UKNM: RE: University v. Drop Outs

[John Braithwaite]

Reading the Larry Ellison talk it made me think of one thing. Amongst all of

this, is there anyone who completed University that would like to argue

against doing it? Come up and have your say.


It seems our 'Larry' had a bee in his bonnet - a point to prove - a chip

that he couldn't fit into a motherboard. He made sure that he went to the

best place to prove it. Move on, Larry, you've achieved a lot and can be

proud of it. Let the past be. Don't bother trying to justify your own

life.... and yet give thanks as feeling a 'drop out' helped spur you on to

prove yourself, congratulations on being so.... rich!


But, think about the statistics - less than 10% of people go to University

(stat not checked... !) so that means that there is at least a 9:1 drop-out

to Uni student ratio. Yet even with the advantage, if we looked at the ratio

of the top businessmen across the world - I think that we'd find that

University students somehow come up top more often than not. So, considering

his position, it does seem that his logic leaves a little to be desired - it

works in one-off cases...


There is a second problem, although it is wonderful to see people like him,

Branson and others succeed without University treatment, we forget about the

other millions who don't get very far because they dropped out. It's similar

to the football world - many youngsters want to be professional footballers

and yet, of all that wish it, a thimbleful of people make it. Those that do

have untold riches (and don't get the 'fat cat' harrassment) but those that

don't usually end up in unskilled professions because they never thought

'what if... '.



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