Today in class we discussed if the cost of Ivy League schools is worth it. I personally don't think so. I believe that it really depends on the person and how motivated they are. I was talking to my father and he told me that he really wanted to go to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but since he lived in communist Poland, his options were very limited. So he ended up going to an obscure university in Germany where he studied computer science and worked odd jobs to pay for his college tuition. Then he finally managed to move to Silicon Valley, California he worked really hard to achieve his successful career. So obviously, you don't need an degree from an exclusive school to be successful, you just have to be really motivated. I also found it really interesting when Mr. Hallam told us that one of his friends who works at Google said that Google doesn't like to hire graduates from Ivy League schools because they want team players instead of people who are incredibly driven to be independent.
Since the beginning of the school year, I have my total personal finances have been $382.95. Looking through all the money I've spent, I realized that most of the time I buy myself food. The most expensive thing that I have bought has been the Adobe CS6 package for $169 because there was a student discount.
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