For Those Who Didn't Go To College...

[arabic187]

Is that a terrorist threat?

Go ask your mother

 

[yurdady1]

no one can ever take away your education...i feel it is the most valueable resourse a person can have

That's awesome...lol...ur saying that education is the most "valueable resourse"...yes it is! :laugh: :thumb:

 

[Bender]

I went to catering college.

Then thought about a change of career and went to hairdressing college, but dropped out. I was the only guy in a room of girls :sleepy:

 

[bigmack]

like they say, the lessons you learn in LIFE are more important than anything school can teach

yea that has truth to it,but sometimes people take it too literally and use it as an excuse to not go to school,which is wrong.

 

[Beautiful Angel]

an education is a great thing to have, at least around here you can get better jobs by just having a degree whether it has to do with that field or not

 

[Casey]

dont worry _carmi. ill let you know if/when we do a show in montreal.

SiGh, I'm doing OK and I have my own house. Give me 4 months until the new album comes out and i'll be doing a lot better.

 

[ill-matic]

Education is important.

 

[SiGh]

Knowledge is everything. And how you use it.

You can be smart as shit, but if you're wasting it, then theres no point. You gotta use everything you know to the fullest.

 

[Freedom Froggy]

Knowledge is everything. And how you use it.

You can be smart as shit, but if you're wasting it, then theres no point. You gotta use everything you know to the fullest.

you saying sell large amounts of drugs .... im talkin pablo escobar large...but dont get caught?

 

[Tru Principle]

Well I can understand how in some cases somebody can get an amazing job that would last a life time and only have a highschool education. However for us people who want to be come Doctors, Scientists, Engineers, Lawyers etc.. You can't become any of those with out an education from a college/university.

I know education isn't everything in life, but while you're in life you need an education to be able to sustain your self in those types of fields.

 

[SiGh]

you saying sell large amounts of drugs .... im talkin pablo escobar large...but dont get caught?

at the end of the day froggie thats what im saying. lmfao.

they can rape u of ur money. but never ur knowledge.

 

[Rahim]

Im just at a local college, upgrading, need certain marks to get into this course I want..which is Wirless Communications

 

[Pittsey]

I didn't make the most of my education. I left school with good grades at 16, but I never applied myself and should have come out with all A's. I didn't go to college, I was troublesome and spent 2 years doing dumb stuff that could've lost me my life or seen me spend a few years behind bars. When I was 18 I fell into an apprenticeship which saw me study part-time for about 8 years. I sorted myself out and I'm now doing pretty well in the field of engineering.


However if I knew what I knew now I would have done better at school and I also would have followed higher education and on to University.

Academics aren't the most important thing in success, but to most people they're the only way you will be succesful. It's easy for me to say with hindsight, but if you don't try hard at school you are fucked. If you don't believe me listen to 2pac. Nah Mean.

 

[Bobby Sands]

I finished school.I got about 300 points in my finals.out of 600.I hated school.Im in college now studying Construction.There are great jobs out of Construction here in Ireland.Its where the money is.But i dont know if that is what i want to do.I dont really like college.

 

[Casey]

I didn't make the most of my education. I left school with good grades at 16, but I never applied myself and should have come out with all A's. I didn't go to college, I was troublesome and spent 2 years doing dumb stuff that could've lost me my life or seen me spend a few years behind bars. When I was 18 I fell into an apprenticeship which saw me study part-time for about 8 years. I sorted myself out and I'm now doing pretty well in the field of engineering.


However if I knew what I knew now I would have done better at school and I also would have followed higher education and on to University.

Academics aren't the most important thing in success, but to most people they're the only way you will be succesful. It's easy for me to say with hindsight, but if you don't try hard at school you are fucked. If you don't believe me listen to 2pac. Nah Mean.

I think there's plenty of routes that one can take to be successful. And not all of them follow the education route.

 

[Pittsey]

I think there's plenty of routes that one can take to be successful. And not all of them follow the education route.

You were lucky. Not everyone is, even the most talented. If you have an education to fall back on you are always free to follow your dreams. An education is a great cushion.

A friend of mine was a promising professional footballer. He put of signing pro forms until he had completed Uni. A year after he signed he damaged his knee and could never play again. A lot of people he played with also got cut. Most never got an education. While most of them are labourers on a building site, he works in the city earning 100K + .

 

[Casey]

You were lucky. Not everyone is, even the most talented. If you have an education to fall back on you are always free to follow your dreams. An education is a great cushion.

A friend of mine was a promising professional footballer. He put of signing pro forms until he had completed Uni. A year after he signed he damaged his knee and could never play again. A lot of people he played with also got cut. Most never got an education. While most of them are labourers on a building site, he works in the city earning 100K + .

I know I was lucky, but that doesn't mean I didn't work my ass off to get where I'm at.

And I wasn't just talking about my personal experience either, I know many people that have carved out extremely successful careers with no education past high school, and not just in music or the arts.

I agree that it is a great cushion. But it's definately not a necessity in order to be a success.

 

[newbiepwnz]

I cant even get through 9th grade without skipping classes... How ya do it?!

 

[jbrolax]

I got expelled from school at 16 for allegedly selling weed. (I was selling weed, but I never sold any to the kids that told the staff I was selling it... lil bastards)

Anyway then a few months later I went to jail for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill (read: attempted murder) , got out on bail, got convicted of affray, got put on probation.

Then I started recording tracks with my cousin who is a famous producer, and we re-formed the band Swami, released an album "DesiRock" when I was 17, it sold shitloads independantly, we toured around the world, supported the Beastie Boys amongst loads of other shows.

Then when I turned 18 we started writing the new album, as well as re-doing the entire first album, with live instruments, and with me replacing all the vocals from the other MC that got kicked out, as well as re-doing all my ones, and we did a deal with Sony to release that in India. Then we toured India and did a $80,000 video for the lead track "DesiRock", then we headlined at the MTV Style Awards which is one of the biggest awards shows in India.

Oh, and I also bought a house and got a mortgage with the money I made off the UK release in 2004.

Now, I'm about to turn 19 (on Feb 11th), and we're in a bidding war with several major international labels for our next release, which we're hoping to get finished by the end of Feb, and get it released internationally by May, followed by a UK tour in June, and a world tour in July/August.


Fuck school, follow your dreams.

i didnt know any of this...thats awsome:thumb:

 

[S O F I]

I don't see education as just a means of gaining financial stability. There is more to it.