How important do you think education is:
I think that it's very important, because if you drop out of high school and never return, it's really hard to get a job without at least a grade 12 education. Most jobs these days require that you have at least grade 12.
As for college, I do think it's important as well. Even if I haven't had any luck finding a full time printing job yet, it does give you the knowledge that you wouldn't have if you just walked into a print shop and looked around and be like "umm wtf is 12pt paper?" so yeah.
Also, having reading and writing skills are important too. You don't have to write a novel, since some people just aren't interested in writing in general, but at least know the basic grammar and proper spelling of as many words as possible. A lot of jobs wouldn't hire you if you didn't know how to read or write, or if you can't spell, or if you decide to send emails in text speak. It makes you seem less intelligent when you "rite lyke dis" and I don't recommend it. Even if you're trying to be cool or something, people won't take you seriously.
It feels nice to tell people that you've graduated from college. Even if you don't have a job in your field yet, at least you have an education to back you up and you won't seem like an unmotivated loser. My ex, for example, the first one, he hasn't been to college and never will, and he'll probably only have min wage jobs the rest of his life. He's a loser anyway, not only in his life but his personality.
I know I'm only a cashier right now, and I don't look down on cashiers since we have to go through a lot, as in putting up with people's rudeness, children running around destroying things, whiny kids, bratty kids, etc. We do it all for you, to make the customers happy and keep businesses going. I don't mind where I work, but I am still interested in getting a print job because that's what I studied in school and that's where I hope to be one day. Sometimes it just takes a while to get to the top.
So, yes, I do feel that education is very important.
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