EducationDoesCount
比尔·盖茨 / BillGates
， orwhetherit’sOKtodropoutofcollegesincethat’swhatIdid.
Asmallernumberofparentssendmessages， oftenpoignant， seekingguidancefortheirsonordaughter.“Howcanwesteerourchildtowardsuccess？” theyask.
Mybasicadviceissimpleandheartfelt.“.”
It’struethatIdroppedoutofcollegetostartMicrosoft， butIwasatHarvardforthreeyearsbeforedroppingout — andI’’vesaidbefore， .
KathyCridland， asixthgradeteacherinOhio， wrotetosay， “， mystudentsperceivethatasareasonnottocaremuchaboutgettingagoodeducation.”
Ifinishedhighschool！
Thecomputerindustryhaslotsofpeoplewhodidn’tfinishcollege， butI' 'tknowanyhighschooldropouts， letaloneanysuccessfulones.
Inmycompany’searlyyears， .
Quiteafewofourpeopledidn’tfinishcollege， .
Collegeisn’’， askquestions， .
Educationshouldbebroad， althoughit’sfinetohavedeepinterests， too.
InhighschooltherewereperiodswhenIwashighlyfocusedonwritingsoftware， ， andI’mgratefulthattheydid.
AlthoughIattendedalotofdifferentkindsofclassesincollege， .
Oneparentwrotemethather15-year-oldson “losthimselfintheholeofthecomputer”.HegotanAinwebsitedesign， butothergradesweresinking， — math， history， varioussciences — ’sfinetotakeadeepinterestincomputers， dance， languageoranyotherdisciplines， butnotifitjeopardizesbreadth.
Incollegeit’ — unlessthespecialtyendsupbeingadeadendoryou’， althoughextendedcollegeeducationisn’talwaysagoodinvestmentfromapurelyeconomicstandpoint.
Choosingaspecialtyisn’.
There’snotaperfectcorrelationbetweenattitudesinhighschoolandsuccessinlaterlife， ofcourse.
