The following are some well know individuals and the various education paths they followed on their way to success and notoriety.
According to the Forbes’ article “THE CELEBRITY 100: The World’s Highest-Paid Entertainers 2019” (Edited by Zack O'Malley Greenburg; reported by Kurt Badenhausen, Madeline Berg, Dawn Chmielewski, Hayley Cuccinello, Monica Mercuri, Ariel Shapiro and Chloe Sorvino) Beyoncé Knowles dropped out of high school. She was #20 on the article’s list of 100 celebrities and recently was the voice of Nala in Disney’s remake of “The Lion King.” In addition, Beyoncé sings a new song for the movie’s soundtrack entitled “Spirit.”
An article in Harvard University’s publication The Harvard Crimson titled “Bill Gates Urges Students to Tackle the World's Biggest Problems” (written by By Elias J. Groll and William N. White) states: “Gates, Harvard's most successful dropout, left the College in 1975, during his sophomore year.” Despite dropping out, Gates has returned to Harvard deliver speeches and address issues impacting people around the world, including “fighting poverty, improving global health, and raising the standard of education.”
According to www.britannica.com George-Washington “attended school irregularly from his 7th to his 15th year, first with the local church sexton and later with a schoolmaster named Williams. Some of his schoolboy papers survive. He was fairly well trained in practical mathematics—gauging, several types of mensuration, and such trigonometry as was useful in surveying. He studied geography, possibly had a little Latin, and certainly read some of The Spectator and other English classics. The copybook in which he transcribed at 14 a set of moral precepts, or ‘Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation,’ was carefully preserved.”
According to www.nba.com “A two-time First-Team All-Pac 10 selection at Arizona State … as a sophomore, was named an AP First- Team All American and the Pac-10 Player of the Year … was the third Sun Devil in school history to earn Pac-10 Player of the Year honors, joining Eddie House and Ike Diogu … joined Jason Kidd and Mike Bibby in becoming just the third sophomore in league history to win the award … became just the fifth player in Pac-10 history to lead the league in scoring (20.1 ppg) and steals (1.69 spg) when he did in 2008-09.”
Although he named an album “Harvard Dropout” Harvard University’s publication The Harvard Crimson ran an article titled “Lil Pump Visits Harvard, Gives ‘Commencement Speech’ at WHRB” (by Jessica Dong) that confirmed that the rapper Lil Pump dropped out of high school. “Lil Pump addressed a variety of questions posed during the Q&A session that aligned with his persona as a fictitious Harvard dropout. When asked his favorite city to perform in, Lil Pump responded with ‘Harvard.’ The rapper at no point admitted that he did not attend Harvard University.”
According to www.obamalibrary.gov “Obama first attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, before transferring to Columbia University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1983…After three years of community organizing, Obama enrolled in Harvard Law School. After completing his first year, he worked as a summer associate at Chicago corporate law firm of Sidley & Austin, where his mentor was Michelle Robinson, his future wife. Obama was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, prior to graduating magna cum laude in 1991.”
According to www.nba.com “Tallied 2,101 career points in four total seasons, playing his final three seasons at Duke after playing his freshman season at Liberty ... Left Duke ranked third in school history in career three- point percentage (.420), fifth in career free throw percentage (.825) and eighth in three-pointers made (223) ... Averaged a team-high 17.5 points as a senior at Duke, earning a First Team All-ACC selection by the coaches and Sporting News Second Team All-America honors ...”
The Computer History Museum’s website features an article by Dag Spicer titled “Steve Jobs: From Garage to World’s Most Valuable Company” that talks about Steve Jobs’ early years: “Jobs graduated high school in 1972 and attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon for a semester, during which he collected Coke bottles for money and ate free meals at the local Hare Krishna temple. After drifting from class to class, Jobs left for India on a spiritual quest with Reed College friend Dan Kottke (who later became Apple employee #12).” The Time Magazine article “Top 10 College Dropouts” by Joseph Lin states Jobs dropped out of Reed after six months.
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