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Does going to university make one successful?
03-Jun-24
Does higher education determine success? Many assume that university is the determinant of success, but opinions have changed as many people now embrace the fact that there are other alternatives.
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  • not necessarily as many are exceptional with their hands & doing a trade is very rewarding & a very successful vocation
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    • Not necessarily. Some go to Uni cause they don't know what else to do
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      • The step we choose for ourselves to determine the future
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        • It may help you get an interview but surprisingly, it was a negative when I applied to the police service. The betting line was anyone with a degree was just taking an interim job until something better came along. I proved that wrong. It was a rewarding career that I stayed with for over 40 years, in a wide variety of areas of service, so was never bored or stagnant. Truth is, I would have done it for free. Nobody calls police because they are having a good day. I loved the challenges of fixing what needed done for them.
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          • One of many career pathways, univerity degree is an important and useful. However, there are many other ways one can make their career which best suits them.
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            • University diploma is not determinant of success, here is an example of early success: Alexandra Nechita was born in 1985 in Vaslui, Romania but moved with her family to the United States, two years later. She began drawing at the age of two and at the age of eight, she had her first art exhibit at a Los Angeles public library. At the age of 11, the 'Little Picasso' sold her first painting for $100,000.00 US dollars.
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              • Not necessarily. The biggest thing about higher education is that it shows prospective employers that you were able to focus on an objective for an extended length of time and achieve its completion. Depending on the program, it provides knowledge that will further a career in a certain direction. For all programs, it shows that you have an interest in learning and furthering your development. Any future "success" depends on what you consider succesful - money, status, helping others, self-fulfillment..... Your success should be based upon your definition as opposed to someone else's. Being financially flush and moving up the food chain is all fine and good. However, if you are unhappy, then you really haven't achieved success. Whatever the definition of success, you should feel fulfilled.
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                • depends on the career choice
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                  • no
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                    • Not really
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                      • No.
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                        • Define success!. Are you going to heaven? If you follow beliefs now being taught in universities, likely not....therefore unsuccessful
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                          • Yes, No, Maybe.
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                            • Nope. Going to university often makes those people think they deserve to be paid more simply because they have a piece of paper from a university - which more often than not has no connection to their job at all. University courses are often more academic and largely theoretical, book work, research level which bare little relation to the real world of employment. Often a better option is a technical institute which teaches real world skills and can even have work placement schemes as part of the course, where students go into real businesses for a time to gain actual workplace experience. (These days some technical institutes are also universities, so you get both the degree and the useful skills.) It is utterly ridiculous that so many governments keep trying to push everyone to go to university, only to then turn around and complain about not having anybody to do the "lesser" (often far more important) jobs and have to try to get people from other countries to come in to do those jobs. Similarly ridiculous is the current push to get all kids learning to 'code' (write computer programs). 🙄
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                              • No
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                                • Hell no, I've known people with phds who deliver pizza. University is just an excuse to party and not enter the real world of adulthood for the majority that go.
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                                  • NO
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                                    • University is not the be-all to education. Experience is a great teacher.
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                                      • No it does not guarantee but it does give you a better chance of getting a better job I did my massage course at 51 and it was the best thing I have ever done it ment that I could help a lot of people in need of thier problems I have helped a lot of people and am self employed still working part time for those that need my help
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                                        • NO. Universities today and for past 20 years in the WESTern countries have stopped education, and have been programming, They don't get marked or tested to see if they learnt anything. Unfortunately, the greater % are uneducated and believe they are owed everything for nothing. Todays standard is around about year 11 in the 60s. REALLY SAD,
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                                          • No it does not guarantee success. It is how you apply yourself in the job you choose that can determine how well you do.
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                                            • No. There's no honest nor direct correlation between Higher Education and "Success" (whatever that means). Whatever is learned, harnessed, practised, liked and deployed with discipline, could help to make 'some people' moderately comfortable and be able to pay their bills/taxes...maybe even find a bit for investments and retirement survival. being a life-long learner may be more useful, while universities could help with some foundation. I still prefer a doctor (M.D.) and Engineer with higher than secondary school education.
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                                              • Having an education doe's not always make you successful.
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                                                • no
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                                                  • No. There are lot of very successful people in the world who have never been anywhere near a university. Many of them have not even completed secondary school. It’s all about seeing opportunities and being able to take them when they present and knowing the right people to encourage and guide you with the big decisions in life. A lot of success comes to your door And it also depends on yiur own view of what successfulness is in life. Remember health is the top of the pole to being successful It’s not necessary to have money, it’s all about your own personal Ethics snd Goals and attaining them.
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                                                    • no
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                                                      • no
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                                                        • Many jobs do recommend university credentials depending on what you want you yearn to be in life.
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                                                          • I agree with your Post. Question and answered very well. But above all, if you managed to secure employment GRAB IT with BOTH HANDS!
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                                                            • in some industries a degree is still classed as necessary. I personally think it depends what type of career you are planing on. Mostly no extra education is needed as mostly it comes from books and the tutors opinions
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                                                              • yer there are other ways of getting you skills require for the job that you want.
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                                                                • no
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                                                                  • It depends on what you want from life or what career you're going for.
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                                                                    • NOT REALLY, COLLEGE DOESN'T MAKE YOU SMART..
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                                                                      • Ive done a Certificate 1V at TAFE still doesn't guarantee you a job too many people in this country looking for work
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                                                                        • Im successful and I didn’t go to university
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                                                                          • University is good for some things but these days learning a trade would be much more profitable. In the office where I work there are lots of people with university degrees and none of them are working in their field of study. I am their "Team Coach" and I don't have a university degree.(No student debt at all.)
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                                                                            • no, lots of time after you graduate you cannot find a job in your field.
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                                                                              • No. Only if you USE what you have learned!
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                                                                                • Higher education means you need money.
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                                                                                  • What does success mean? Having a large bank account, a house, or two, a car or more, children ? There are so many ways to measure success. It is possible to not have your own house or a car or a large bank account but be successful. So to answer your question NO higher education doesn't necessarily determine success.
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                                                                                    • No because company’s don’t want to pay
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                                                                                      • Depends on the person everyone is different
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                                                                                        • Absolutely not . I know plenty of people with degrees after their names and are as dumb as a post. They may have book smarts but life skills and people skills are sorely lacking.
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                                                                                          • Just another thing to put on resume
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                                                                                            • It is possible that one can be overeducated and be an underachiever.
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                                                                                              • No you can be successful without University it is called hard work
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                                                                                                • Hell no ..!!
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                                                                                                  • YES IN THIS DAY AND AGE THIS IS A MUST
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                                                                                                    • All depends on what you learn while you are there and what you do with it.
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                                                                                                      • there are plenty successful educated idiots in my workplace. going to university made them a bigger successful idiot. I'm going to tell you how to do your job even though you've been doing it longer than me. yep going University made them successful.
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                                                                                                        • Not really, in many cases not what you know it is who you know
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                                                                                                          • Yes it's a run in your ladder of succes
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                                                                                                            • No. We have so many university graduates in the unemployment lines these days.
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                                                                                                              • YES - it will expand your horizons on intangible levels - the ability to think outside of the box - however, it will NOT guarantee you will be successful on tangible levels - getting a good paying JOB!
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                                                                                                                • no
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                                                                                                                  • Some courses by the time you finish them there is no vacancies. They may have been pleading for more to train when you started uni or tafe
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