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dolphingirlThis is random, but I was thinking about it recently. I've decided one of my major pet peeves is wealthy people who don't get a college degree. I don't mean well-to-do or upper middle class--I mean Scrooge McDuck, Daddy Warbucks kind of wealthy.
Think about it. You could probably get in anywhere, and you're sure to get in somewhere. They'll probably wave you in based on having gone to Exeter or whatever schmancy private school you were sent to, and even if you're a complete idiot your parents could grease the skids by buying them a library or something. I'm fairly sure the admission process is a little less stringent when you can pay the entire four years of tuition up front, in cash. You don't have to worry about how to pay tuition, or paying for your textbooks or lab fees, or having to do a work-study or get a part-time (or full-time) job to pay your bills while trying to maintain your GPA.
People say "Well, they don't have to go to school because they have enough money," but that's the point. You could study whatever you want without worrying about whether it will get you a job when you're finished. You can do it simply because it interests you, and if it's the history of 15th-century Flemish art, so be it. I can't imagine with the number of schools and majors there are, there isn't at least one thing that actually interests you or that you're good at. If you have a learning disability or college "isn't for you," you can afford a cadre of tutors and assistants to help you. You could afford to take one or two classes at a time and live off campus, so you don't have to deal with some cuntrag roommate making your life miserable. And you probably won't be tempted to blow off your studying to go to some pissant kegger when you went to Ibiza over the summer.
You don't have to go right away, either. You can take time to travel or "find yourself" first. Or if you want to do something that is better to start while you're younger, like athletics, acting or modeling (real modeling, not that dilettante bullshit that people who are famous for no reason do every once in a while so they can say they have a career), then by all means do that first and go to school later.
I just don't get why you wouldn't want to get a higher education at all when there's really nothing stopping you. If I had that much money, I'd have at least half a dozen degrees by now :P
Think about it. You could probably get in anywhere, and you're sure to get in somewhere. They'll probably wave you in based on having gone to Exeter or whatever schmancy private school you were sent to, and even if you're a complete idiot your parents could grease the skids by buying them a library or something. I'm fairly sure the admission process is a little less stringent when you can pay the entire four years of tuition up front, in cash. You don't have to worry about how to pay tuition, or paying for your textbooks or lab fees, or having to do a work-study or get a part-time (or full-time) job to pay your bills while trying to maintain your GPA.
People say "Well, they don't have to go to school because they have enough money," but that's the point. You could study whatever you want without worrying about whether it will get you a job when you're finished. You can do it simply because it interests you, and if it's the history of 15th-century Flemish art, so be it. I can't imagine with the number of schools and majors there are, there isn't at least one thing that actually interests you or that you're good at. If you have a learning disability or college "isn't for you," you can afford a cadre of tutors and assistants to help you. You could afford to take one or two classes at a time and live off campus, so you don't have to deal with some cuntrag roommate making your life miserable. And you probably won't be tempted to blow off your studying to go to some pissant kegger when you went to Ibiza over the summer.
You don't have to go right away, either. You can take time to travel or "find yourself" first. Or if you want to do something that is better to start while you're younger, like athletics, acting or modeling (real modeling, not that dilettante bullshit that people who are famous for no reason do every once in a while so they can say they have a career), then by all means do that first and go to school later.
I just don't get why you wouldn't want to get a higher education at all when there's really nothing stopping you. If I had that much money, I'd have at least half a dozen degrees by now :P
