Nowadays, university education is considered very important for people's future. However, there are a lot of successful people who didn't get higher education. Do you think that higher education is necessary to succeed in life? Justify your opinion with relevant examples.

In today's society, having at least a
bachelor
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degree is considered to be the bare minimum requirement before entering the job market. Employees who only graduate from secondary school can only apply for low-income paying jobs.
However
, there are exceptions of successful
people
who pursue a career through
entrpreneurship
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entrepreneurship
and utilize their talents to make a living and gain their social status.
While
some say
education
plays a major part in their
success
, some argue that their effort, use of soft
skills
and gifted abilities are
their
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main reason
of
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for
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their
success
. I believe in
modern
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the modern
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world, higher
education
is not necessary to succeed in life, as it is more important to acquire knowledge and
skills
from social experience, not from textbooks.
To begin
with,
people
's insight about the future and their global perspective allows them to seek
for
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opportunities. For startups, it is essential for businessman to grasp opportunities and keep an eye on the global trend, in order to understand the market demand and how their company provide value to the market. Li Ka Shing, a Hong Kong billionaire businessman and investor, missed out on a formal
univeristy educatin
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university education
himself at
his
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a
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young age. Despite his disadvantage of lower
education
level, as compared to his peers, his vision in investment and business helps him achieve
success
, as the richest man in Asia Hong Kong.
Futhermore
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Furthermore
,
university
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a university
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education
do
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does
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not guarantee the possession of life
skills
. There are news reports showing that some university graduates do not possess basic
self management
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skills
,
such
as cooking,
doing
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and doing
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laundries
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laundry
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. Some even do not how to tie their show laces. Nowadays,
people
overly rely on their parents to manage everything for them,
as a result
of
"helicopter
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parents"
phenonmenon
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phenomenon
. Indeed, owning a
teritary
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tertiary
education
certificate will certainly assist
people
to receive better job offers than those who don't.
However
, it is on us whether we have the social experience or life
skills
to evolve as an adult and enter
the
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apply
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society as a mature person. It is on us whether we have the global perspective to seek every
chances
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chance
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to grow and learn, gradually becoming the best version of ourselves and
achieve
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achieving
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success
.
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  • critical thinking
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  • vocational training
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  • non-traditional pathways
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