lewrockwell.com— Lays out the difference between your Occupation and your Calling, and explains how Universities are typically not the best route for the latter.
Apr 14, 2007View in Crawl 4
Understanding this distinction may have saved me a lot of frustration and department swapping in the earlier years of college.Also, the first section is skippable. It gets better later.
One thing that really stood out to me: "He then tells him that he has paid a fortune for an education that he could have received with a library card at the Boston public library." On top of that, ebooks are becoming more prevalent. This is a great time to learn about what you want."Is this required for my occupation or my calling?" -- This question should be asked in more high schools in the US. Counselors strongly encourage students to attend universities, but act as if money is not a subject of concern. Instead of "purse your dreams" they could point out "your dream will cost at least $100k, and you'd be lucky to make $20/hr after graduation. Sorry kid, you don't get that median salary right outta schooling." But hey, it's fun to be in debt while attending college! Then you learn the sad truth (you have to repay the money that was borrowed).
yeagoApr 14, 2007Submitter
Understanding this distinction may have saved me a lot of frustration and department swapping in the earlier years of college.Also, the first section is skippable. It gets better later.
davidjcrouchApr 14, 2007
Excellent advice!
gta3mobsterApr 14, 2007
One thing that really stood out to me: "He then tells him that he has paid a fortune for an education that he could have received with a library card at the Boston public library." On top of that, ebooks are becoming more prevalent. This is a great time to learn about what you want."Is this required for my occupation or my calling?" -- This question should be asked in more high schools in the US. Counselors strongly encourage students to attend universities, but act as if money is not a subject of concern. Instead of "purse your dreams" they could point out "your dream will cost at least $100k, and you'd be lucky to make $20/hr after graduation. Sorry kid, you don't get that median salary right outta schooling." But hey, it's fun to be in debt while attending college! Then you learn the sad truth (you have to repay the money that was borrowed).