I read this and all I can say is the education system is not creating entrepreneurs. I belive an entrepreneur is a person who has clear goals and sheer determination. Persistance is the key to success, you dont have to go to harvard to become wealthy... you just need to know what you want and the world will bend around you!... Keep networking and you can allways find people who can help make your dream into a reality!

It's interesting that HN is developing an anti-drop-out-of-school mentality. It's been fun to watch it manifest itself.

People probably do it through a combination of "I don't want to be partially responsible for screwing with a kid's life" and "if they get discouraged from starting a startup, they weren't meant to anyway".

That said, it's kind of silly that your insightful (and true) comment is being set upon by those types of people.