I didn't have an opportunity to go to college but I would put my combined education from all these career choices up against almost anyone who did attend college. By that I mean just the general knowledge one gains through advanced study which helps in your every day living or running a business, etc. (not a medical or legal or specialized degree, etc.) I went into all of them knowing nothing about the position and came out pretty knowledgeable. I’m nor knocking college and if there had been a good counselor at the high school when I was there, I would probably have tried to go. I found out many years afterward that I had been awarded a National Merit Award scholarship but no one ever told me that, or encouraged me to follow up on it, and I didn't even realize that's what I was doing the morning I went to the school and took the test. I was the oldest child and raised by my grandparents who had no knowledge about the possibility of college fo...