From nagging parents to annoying guidance counsellors, we are constantly being bombarded with the notion that we ‘have to’ graduate from high school and enter a university. The most common misconception that people have engraved in their minds is that they must go to university in order to survive in the world today. On the contrary, there are a lot of normal people out in today's society who did not obtain a university degree, yet …showed first 75 words of 590 total…

…showed last 75 words of 590 total…was a decent amount of money upon which to survive. Right now, my father owns a variety of companies around the world; this is how he became successful in life. Therefore, it is evident that one does not necessarily need to have higher education in order to make money. As long as one has determination, good work ethic, and the ability to apply oneself, it is entirely possible to succeed in life and in society.