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Where I come from, experience and dedication to the job pays just as well as education, but still I am in school at my wife's request.
When I was 18, I got a job in a textiles plant and within 1 year I was the manager, being responsible for keeping the production moving so as to not bottleneck the entire process. I was called the youngest and brightest dyer in the state, under my dad who was the best-paid dyer in NC.
Then I went to Mexico on a mission for the church.
When I got back, I got a job being in charge of the workers on an assembly line and was able to hire or fire whoever I wanted to. Due to a competitor for employees getting preference because of family ties, I quit that job. I quickly found an entry-level position as a mairoom attendant with possibility to advance to whatever position I wanted to after 2 years. When the two years was up, I could have chosen to be trained in computers to be on the helpdesk team, or the networking/firewall area, or various other places. I was also asked to join the Claims department. Everyone in the company liked me, when I decided to go to school for a degree in Spanish, the president of the company tried to talk me out of it and offered me more money to stay. I could not because I was expected of my wife to go to college for that degree.
What I am saying here is that I personally believe that a good personality, good work ethics, and ability to work one's way up the workplace ladder is just as good as Education. on Donald Trump's Apprentice, we see Street Smarts doing just as well in the tasks (sometimes better) as the ones with three degrees from the most prestigious schools. But no matter if this is true...education is still talked about as the only real choice.
BTW...I did not have a good enough SAT score to have ever qualified to get into college, but because I am now an adult student, all I had to do was pass 1 math course to prove that I was ready to work for what I wanted and I was in. I am now a Senior and will graduate in May. This semester completes all my required courses, and I have two electives left. I'll be getting a job in January while taking those remaining classes online.
And I have no idea what type of job I want.
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