Education is definitely a privilege, not everyone can afford going to university, and if they do they might even end up in debt Even without a university degree, people can be successful, because through out life you still learn. The only difference is that you receive a degree if you attend university. One can still learn without university, like Andreas Hwang for example, He decided not to go to university after he graduated from High School to pursue his music career. He realized later on that he would still benefit from a university degree, and is now studying political science. It is not necessary to go to university to learn, one can learn from their mistakes, the past and their positive experience. If you keep up with a positive attitude, and motivation to learn to be successful without university’s education still possible.
The great Eckharat Tolle once said, “you cannot become successful. You can only be successful.” Care and attention is the key to success it is not about what you do, it is about how you do it. Some might say that success is a combination of luck and hard work, a concoction of willpower and talent or being at the right place at the right time. These could be the factors of success but they are not the heart of success. Expectations and the definition of success were different and people have different perspectives on success. For example Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day. A high school dropout, as he said “I finally realized that high school didn't make any sense for me then. So I quit.”
The majority of the peers I know, always think that the under achiever in the class would end up as a homeless person. However according to Mrs. Zhang -the wife of the owner of the successful Pinnacle plaza, mall-that is not always true. Since the underachiever obviously did not work hard nor do what he was told, while under the safety net of his family, would fight for survival in society when he is left alone to fend for himself, thus developing what I like to call the survival instinct fit for the urban jungle. The underachiever would do anything to try to earn money, if he has the drive. Thus having the potential of leading a wealthy life. Where as the one who excelled in academics and followed the rules would most likely lead a average life, since he only knows how to follow one line, or he would most likely not work as hard since he has already experienced success before. The theory behind this is because the one who excelled in academics would still carry the illusion of what the society is like, according to what he was told.
In conclusion I agree that you don’t have to go to university to be successful at life, but both sides definitely have its pros and cons. I do believe that being successful is doing something you are good at and enjoy. However I also believe that being really successful at a profession is to choose a career that is rare or uncommon, that would really benefit people, especially the younger generation because being good at a subject is great however being good at something that not just everyone can do is even better, because no one could ever take that away from you, just like the knowledge. No one can take knowledge away from you.
