Education and Bamboo

Education is a lot like a certain Chinese bamboo.

Most bamboo is considered the fastest growing plants in the world. However, there is one type of bamboo that grows in China, it grows only 2 inches the first year, then only 2 inches the next, and the next. for five years it only grows 2 inches each years, until at the end of the fifth year it will grow 90 feet.

90 feet in less than one year. Wow.

Education is a lot like that. You work hard and study for years and sometimes don't see any pay off to your dedication, until...you get that job that requires the degree you got. Or because you have a degree you get a chance at an interview.

Education is a funny thing, once you have it it can never be taken away from you. Ever.

It takes dedication, perseverance, focus. But the payoff is worth it.