Some years ago, a young dude dropped out of school to chase his musical career and this became the talk of the town. I remembered a friend of mine, asked me, if the guy did the right thing and I said no that education was important. I was right in some way and I was also wrong. Today, he's not just one the famous and the richest musician in the country but in the continent. Another thing is, he later went to school and bagged a degree.
I want to ask , in your town, how many young men and women, and how many people can do what that young guy did? I mean, why do we rely on a few special, rare cases as examples and assume that if they can do it, we and others can do it too ? Like we have billionaires who dropped out of school and had no degrees like Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs...should we follow their example, and can we do what they do?
Instead, why not look at the unemployment rate in your country and globally? We will see that the majority of low income , poor, unemployed people are those who do not have education and degrees.
From what I've seen over the years, I've come to realize that education is important but it may not guarantee riches. Sometimes, chasing your dream is better, especially when you live in a developing country where you're not sure of securing a job after graduation.
If education could guarantee wealth, I bet the poor would never have the opportunity to go to school, the rich would never let that happen.
Education does not guarantee anything but at least it gives us the opportunity to escape poverty, whether we can grasp and take advantage of it or not depends on each person.