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In reply to the discussion: 20-fold increase in standardized testing coming with Gates Foundation's "Common Core": [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)enough money to finish college or whether you just decide you don't need to finish college, makes no difference. If you have the ability to finish college, you finish.
I suspect but do not know for sure, that Gates just got fed up with college. He felt he did not need the degree. That means he did not have the ability to finish college.
Part of having the ability to finish college is having the humility to go through what is required of you even if you don't think you need it, even if you think you have something better to do.
Gates did not like college. I don't think he likes formal education. Maybe he is one of those people (they exist) who did not need teachers to learn. If so, bully for him. But most of us need the social environment of a school and the nurture of a teacher in order to learn.
The whole private school bit is about making kids conceited and think they are better than others. Gates went to private schools. That's the way he is. He was unable to finish college. He is not a humble guy who sees himself as being in the same boat as the rest of us. He is not and never was in the 99%.