I am sure that your experiences have helped you grow into the person that you are today!

Thank you so much for your thoughts. I absolutely love getting comments in response to this post like this. I completely agree with what you said — no one should ever make you think investing in an education is a waste. I think it’s one of the best things a person can do.

THank you Katelyn! I’m not sure how I managed being pregnant, or having a baby in the middle of the semester (I threw up many times on campus!) Lots of tender mercies for sure.

I totally understand everything you said. I don’t think that learning necessarily has to come from a college degree, but I think getting some kind of training of some kind after graduation is so important. I love that you are goign to encourage your kids to get their associates in high school — I wish I had known I could have done that (might have made my last year of high school a little more challenging!) I think all kids are different, and what’s right for one isn’t right for another. I even think of some of my siblings, who didn’t go to college, but were able to do other things and learn other ways. For instance, one of my sister’s became a certified teacher for Montessori preschool, and it was great for her. I believe that education starts in the home, and if we encourage our children to do the best they can and pursue a worthwhile goal, they’ll turn out okay. Now if my child doesn’t want to do anything but live in my basement forever…that’s another story!

Thanks for your insights though. Always enjoy hearing your opinion!

My feelings on a college degree for my kids are mixed sometimes… And sometimes I really wish I would’ve majored in something else, you know something slightly more beneficial than a degree in art and a minor in music. While I love art, and have a natural talent for it, I have done very little with that knowledge and talent in the past several years. And then there’s my husband who attended IU for three years straight out of high school, pretty much wasting money doing so because he really wasn’t sure what he wanted to do yet with his life, or how to study or learn.

So, while I too value education, I don’t think true education has to come in the form of a college degree. But, I think degrees are important, and really necessary in today’s market (which I also have mixed feelings on). I say this of course as my husband wants to become a college professor. lol. Our plan is to encourage our kids to earn an associates while still in high school, encourage missions, and then play it a bit by ear… Do they want to forgo college to start their own company? Pursue a technical degree, become a fire fighter? What? The good thing is they’ll likely have reduced college admission thanks to my husband’s employment, just in case. 😉

Wow, sorry, that was long. 🙂

Thank you so much for your comment! I was a little nervous about posting this, because I wasn’t sure if there would be negative comments, so it was so great to get such a nice comment. I can’t believe how rude people can be. You had every right to the scholarships you earned. People like you are who I wrote this post for 🙂 Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Thank you so much, Leslie! I agree — knowledge is really something no one can take away from you.