In some places, I have read writings where people say that it is not necessary to study because, in the long run, it does not bring them the certainty that they will be successful people.
I want to give my personal opinion without wanting to belittle other people's thoughts, I just want to say or express my feelings about it.
When I became aware that I was studying to educate myself and not others, I was already 15 years old. Just at that time, I decided to study a career that would make me generate income to get out of my condition as a poor citizen to a middle-class citizen. In my country, there were three categories, poor class, middle class, and upper class.
When I knew that I had to get out of poverty and that I had to study and make an effort to achieve it, I studied hard to deserve the prizes that at that time were won by students. I was not an excellent student but I was always at an average level, where I always passed the subjects in my final exams and some of which I didn't need to take because I was excellent.
Both in my first career and in college I always excelled on my own merits because I knew that I would strive to get what I most wanted.
When I got my first higher technical degree I decided to work and not continue studying but I was far from thinking that everything would end there. Little by little in my mind was introduced the little worm of knowledge and I wanted to continue learning after 4 years of working I decided to go to college under my own means to continue studying.
Each time I learned things that I would not have learned if I had not gone to college. The lessons I learned have helped me to improve my quality of life as a human being and as a professional.
I am now a senior citizen and I am still learning. I am still reading about pathologies that I did not know before and about ways to face situations that I did not know before.
Every time I see pathology in a patient I feel the need to go back and read some more and understand a little more about how the human organism works. I think this will never stop boiling in my mind. I feel that I will never stop having questions and looking for the answers in books, in writings, in congresses, and in seminars.
I feel that I am eternally grateful to God for allowing me to have this part in my mind that always wants to learn new things. I am not a wealthy woman but with what I have I have been able to raise my life since I turned 15 years old, without having to depend on anyone.
Am I a wealthy, rich woman? No, I am not, at least I don't consider myself that way, although others who see me think differently.
That I am a successful woman? That also depends on what is considered successful.
That I have been able to obtain everything I have wanted to buy in my life? Yes, I have. Always working hard and with effort, I was able to get everything I planned to have.
I can say today that I am at peace with myself because I am not afraid of anyone and no one is looking for me to settle debts. I am happy because what I learned to be a professional also taught me to grow as a human being.
I learned to believe in myself and to have more self-confidence even though I still have some introvertedness, but I got out of that condition almost 70%. I learned to respect everyone equally and to value myself as a professional and as a person. To live calmly with my son and not wait for others to come to me but to go after them.
Thanks to God, today I am free to think and enjoy what I am and I thank my knowledge acquired during my years of study.
So personally if I were born again I would do the same career with some corrections but feel fulfilled as a person and as a professional.
@gertu from Venezuela to the world.