Why Do We Care About College?

Recently I was speaking at an Education Conference in Malaysia. After my keynote, I joined in on a panel conversation. The moderator asked everyone, “Why do we think people go to school?” When it was my turn to hold the mic, I answered with the word, “fear.” So many of us are obsessed with school because we are scared to think about what would happened if we didn’t go to school or get good grades. Imagine a world where the top companies stated they did not care if their employees went ...