What is a man’s worth? What is a man’s life worth???? do we measure a man’s worth by what he did? what barriers did he break??? the more important question is how do we measure intelligence?? Too often we measure intelligence by how much education one has received…. In some cases, this may be true, but intelligence is not proportional to education, there are always some factors at play. We used to think (Well many still do), a sign of intelligence is how many books one has read, which I will say only in some cases. Another question one may add is how does one achieve greatness,? Some people believe it is through education, don’t get me wrong I’m not demonizing education. Truth is it is not education but what one does, Our deeds are the most accurate measure of greatness.
Education is definitely needed, but the conversation has to take place, the most important question is what one wants to do with their lives, and which path they should take, then we won’t have what I call” useless” education. At the end of it all, the knowledge counts but knowing what to do and when is everything in this world, This is the reason why we have successful medical doctors ( Dr. Ben Carson comes to mind) Vivienne Thompson wasn’t even a Dr. But yet he found out how to cure “blue baby syndrome” … he was just a lab assistant, but very driven, So it all depends on how bad you want it … There are people who became presidents and CEO, s and had the chance to speak at universities, at graduation ceremonies, they had the chance to speak to college students who are pursuing a degree, THE IRONY!!!!!! In this world, it is all a matter of focus and arming yourself with the right knowledge. Wherever you get it from, it may be school, it may be formal education or it may be just walking to the library, or in today’s world just the internet. Here is a list that might interest people, I like to start with the highest office, then we will get into the business world!.
Contrary to what people think, there were a few presidents who never got degrees, some didn’t even go to college, others started but did not finish.
- George Washington
- James Monroe
- Andrew Jackson
- Andrew Johnson
- Abraham Lincoln
- Grover Cleveland
- William Henry Harrison
- Martin Van Buren
- William Mckinley
- Harry Truman.
This we can say is a very interesting list, people might think George Washington couldn’t go to college/university, well, George Washington was born in 1732, we can look no further the IVY League institutions, Harvard was established in 1636, Yale was established in 1701, Princeton was established in 1746, and Columbia was established in 1754.
We all know about the regular, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerburg, Steve Jobs, We also have people like Michael Dell, and Larry Ellison on that list, these people are multi-billionaires.
By Anthony Mills
Published by Jesus Kotei
