Is a degree necessary? Debate on that here.

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Personally, I say a degree is necessary in some situations and not needed in others. It all comes down to the individual. Personally, I could've done very well in college and gotten my degree... in whatever that would've been, but I realized, it's not what I want. That peice of paper is not worth my going to a building to educate myself in things I am not interested in. I guess I'm the opposite of Rockford/Mark. In high school, I did very well. I graduated with a 4.33 GPA and was in the top 10 out of my class (for the first three years til I lost motivation and graduated #13- I went from #3 to #7, to #10, to #13). In college, I had a rough start as I went to UMD which wasn't really where I wanted to go. It was a last minute decision being I had some benefits of going up there. After changing majors 3 times, I realized, there's nothing that'd make me happy or make this whole "schooling" worth it. In my case, there's not really a degree that'd satisfy myself therefore, it's not necessary because the way I see it, why bother if you're not going to be happy with what you do? Do what you want while you can or you'll regret it later on in life. If there's a degree you want to persue, go for it, if not, go with what you know best and stick with it. Just my .02