# new from schenectady

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**Created:** [January 19, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-schenectady/256525 "2011-01-19T23:29:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-schenectady/256525/919 "2011-01-25T09:58:56Z")

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> [@Rape is illegal in Saudi Arabia.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rape-is-illegal-in-saudi-arabia/39076/23):
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> I have to add:
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> For most, college is the place we go to learn how to “think”. Its a place a great growth to the majority.
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> At the end of the day your financial success comes from your willingness to take risks, an opportunity, or dilligence. No one should expect to be the lucky one that picked the NBA Final 64 perfectly.

Simly put - law or life - the higher the risk of failing the higher the payout if you succeed, low risk = low layout.

Stocks, lottery, business ventures, education etc all follow that rule.

Every single billionaire out there who is self made started out on a high risk venture.

College is an easy way out, therefore low risk and “safe” so don’t expect a high  
Payout for the “easy” 2 or even 4 year. If you take on more risk by taking on more loans and going to grad school, it’s a bigger payout.

And Audi jay is right, college degree is a new HS diploma. It doesn’t get you ahead it just puts you on the playing field.

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