Big Question Part 5.

Ahh, last reason, the moment we have all been waiting for, err well, the one you've been waiting for, I presume. The final reason to persue/further your education is *drumroll* appreciation for your work. Might I add the gloating/brag rights. But in all honesty, I personally believe that if encouragement is the strive for anyone, it would be in what they do for a living, pride is in everyone, whether we choose to deny it or not. Face the music, and accept your pride. If you do something like flip burgers for the rest of your life, you won't be bragging about how much dough you get from a mere $11.50 an hour. Try about a $1,000 in half the time, but consider this, the brag comes from the hard work placed into it, bringing this sub-reason to surface as I write this; self rightousness. If you further your education and pour all you you blood, sweat, tears, and other bodily  into your work, the feeling of replenishment after doing so is probably the best feeling ever. Think of it like this: you write an essay with all you know, and when someone reads it, says it was the best things they've read and change thenselves because of it (for the better, that is), is absolutely astonishing.