"Getting a degree is a much surer path to success"- Bill Gates

fuad lawal

June 3, 2015 8:54 PM

Bill Gates, the richest man in the world for the 16th time, American business magnate and philanthropist, has reiterated the need for higher education, noting that although he dropped out and got lucky but getting a degree is a much surer path to success.

The Microsoft Founder was earlier this year named world richest man for the 16th time in 21 years by Forbes.

“Although I dropped out of college and got lucky pursuing a career in software, getting a degree is a much surer path to success.College graduates are more likely to find a rewarding job, earn higher income, and even, evidence shows, live healthier lives than if they didn’t have degrees,” he wrote on his blog.

He went on “It’s always moving to sit down with students and hear the stories of why they decided to drop out.

Many of them are poor and often the first person in their families to go to college. They arrive on campus with big aspirations to get a degree and start a career that would earn a good salary. Then their dreams unravel.

Many quit when they realize that their high schools didn’t prepare them academically for college.

Some don’t make it because they can’t afford tuition. Others leave after getting overwhelmed trying to navigate the college system without enough personal guidance from their college.

All leave school with a lot of debt and, even worse, a diminished sense of themselves. Their entire sense of what they can achieve in life is damaged.

The fact that a high percentage of people who don’t finish college are from low-income backgrounds should be a concern for all of us.

Without degrees, they are more likely to stay trapped in poverty”.

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