The Value of Education

Is the education the only way to survive in today’s modern world?Does it mean that when you don’t go to university or college,you cant make it in life,like me,i never made it to university because very painful reasons but i believe one day one time,the door will open.What about you?

It all depends on the job:

Some jobs require degrees, while others don’t, but to be honest:

Modern education is average at best. It’s neither good or bad. For example, they teach history & literature which is unnecessary IMO. Read more books and research history - it’s as simple as that. Even though proper grammar and following the rules of sentence structure is important, English is still necessary, but we don’t need to read books about “How To Kill A Mockingbird” or “Of Mice and Men.”

Overall, schools should teach us how to live in the real world. Now, I think classes on household living, finance, and even career/networking would help us out in the long run.

Wow, even as an engineer, I disagree with post #1.

Thanks a lot,this is how we should always think,i remember in high school being taught chemical formula for salt,now am not even seeing any importance of it because my dream course is far much related with it

really but how because for you to disagree,you must have your own opinions

Well, for one thing, you learn to write better by reading good literature. And from your posts, you could use some help with writing.

And you can learn history on your own? There is SO much to learn. A good professor can really make you think about what has happened in the past and how it affects our present. My favorite class in college was US History. One of our final exam questions was to compare Reconstruction and the building of the Panama Canal - so cool! Learning how to think critically is a big part of your college education. A purely vocational education will not help you achieve that goal.

i now get you well so it means in our schools there are things we are taught that are always less helpful to us?

Part of a well-rounded education is learning about a LOT of stuff. Of course, you’re not going to use all of it. But it might help you communicate with other people better. You also learn critical thinking by having to analyze literature, even if you don’t use that particular skill in your workplace.

Then there’s the professors that’ll only tell you want they want you to know about our past history.

They may twist the truth about some things…

Education and learning are very different from formal schooling. You never really know until the last moments of life if every morsel of what was learned was demonstrably relevant. Reading broadly and topically expands the opportunity to think, consider and reconsider and link ideas, daydream, travel, drastically reduce the chance of boredom except in instances such as reading .Heidi, encourages creativity by linking information from a variety of sources to solve problems. Your brain is your friend who needs exercise and entertainment.

Especially on the importance of history. It’s true that one can research it on their own time, but that would depend on one’s drive to learn it. Yeah, a professor might twist history, but it would be the same case if one learned it on their own. What if I only learn/research what I want? I would be twisting my own knowledge of the world around me.

All in all, I think humanities is important.

It’s not necessary that you receive a formal university education in order to succeed, but this society is basically built on it. In order to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle, we need that piece of paper to prove that we know enough stuff about our intended career. A comfortable lifestyle is not impossible without a degree, but it sure does help.

As a famous man once said, “If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want to get an education, go to the library.” The point here is that one can receive an education anywhere, regardless of setting(university, Internet, library, etc.)

The “value” of an education depends a lot on what one values, not just the income or job it produces. And what’s valued falls on a continuum. Some people don’t value education or find it useless or too painful to contend with even, others go to school/college because they believe or have been raised that they are expected to, and perhaps there are the people on the other end who love learning with such a passion, any subject, would read the toothpaste tube if it were the only reading material on the planet, love everything about school people. Of course there’s every other type of learner in between. You don’t need a degree or even an education to succeed, it’s one of many paths. Again it depends on what you value.