it's very trendy to say don't go to

college well I'm here today to tell you

that you should go to college if you're

not going to go you better have a really

good plan you better have a plan to do

something that is equally as productive

like Vocational School like trade school

like an apprenticeship all those things

are great but just because you heard

some random online Internet Guru say

don't go to college drop out and start

your own business does not mean that's

going to work for you most of the time

these gurus went to college they even

went to graduate school and they

wouldn't be in the place that they are

today if they didn't go to college and

there's no reason that you can't have a

try try starting your own business on

the side along with going to college and

when I say go to college I don't mean go

to an expensive School expensive out of

state school and get any random degree

cuz a lot of degrees are useless because

the reason you should be going to

college is purely to get a job is for

economic reasons so if you're going to

go to college do it the cheapest way

possible go to Community College for 2

years it's cheap in a lot of places it's

free live at home then transfer to a

cheap State College there's lots of

options to do it the cheapest possible

way work a part-time job the problem

with college is getting into massive

debt avoid debt get a useful degree the

point of college is to get get that

certification that is going to open

opportunities for the future because a

lot of jobs they require that for career

growth within the company it opens doors

yes it is a piece of paper but a it's a

piece of paper that shows that you're

willing to stick with something for 4

years and I know so many people that

have made excuses of oh I'm going to you

know drop out of college and then they

get stuck in a dead end job and then

they start getting more and more builds

and it becomes harder and harder to

reenroll in college so just start at a

local community college make it make it

easy it doesn't need to be stressful

just make sure you are enrolled in

working towards something the worst

thing you can do is go to an expensive

out of state school and major in

something useless like women studies or

gender studies and racking up hundreds

of thousands in student loan debt and in

these degrees they teach you that the

system is a problem so you just become

basically a parasite in society because

the only way that these degrees can make

money is to get a master's and a PhD so

they can teach other people the same

useless garbage it's literally a Ponzi

scheme that's how a Ponzi scheme

functions now those are all useless

degrees what you should do again it's a

totally economic decision is look up the

majors that pay the most that have the

highest starting salary and major in

those major in accounting major in

Engineering in nursing and things that

are actually useful not these Ponzi

scheme useless degrees just look it up

it's a completely economic decision just

have a calculator of how much it's going

to cost you after four years maybe even

plan for 5 Years cuz sometimes it takes

longer how much debt are you going to

get into or no debt avoid debt debt is a

problem not College to help you

visualize how much College cost and the

different options and how to do it the

cheapest way possible and how much money

that you can save I made this Excel

sheet so let's take a look at this so

the most expensive option would be to go

to a private school or out of state

school where tuition is going to be very

expensive yearly times 4 and sometimes

most people go to 4 years 5 years maybe

even 6 years so it may even cost even

more and then living on your own and

then other expensive it adds up very

quickly and we can see that let's say

you were going to pay this 30 years how

much you're going to have to pay a month

again this is assuming no interest so it

probably be even more is this much for

30 years of your life that is a lot of

money so this this is not a good option

at all no one should do that unless you

have a lot of money and then we have

going to a state school really expensive

you know cheaper tuition housing again

housing is really expensive in America

this is still a lot of money it's not

quite as much as going to a private or

out of state school but it's still a lot

of money to pay per month so let's not

do that either and then we have this

option where you go to a community

college

and you're able to find a local state

school but living at home you're working

a part-time job this not may not be a

choice for everyone but if you can do

this this is going to be extremely cheap

you could probably even pay for this

yourself if you work full-time like a

lot of people do and then this is

nothing this is very affordable and

again you could be in completely no debt

because this amount of money to pay

monthly is lifechanging being in that

amount of debt will you for the

rest of your life so make sure that

you're not getting into debt so this is

the best option or let's say that you

live at home for the first two years you

go to Community College and then you go

away the tuition and then the living

cost still that's very affordable but

again you need to think about this have

an Excel sheet and visualize how much

money this is actually going to cost and

if it's worth it future self is going to

thank you and at the at the 2-year

Community College you can get an

associate degree an associate degree for

transfer and then you can transfer to a

state college you can transfer to a

cheap college and get your degree done

for as cheap as possible and avoid debt

apply for as much financial aid as

possible for scholarships there's lots

of things that you should be doing but

the important thing is to avoid debt

because the student loans are very high

they're almost they're Usery in

Community College since it's a lot

cheaper you can change your major a

bunch of times I changed my major five

times you can try out so many different

things and you don't have to worry about

this huge financial burden and the good

thing is that even with something like

an associates degree way more

opportunities will open up and and you

can try out working in lots of different

jobs to see what you actually like

because the college degree isn't

everything it opens the door but having

work experience is just as important an

associates degree with a lot of work

experience can make you even more than a

bachelor's but again it's about getting

those initial doors open you cannot

depend on your college degree alone

reason you're going to college is to get

a job if you want to learn about

something just watch YouTube there's so

many YouTube videos if you just want to

learn college is about getting a job but

maybe you aren't interested in those

things so if you are going to major in

something like history philosophy some

sort of social science those normally

require a master's degree and you just

need to come to terms with that you can

still do that in a really cheap way but

the reality is in a lot of other Majors

you're going to need a master's degree

and again the point of college is to get

a job another disclaimer you should know

is that walking in the college know that

it's a propaganda Camp it is woke it is

completely brain dead they're going to

teach you exactly what to believe how to

think it's group think there's a lack of

critical thinking skills you are not

going to learn critical thinking skills

from your college professors they're

just going to teach you what to believe

again the only reason you're going to

college is for the credentials and just

because you have to go to this

propaganda Camp doesn't mean you can't

say anything you should say stuff you

should speak out and speak the truth on

your campus because they are going to

teach you try and teach you some

dogmatic belief system the only reason

you're going is just to get your

credentials because the reality is you

may not like that but you basically need

a college degree to succeed for 90% of

people that's the reality and they make

you take lots of different classes in in

general and I didn't understand this

like why do I have to take all these

random classes but it honestly makes

sense because they try and I mean

traditionally they try and expose you to

lots of different things like I took

lots of random classes like Italian

Cinema like philosophy of science like

women's psychology like fashion all

these things I mean they may not make

immediate sense but you may use it later

in your life a good example is that

Steve Jobs the founder of Apple he had

to take a calligraphy class in college

and he saw all these you know cool

writings and and that gave him the idea

to have fonts on Apple Computers so it's

little things like that that may not

make sense in the moment but they may

actually be useful later in life when an

employer is looking to hire people they

try to weed people out and that's why

they look for people with bachelor's

degrees because they see that that

person can stick with something for four

years for 5 years versus a person with

no bachelor's degree well they we don't

know how long they'll stick with

something again it's just a quick thing

it's a quick credential it's a quick way

to weed people out and I'm I'm not

saying that a college degree is the only

way to do that I'm actually a huge

proponent of Vocational School of

learning a trait of becoming electrician

a plumber a carpenter Jesus was a

carpenter that's Chad work and it makes

you so much money it's all about how

motivated you are to continue to learn

and expand your skills and you will

stick for something even when times get

tough that is what an employer is

looking for and that's what a bachelor's

degree or vocational training shows

the best time to learn a new skill to go

to school to go back to school to go to

Vocational School to enroll in a coding

boot camp is right now the more you put

it off to that's just doing a disservice

to your future self and it becomes less

likely that you're actually going to do

it I know so many people who make

excuses of why they can't do it of why

they you know dropped out cuz you know

classes aren't in person whatever it is

but then they you know they get more

hours at work then bills start piling up

and that's how they eventually get stuck

in a dead-end job where they're living

paycheck to paycheck and they can never

get ahead so the best time to do it is

right now and if you're in a dead end

job right now you can still go back to

school there's so many online options at

least get your associates degree your

future self is going to thank you but it

all goes back to taking action right now

don't put it off don't make excuses many

people go to college for the wrong

reasons for emotional reasons they want

the glamour they want the college

experience but that's how you end up in

a lot of debt and screwing up over your

future selves four years of pleasure for

being in debt for the rest of your life

or you can do it in an economical way

and your future self will thank you the

huge benefit of college is that it buys

you time to start a YouTube channel to

do an internship to learn new skills to

volunteer again the younger you are use

that time it is so valuable in high

school in college because the older you

get the less time you're going to have

time is your most valuable resource when

you are young so do not waste it and

next I want to show you a clip from

Jordan Peterson talking about college

but this is a type of mindset that we

should be listening to not the mindset

that says oh no no don't go to college

all all college is bad no listen to what

he has to say possible that college

isn't for you you know I mean there's

other things you can do that are

productive if you're wondering if you're

a high school student and you're

wondering if college is for you one of

the things I would recommend is choose

as an alternative something equally or

more

difficult and I would say to all of you

if you're ever facing a decision in your

life this is kind of a good rule of

thumb because you you always have to ask

yourself is this not right for me or am

I just useless and

lazy and and and looking for an easy way

out right

because some and some people are more

prone to that than others if you're not

very conscientious for example you're

going to be more prone to that sort of

thing but it's good to keep yourself in

check and so maybe you're not doing very

well in your job and you think

well I should either do a better job at

my job or maybe I should find a new job

and it's hard to do better at your

job and so then you might wonder if your

decision to find a new job is just an

escape but if the rule is you'll only

escape to something equally or more

difficult or more challenging let's say

then you you kind of check yourself

against your own

Temptation and that's that's a useful

thing to do and so I would say well if

you're a high school kid and you don't

want to go to college now let's recap

everything that I just said go to

college but do it in the cheapest way

possible or go to Vocational School do

something that is going to further you

in your career so you're not in a

dead-end job if you're in a dead- end

job right now it's never too late to go

back and to get some training education

that can help you make more money maybe

it could just be associates degree again

these things just open doors it is never

too late I have seen 50-year-olds in my

classes with multiple children who have

had multiple different careers going

back to college they don't make excuses

they're working full-time but again it

gets harder with age but it is never too

late to go back and to learn more but

you're going to college out of an

economic decision to make the most money

you can learn skills on YouTube what

you're interested in I don't think

that's the point of college just go on

YouTube if you want to learn about

something but work experience is also

very important so make sure you're

getting that in college while you're

doing it in the cheapest way possible

you need to be motivated and no matter

what you are doing you need to be

motivated and productive and if you have

any questions I can answer them in the

comments I have a video about this on my

other channel I made a few years ago if

you want to learn more about the subject

I also had a good conversation with my

friend John about College and Career so

I think these videos you know if you're

a young person those are going to be

extremely helpful but think about your

future self do things that are going to

help your future self do not live for

the moment delay gratification put in

the hard work now and make your future

self say hey I'm glad I put in all that

hard work because you will reap the

benefit later in life thank you so much

God bless

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