skills and aspects of human psychology that academia cannot teach or would be inappropriate to teach.

If you'd want to close the wealth and entrepreneurial gap and not be employed forever, you should read and experience what it's like to sell something at a young age. This will help in determining what environment you'd require to succeed (as to talent and resources).